I'm single Not Dating Beintehaa's Director: Preetika Rao
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Actress
Preetika
Rao
is
flummoxed
by
reports
suggesting
she
is
in
a
relationship
with
the
director
of
her
successful
serial
Beintehaa.
She
has
clarified
that
she
is
single
and
that
she
has
no
time
to
'mingle'.
"I
don't
know
where
these
tall
tales
come
from.
There
are
two
directors
for
'Beintehaa'
-
Ankur
Bhatia
and
Pushkar
Pandit.
Both
are
equally
fond
of
me.
If
Pushkar
calls
me
Aloo,
a
pet-name
based
on
my
character's
name
Aliya,
it
is
out
of
his
fondness
for
the
character
I
play.
Seen
in
that
way,
Ankur
calls
me
Mallika-e-Beintehaa," said
Preetika.
She
blames
a
photograph
shared
on
a
social
networking
platform,
for
the
romance
rumour.
"I
guess
this
rumour
started
when
Pushkar
put
a
picture
of
the
two
of
us
on
Twitter.
I
was
flooded
with
curious
queries
about
our
chemistry.
But
tell
me,
does
a
picture
on
a
social
media
of
two
people
have
to
mean
a
relationship
between
the
two,"
asked
Preetika.
"The
truth
is
that
Pushkar
and
I
are
just
cordial
friends
and
colleagues.
I
have
no
knowledge
of
or
interest
in
his
personal
life.
Right
now
I'm
totally
focused
on
my
career
and
don't
want
to
get
into
any
distracting
situation,"
she
added.
Also,
she
has
no
time
for
love.
"I'm
single.
Forget
about
a
relationship,
the
hours
shooting
for
a
television
serial
leave
me
with
no
time
to
meet
friends.
Work
is
my
only
priority
right
now."