For reasonably some time now, there has been a murmur that Mahesh Bhupati is ‘good friends’ with Bollywood beauty and ex-Miss Universe Lara Dutta. But when she was promoting her movie Blue, Lara positively told that she was single. However, rumors are that Mahesh and Lara are more than just good friends.

At a salon in Bandra, whose owner is a friend of Lara’s, there was really buzz recently that the two are going to get hitched. But Lara and Mahesh continue to deny their personal equation on any level.

In the meantime, Shvetha Jaishankar-Bhupati, former Femina Miss India International 98 and a runner-up at the Miss International pageant in Tokyo, had issued a statement in October telling, “Mahesh and I have shared a life together and as we part ways, I wish him all best for his future.”

Shvetha, an ex-tennis champion, was also partners with Mahesh in running his celebrity management company. She is actively involved in the social cause which deals with children’s education projects. She hasn’t reacted to the stories about Mahesh and Lara.