While rumors about their real life romance are circulating in the tinsel villa, the duo seems hardly bothered as they have enduringly rebuffed the buzz.

Rana talks about his smoky scene with Bips
To the surprise, the Telugu actor Rana Daggubati, who's debuting in Bollywood with DMD, alleged that the romantic scene shot by him and his co-star Bipasha, was just a casual scene for him.

Talking about the intimate segment with the sexy siren in DMD, Rana said, “It's no different than doing any other scene. It is just a form of storytelling.

“Both our characters have a large emotional graph and romance is a part of it."

Rana acknowledges Abhishek, Bips
Moreover, Rana, who considers himself fortunate for being roped in a big banner film with A-list actors, acknowledged Abhishek Bachchan and Bipasha Basu for making him comfortable during the shoot.

“Well, I hadn't met her before, so this was the first time I was seeing her. She's been around for so long. In fact even Abhishek was sweet enough to make me feel like home. It was one big family affair for us,” added Rana.

Well, not many are aware of the fact that the 'Singularity' actress has been one of the favorite actors of the 25-year-old sexy hunk.

Bips and Rana ignore each other
In order to avoid any more paparazzi about their alleged real-life affair, the duo was spotted ignoring each other at full lengths in front of the media, during an interview session for their forthcoming film 'Dum Maaro Dum'.

Reportedly, a location was fixed for the interview of Bips and Rana in Filmistan. However, both planned to give separate interviews to media and altered their locations.

A little birdie spilled the beans, “Bipasha and Rana were promoting their film Dum Maaro Dum recently at Filmistan, where they avoided eye contact with each other in presence of the media.

“There was a common venue booked for Rana and Bipasha’s interviews but the duo chose not to give interviews at the same venue and not to be seen together at all in front of the media.

“Rana asked the media to interview him in his vanity van. Interestingly, the AC in Rana’s vanity was not working due to some error in the generator but still he chose to sweat rather than join Bips.”

About 'Dum Maaro Dum'
Directed by Rohan Sippy, 'Dum Maaro Dum' also features Prateik Babbar and Aditya Pancholi, besides Abhishek, Bipasha, and Rana.

DMD babbles about the lives of six people who meet in Goa, and a sudden twist comes in their lives, when they get themselves indulged with the drug mafias.

The film is all set to hit the theatres on April 22, 2011.