Yuvarajyam president and Chiranjeevi's younger brother Pavan Kalyan married his live-in companion of eight years, former actress Renu Desai on Wednesday. Pavan Kalyan and Renu Desai have a son Akira Nandan.
After a protracted legal wrangle last year, Pavan Kalyan had got a divorce from his first wife Nandini of Visakhapatnam whom he had married in May 1997.
In August 2008, the divorce was formalized in a family court in Visakhapatnam with Kalyan agreeing to pay an alimony of Rs 5 crore as a one-time settlement. On Wednesday morning, the wedding ceremony of Pavan Kalyan and Renu Desai, was performed as per Arya Samaj rites at Pavan Kalyan's residence at Jubilee Hills in the city. Renu Desai had paired with Pavan Kalyan in two Telugu films `Badri' and `Johnny'.
Among his other family members, Prajarajyam president Chiranjeevi and his brother-in-law Allu Aravind also attended the wedding ceremony.
After the wedding ceremony, a beaming Renu Desai and Pavan Kalyan came out of their house in their wedding attire for a couple of minutes to pose for the media.
Only a motely group of friends from the film industry and family members attended the wedding.
Pavan Kalyan recently came under the attack of leaders of some political parties who suggested that he should first get married to his companion Renu Desai before talking about women's rights and their welfare as part of his political campaign.
When Pavan Kalyan's first wife Nandini had charged that Kalyan had got married a second time without divorcing her, Kalyan went on record saying that he had not married Renu Desai.
