I am not secretive, but I don't feel the need to say things out loud," says Shibani Dandekar when we quiz her about rumours linking her with Farhan Akhtar. Over the past three months, gossip mills have gone into overdrive suggesting she is the new woman in the actor's life.

Fans caught whiff of a new romance in September, when Dandekar posted a picture of herself walking down a street in London, hand-in-hand with a mystery man. Netizens were quick to suggest that the man was Akhtar. Last week, the actor shared the same picture on his Instagram handle, sending fans into a tizzy.