Lara Dutta Gets Engaged to Mahesh Bhupathi in New York

Lara Dutta-Mahesh Bhupathi Engaged: Bollywood actress Lara Dutta and tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi had initially denied having any romantic involvement with each other. Lara, Ex miss universe, who had come out of a long living in relationship with model turned actor Kelly Dorjee, was linked with another model turned actor Dino Morea for a while. Mahesh Bhupathi's marriage to ex model Shveta Jaishankar was going through some rough times too. Thats when Lara and Mahesh met each other, as Lara was a client of Bhupathi's celebrity management company. Shveta later accused them of cheating her as they were seen together even before her divorce with Bhupathi came through.

Lara Dutta and Mahesh Bhupathi

For a long time the couple denied rumours of involvement, perhaps waiting for Mahesh's divorce to come through. However, recenlty the couple seemed to be ready to come out in the open about their relationship as they made appearances together at many events and were even said to be hunting for a home.

Looks like thats all in the past now. The couple got engaged last week. The Lara Dutta-Mahesh Bhupathi Engagement ceremony took place in New York. The couple has been in New York , since August for the US Open and Davis cup, and also because Lara had to attend a photoshoot for a magazine.

This morning Bhupathi confirmed the news by tweeting, 'Lara and I got engaged in NY last week. So, its official now.' The engagement happended during the recent US Open

“He did it over a candlelit dinner and took me completely by surprise. I couldn’t believe that he had picked the stone and designed the ring all by himself,” beams Lara, flashing her diamond engagement ring.

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The engagement has made the relationship “official”, as the couple has been spotted often, publicly, but till now neither had confirmed or denied a relationship. “When I was asked if I was single, I said ‘no’, but beyond that refused to divulge details about my personal life. I’ve always said that I’d speak about my relationship only when I knew where it was headed. Mahesh was going through a divorce and he needed space to sort things out and not a complicated khichdi,” she reasons.

Even when Mahesh’s ex-wife Svetha Jaishankar opened up to the media, insisting that Lara had been responsible for the end of her marriage, the actor maintained a dignified silence. Today, Lara says, “I met Mahesh a year after he had separated from his ex-wife. So I was not involved or responsible for their break-up. Once we started seeing each other, I knew instinctively that he was my Mr Right. But we waited, gave ourselves time to see if things would work out right and announce it properly.”

So, when did epiphany strike? “I was shooting for Houseful in London, Mahesh was training non-stop. We hadn’t seen each other in six weeks. When we finally met, I knew we both were in trouble,” Lara laughs. When’s the marriage? Not this year,” she says. “Both of us are too busy. After the Davis Cup, Mahesh has the Commonwealth Games coming up.” She adds, “Our families are excited. We love each other and our three dogs. Life’s beautiful!”
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