Deepika Padukone says Nihar is just a friend!

Bangalore Beauty Deepika Padukone who's projected as the next big thing in Bollywood after Aishwarya Rai has been in the news for all the wrong reasons, her affairs! Nothing to show in terms of films in Bollywood (She's acted in Kannada film Aishwarya opposite Upendra), there's a danger that her constant changing of (boy?)friends, is adding to the specualtions that she's going Sushmita way. Is she dating Rishi's son Ranbir Kapoor or is back with ex-boyfriend Nihar Pandya after a break-up with Ranbir?

But she says she's not dating anyone now. "First of all, there is no question of getting back to Nihar. It's true that I was seeing him once, but not anymore. We were together for a couple of years, and then broke up. Nevertheless, we have remained friends ever since.We talk to each other, even go out on dinners and parties together, but treat each other as good friends. So, the reports of my renewed affair with him are totally untrue.

About Rishi-Neetu's son Ranbir, she says "I have never been into any relationship with Ranbir. I have known him for past some time and we have developed a very good friendship. I don’t know how people are talking about our affair. When I hear about media reports linking him to me, I ask myself, ‘when did I fall in love with Ranbir?’ Both Ranbir and Nihar are my very good friends and nothing more than that.

This Padukone gal is ready to take on the Bollywood grapevine, it seems!