In the past, both, Mahesh and Lara have kept their love affair secretive and have never acknowledged that they are a couple, though they were spotted together, hand in hand, several times.

Buzz also had it that, they were in a live-in relationship. But, they were quickly rubbished as rumors.

Before hooking up with former Miss Universe Lara Dutta, Bhupathi was married to Shvetha Jaishankar for seven years.