Senior Tollywood actor V.K. Naresh announced on Saturday that he and Kannada actress Pavitra Lokesh would soon be wed. The couple could be seen sharing a cake and then kissing each other on the lips in a special video that Naresh posted on Twitter. Need your blessings as we start a new year and new beginnings. Happy New Year from us to you all, Naresh captioned the video.

According to reports, the couple has been living together for some time and has now made the beautiful video their official declaration of love. Ramya Raghupathi, Naresh's third wife, apparently received a divorce, and Pavitra was also cohabitating with another person.

Mahesh Babu's half-brother Naresh, 62, is an actor. His parents are the late actress Vijaya Nirmala and K.S. Murthy, her first husband. After divorcing her first husband, Vijaya Nirmala married the superstar, Krishna. Naresh, a politician, and social crusader started his career as a child actor in the 1970s and has since appeared in almost 200 movies.

After divorcing the daughter of dancing maestro Srinu, Naresh wed Rekha Supriya, the granddaughter of lyricist Devulpalli Krishna Shastri. Later, he wed Ramya after divorcing his second spouse as well.

In July, Ramya had caught Naresh and Pavitra in the act at a hotel in Mysore. Ramya attacked them with her shoes after they exited a room and headed for the elevator in a social media video that went viral. She had referred to Pavitra as a "housebreaker."

After sending Ramya a divorce notice, Naresh later claimed that she sought to discredit him.

Naresh, a BJP leader, ran unsuccessfully for the Hindupur Lok Sabha constituency on the saffron party's platform.

In Kannada and Telugu films, Pavitra, who started her career at the age of 16, has been performing supporting roles. She has appeared in many television series and more than 150 films. Her first spouse was a software engineer, and she divorced. Later, she lived with actor Suchendra Prasad, but the two eventually ended their relationship in 2018.