After the “I am a romantic” act on Simi Garewal’s questionably desirable show last Sunday, Siddhartha Mallya flew into Mumbai with his friend, Deepika Padukone from London this afternoon, though not hand in hand. Going by his statement on the show that he dates many girls but the media only picks up on the times he is seen with Deepika because she is famous, etc, he obviously wants everyone to believe this flight plan also falls in the same category. On the show, he even went on to say he was not the commitment sort of guy and would like to settle down when he’s about 56 years old. [caption id=“attachment_32853” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Now, if only good friendship could be redefined in the Oxford dictionary according to 24-year old Mallya’s definition. Raju Shelar/Firstpost”] [/caption] Deepika does make a convenient excuse for the much-abused term ‘good friends’ — she is the brand ambassador for Kingfisher; she releases their annual calendars, having been one of the bikini girls before her Bollywood innings; now, she’s also lending her neck for kisses from the Mallya scion when his IPL team, Royal Challengers, wins a match. Deepika too, on the same show, had used her wide-eyed wonder look to feign ignorance of their dating status, much in line with Mallya’s ambiguous statements on the show. She volunteered more information on her RK tattoo, explaining that she would not take it off even though she wasn’t dating Ranbir Kapoor anymore because it held fond memories of their time together. Now, if only good friendship could be redefined in the Oxford dictionary according to 24-year old Mallya’s definition. It ain’t happening anytime soon, so he should just live the good times and not lie about them. And just because they went home in their respective cars — she in her Audi Q7 and he in his Mercedes — isn’t good enough to convince anyone they’re just good friends. [fpgallery id=46]
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