Bollywood star Deepika Padukone has denied rumours of a break-up with Ranbir Kapoor , saying she was very much together with her "boyfriend" and they were currently "happy" with the relationship.
"Yes I have a boyfriend and we are happy," she said during a visit to Dubai as the brand ambassador of a real estate company.
Asked about her love life, the 22-year-old actor who has earlier been linked to Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, said as a public figure you had to learn to deal with rumours.
"There is always a lot of speculation but that is something you have to deal with. We are together and I refer to him as my boyfriend," she was quoted as saying in the Gulf News.
Deepika, who made a hugely successful Bollywood debut with director Farah Khan ’s Om Shanti Om opposite Shah Rukh Khan in 2007,
is currently working on Nikhil Advani ’s Chandni Chowk To China , opposite Akshay Kumar .
She was earlier seen in a Kannada film, ’Aishwarya’ in 2006, after a successful stint as a ramp model.
