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'Deepika Padukone & I were in a 2-year relationship' claims Dhokha actor Muzammil Ibrahim: 'Before she got married, we would...'
Muzammil Ibrahim, a popular model and actor, who featured in the music video Pardesiya alongside Rakhi Sawant and later featured in Pooja Bhatt's directorial Dhokha, claimed that he and Deepika Padukone were in a relationship for 2 years.
He shared that in her initial days, he used to be a public figure while she was a newbie and now the tides have turned. 'We were in a relationship for two years," said Ibrahim while talking to Siddharth Kannan.
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Sharing that he was the first guy Deepika met in Mumbai, he said, 'She was very confident because she is Prakash Padukone's daughter, so everyone knew about her." Muzammil further shared that it was Deepika who asked him out and he was the one who broke up with her.
'I was a star at that time, she was not. She is a superstar now. Everyone knows her; nobody knows me. I am a big fan. I love watching her movies. She is a beautiful woman. She is doing so great, but the fact is what it is," Ibrahim said.
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