Kriti Sanon and Prabhas are set to share screen space together in Adipurush, Om Raut's cinematic adaptation of Ramayana, in which the Shehzada actress will be seen playing Sita's role and the Baahubali actor will portray Lord Rama. During the shooting, it was rumoured that Prabhas and Kriti are dating each other.
And in November, Varun Dhawan seemed to confirm those rumours on national television. When Varun and Kriti came to Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa to promote their film Bhediya, the former was asked to list eligible single women in Bollywood and he didn't include the actress's name in it. One of the judges Karan Johar asked him the reason for the same and Varun said, "Kriti ka naam isiliye nahi tha kyunki Kriti ka naam kisi ke dil me hai. Ek aadmi hai jo Mumbai me nahi hai, vo iss waqt shooting kar raha hai Deepika (Padukone) ke saath (Kriti's name isn't on the list because her name is written on someone else's heart, who is currently not in Mumbai and shooting with Deepika Padukone)". Prabhas and Deepika were then shooting for their upcoming film Project K.
After the episode was aired, Kriti even had to put out a statement on her Instagram Stories that read, "It’s neither pyaar (love), nor PR..our Bhediya just went a little too wild on a reality show. And his fun banter led to some Howl-arious rumours. Before some portal announces my wedding date- let me burst your bubble. The rumours are ABSOLUTELY baseless!". Resharing the Story on his own account, Varun too clarified the reports and wrote, "Guys, you had your fun but it’s just fun and stuff, the channels have edited to have fun we took it as humour, don't let your imagination run so wild."
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Now, in a recent interview, Kriti revealed how did Prabhas react when she told him about this entire episode. Talking to BBC, the actress said, "When Varun said that, I felt really bad, I felt like I had to tell Prabhas. I picked up the phone and told him about what Varun had said. He said, ‘But why?’ I said I don’t know. Prabhas asked why did he say that? So I said, ‘I don’t know, Varun’s mad'".
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