Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor. Photo Credit: Sawf NewsMay 15, 2008 (Sawf News) - Deepika Padukone says she and Ranbir Kapoor are engaged and hope to marry once their careers stabilize.
"We are on the threshold of our careers and have a long way to go," she says, but in five years she hopes to be "Mrs Kapoor and the leading lady of Bollywood."
Deepika made the surprising revelation while speaking with HT City over the phone from Bangkok, where she is currently on location for the film Chandni Chowk to China.
Ranbir proposed to her in November, shortly after the release of their debut films Saawariya and Om Shanti Om.
"And I happily said yes," she says, because she was deeply in love with him.
"Our parents are happy with our relationship."
The couple had met a few months earlier, through mutual friends, while filming Saawariya and Om Shanti Om.
"It was love at first sight. We were introduced by a mutual friend and we liked each other but we needed time for our love to grow before we could make a commitment."
Referring to frequent rumors in the tabloid press about strains in their relationship Deepkia says they have learnt to laugh about them.
"At times it can be really upsetting. As we are open about our relationship, people should give some amount of respect to our relationship by not cooking up rumors," she said.
She admitted that the busy schedules of the two young stars keeps them apart over long spells but says:
"Ranbir understands as he is a part of the fraternity. The gelling force of our relationship is that we understand each other."
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