Rajkummar Rao and I are dating… So, says CityLights’s actress Patralekha!

Have you viewed the City Lights Trailer yet? Ever since the trailer hit the screens, gossip mills went berserk speculating that the leading lady in the movie, Patralekha, who plays the love interest and wife of Rajkumar Rao, is also his real life girlfriend.

Putting an end to all rumors, Patralekha, whose real name is seemingly Anwita, went on to confess that she is dating her co-star Rajkumar and that they are in a very steady relationship since quite sometime now.

“Yes, I am dating Rajkummar. We are in a steady relationship. Almost every 24-year old is dating today. He is 28-years old and I am 24. At our age, it is natural for one to be in a relationship. Am I doing anything wrong?” she said.

While the couple wanted to keep their affair under wraps, a popular tabloid probed the actress enough for her to vomit it all. “Actually I know him from his FTII days. I met him when I had gone to the acting institute in Pune for some work,” admitted the commercial arts student.

Patralekha will be making her Bollywood debut with City Lights, where she will be playing the character of Rao’s wife, who is forced to take up a job as a bar dancer due to circumstances and poverty.

Also rubbishing all rumors about as she being recommended by her boyfriend for the film, the City Lights actress tells, “No way. We are in love, but that doesn’t mean that Hansal would cast me in his very next film after Shahid. Hansal and Rajkummar do not work that way. I was chosen for Citylights only after undergoing the auditions.”

When asked about marriage, the actress replied with a loud, “No”. And contrary to rumors, Patralekha and Rao are not even in a live-in relationship. “We both stay in Andheri but I stay in Oshiwara and he stays in Seven Bungalows,” she clarified.

Sheena Chohan is thrilled about movie on Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore!

Sheena Chohan in a film scene

Sheena Chohan with Director

Actress Sheena Chohan, who has bagged a role in two of Buddhadeb Dasgupta's short movies -- "Mukti" and "Patralekha" based on noted Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore's works -- says she is fortunate to be a part of the project.

The movies are among the 13 short films Dasgupta is making and all of them are inspired by Tagore's works.

"This particular project is very close to my heart and I feel very fortunate to be a part of it. I have always been a great admirer of Rabindranath Tagore's poetry and through this short series I will get a chance to showcase some of his best works," told Sheena.

"I am immensely grateful to Buddhadeb sir for believing in me and giving me an opportunity to work with a director of his stature. It has been a great learning experience for me and it has helped me grow tremendously as an actor," she included.

Sheena, a model-turned-actress, who is a trained contemporary dancer, made her debut with Malayalam film "The Train" opposite Mammootty.

The work on the short films is already underway. Sheena says during one particular intense scene, she was very nervous and thought she wouldn't get it right. But her director's constant support and guidance helped her to carry it out with ease.