Renu Desai is an Indian actress, costume designer, and former model.

Personal life

Renu Desai's mother tongue is

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, but she is also fluent in

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

. She has a son, born in 2004 with

actor

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, whom she married on 28 January 2009. The couple also has a daughter born in 2010. They filed for divorce 2011, which was finalised in 2012. In 2018, Desai announced that she was engaged, but didn't reveal her fiancé's identity.

Career

Before her entry into Telugu films, Desai was a model and appeared in the music video of

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's song "Breathless". She starred with her future husband in the films '' Badri'' and ''

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''. Renu returned to her hometown and is active in Marathi films now. In 2013, she turned producer with '' Mangalashtak Once More'' and turned director with ''

Ishq Wala Love ''Ishq Wala Love'' ( Marathi: इश्क वाला Love) is a 2014 Indian Marathi language Romantic Drama film written, directed and produced by Renu Desai under ''Akira Films'' and ''Shree Aadya Films'' banners. The movie is the directo ...

'' in 2014.

Filmography

As actress

Television

As director

As costume designer

As editor

As producer

References

External links

* Indian costume designers Actresses in Telugu cinema Living people 21st-century Indian actresses Indian film actresses Actresses from Pune 21st-century Indian designers Gujarati people Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-film-bio-stub