However, despite her deep feelings, the actress says she has no plans to settle down anytime soon.
Since meeting on the set of their very first film, Slumdog Millionaire, in 2008, Freida Pinto, 26, and 21-year-old Dev Patel have gone through an intense introduction to fame. Overnight, the British-Indian couple found themselves doing American talk-shows and attending red carpet events in Hollywood, an experience that has bonded them in a way that Freida claims that no one else can understand.
Slumdog Millionaire goes up against Twilight for the hearts of MTV viewers.
MTV announced their nominees for the annual movie awards today. While there are few new categories this year (like Best WTF moment), the most endearing and hotly contested award continues to be the Best Kiss. 2009 is no different than past years in that MTV has mixed comedic smooches in with heart-racing lip locks. The winners of this award traditional accept the trophy and reward the audience with a reenactment of the winning kiss. So, will rumored real-life couple Freida Pinto and Dev Patel get a chance to recreate their star-crossed kiss on stage, or will tweens rack up the votes for Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's dangerous kiss from Twilight? Luckily you get a chance to vote at MTV's site to determine the winner.
Here's a complete list of this year's nominees:
Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy, Wanted
Freida Pinto and Dev Patel, Slumdog Millionaire
The Slumdog Millionaire stars take their on-screen romance off-screen, and into the public eye.
Ever since their hit movie was released, there have been rumors about a supposed off-screen romance. For months, gossip rags have accused her of having a secret husband and him of being a wife-stealer. Even their co-star Anil Kapoor has claimed that the two share a genuine sense of chemistry. And yet, when asked outright by interviewers on the Academy Awards red carpet (and elsewhere) if they were an item, Freida Pinto and Dev Patel denied everything.
Well, it seems that the time for denials is over. Because, as was the case with Angelina and Brad, actions are speaking louder than words when it comes to the Slumdog Millionaire stars and their feelings for each other.
How to act like Freida Pinto, even if we don't all look like her.
At first look, taking advice from How To Love Like A Hot Chick: The Girlfriend-to-Girlfriend Guide to Getting the Love You Deserve might seem imprudent. The authors are two decidedly "hot chicks," so the idea that they'd be able to relate to everyday Plain Janes is as believable as The Supermodel's Guide to Getting Pants Hemmed.
The Slumdog Millionaire paramours claim to be just friend in real life.
Slumdog Millionaire totally kicked tail at the Oscars, to the tune 8 awards. 'Nice' is right. But even the best Sound Mixing in the world won't make a love story sing without the a couple of actors with chemistry. That's why it's no surprise that rumor has it that Dev Patel and Freida Pinto are dating in real life. According to Freida Pinto's possible secret husband Rohan Antao, Slumdog Millionaire's on-set romance ruined his marriage. It sounds like someone, somewhere is not telling the whole truth.
Does the Slumdog Millionaire star have a neglected secret husband?
Slumdog Millionaire is wrecking it (in a good way) at the movie awards this year. And it's breakout star Freida Pinto may be secretly married. A few sources of dubious repute claim that the actress has a secret husband named Rohan Antao whom she hasn't spoken with since the Golden Globes. It all sounds pretty dubious but also like something that happens with young stars.
Nominating Slumdog Millionaire as the fairy-tale love story of the year.
Two fairytale love stories are wooing theatergoers this season. If you have but $12.50 (as ludicrous New York City rates go) to spend, skip Twilight, the teen vampire tale, and see Slumdog Millionaire instead. The Golden Globe Best Picture nominated film is about two destitute Indian orphans from Mumbai whose fates take them on two different, equally harrowing paths before reuniting, in part, thanks to the television game show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? While the chemistry between Twilight's main characters Bella and Edward has been praised, the box office hit failed to do what the book series did: use an original take on an old love story about destiny and soulmates to make even jaded hearts swoon.
