‘I
was
a
star
at
the
time
and
she
was
a
budding
model.’
‘Now,
she
is
a
superstar
and
nobody
knows
me.’
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Deepika
Padukone/Instagram
In
a
surprising
reveal,
model-turned-actor
Muzammil
Ibrahim
has
claimed
that
he
dated
Deepika
Padukone
for
two
years
when
she
first
came
to
Mumbai
to
pursue
a
carrier
in
acting.
The
Special
Ops
actor
had
won
the
Gladrags
Manhunt
Contest
in
2003.
‘I
was
the
first
guy
she
met
in
Bombay.
She
was
my
first
serious
relationship,’
Ibrahim
says
in
a
podcast
with
Siddharth
Kannan.
‘Deepika
proposed
to
me
but
I
broke
it
off
later.
I
was
a
star
at
the
time
and
she
was
a
budding
model.
Now,
she
is
a
superstar
and
nobody
knows
me,’
Ibrahim
says.
He
clarified
that
he
is
not
jealous
of
her
success
because
he
believes
that
if
you
love
someone,
you
should
be
happy
to
see
your
ex
doing
well
in
life.
‘By
nature,
I
am
not
a
jealous
person,’
Muzammil
said.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Muzammil
Ibrahim/Instagram
Deepika
came
to
Mumbai
in
the
early
2000s
and
got
her
first
break
with
Himesh
Reshammiya’s
2006
song,
Naam
Hai
Tera,
in
which
she
featured.
Muzammil
and
Deepika
worked
together
when
they
modelled
for
the
Tommy
Hilfiger
brand,
and
that’s
when
they
got
close
to
each
other.
Ibrahim
feels
it
is
not
right
to
talk
about
the
relationship
now,
as
she
is
married.
‘We
were
good
friends
and
I
respect
her
a
lot,’
he
says.
Did
he
ever
regret
breaking
up
with
her?
‘No.
I
never
regret
leaving
anyone.
Sakht
launda
hoon,
bhai
(I
am
a
strong
person),’
he
says.
He
clarified
that
the
break-up
was
not
because
of
ego
as
one
can
never
have
ego
in
love.
‘The
break
up
was
for
some
other
reason,’
he
says,
without
getting
into
details.
Talking
about
their
relationship,
he
says,
‘We
were
kids
and
while
dating,
we
used
to
catch
an
auto
during
the
rains.
It
was
a
very
cute
time.
I
never
went
on
a
date
in
an
autorickshaw
after
my
break
up
with
her.
I
used
to
have
more
money
than
her
at
that
time.
Later,
I
bought
my
(first)
car
and
she
was
very
happy
for
me.
‘I
had
told
RJ
Aman
Nagpal
to
play
Deepika
Padukone’s
favourite
song
from
Kaun...
It
was
her
birthday
and
he
played
Deepika’s
favourite
songs
for
90
minutes.’
Is
he
still
in
touch
with
her?
‘Not
after
her
marriage
but
yes,
before
her
marriage,
I
was
in
touch
with
her.’
Deepika
wed
Ranveer
Singh
in
2018.
