Renu Desai Bought 'Balu' Pants Worth Rs 75K For Pawan Kalyan, Met Karan Johar Shopping For Shah Rukh Khan In LondonNov 5, 2026, 08:25 IST
She also shared the story behind Pawan Kalyan's trendsetting trousers from Balu, revealing that she sourced them from a store in Milan. “I bought two pairs of pants from this store in Milan, the famous ‘Balu’ pants,” she said. “Back then, only five pairs were made because they used real Second World War fabric. You had to pay in advance and then wait a few months to pick them up. Only five pairs existed, and each cost like Rs 75,000.” Pawan Kalyan, with his son Akira Nanda, Daughter Aadya and former wife Renu Desai As per Renu, one of the five pairs was owned by footballer David Beckham. “One pair even went to David Beckham. When I went to see them, they showed me, and I grabbed one,” she said. The stylist also recalled the effort involved in collecting the rare trousers after placing the order. “Back then, there weren’t big courier services or anything, so I had to fly back to Milan to pick up the pants,” Renu Desai and Pawan Kalyan first met on the sets of Badri, Puri Jagannadh's Telugu action comedy, in which she played Vennela opposite him and Ameesha Patel. The two fell in love during the film's making and later reunited for Johnny, directed by Pawan Kalyan, with Renu playing Geethanjali and also handling production design and styling. Renu and Pawan Kalyan married on January 28, 2009, in an Arya Samaj ceremony at his residence. They filed for divorce in 2011, which was finalised in 2012. Raisa Nasreen loves everything from the world of entertainment and shudders at the thought of horror films. Reading about film trivia and sourcing new... View More





