Ameesha Patel made headlines recently, after her social media banter with Faisal Patel, son of late politician Ahmed Patel, went viral. A few days ago, Faisal made a marriage proposal to her publicly on Twitter, leading us to believe that they are in a serious relationship. It all started when the actress wished the latter on his birthday on December 30 on social media. Her message on Twitter read, “Happy birthday my darling, love you... have a super awesome year.” It was followed by Faisal’s reply, which read, “I’m formally proposing in public. Will you marry me?”

In an exclusive chat with BT, Ameesha cleared the air saying, “It is hilarious! Faisal and I go back a long way. We have known each other for years. I am friends with him and his sister. That message was just an internal joke between us. There is nothing more to it. I am single and I am happy being single. I am not interested in being in a relationship right now. Faisal is someone who loves to crack these jokes.”

Interestingly, after his marriage proposal went viral, Faisal deleted his message, to which Ameesha says, “I told him that you shouldn’t have deleted the message, and that I would have replied to the post in my style. But he said that he started getting calls from people. You see this is what happens with public figures, you can’t even joke in public.”

About their association, Ameesha elaborates, “Both of us share political backgrounds. My grandfather, Barrister Rajni Patel, worked with (former Indian PM) Indira Gandhi, while Mr Ahmed Patel worked with Sonia Gandhi. Our families have known each other for three generations. I was very close to late Ahmed uncle. Faisal and I share common friends, too.”

She adds, “I know a lot of celebs are getting married of late, but I have no plans to join the bandwagon. I am happy to stay single and do my own thing as I wish. I feel that being in a relationship is emotionally very draining. At this point, I don’t have time for that.”

Currently, Ameesha is busy shooting for Gadar 2, which is a sequel to the 2001 hit film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha directed by Anil Sharma. Talking about making a comeback as Sakeena, in the sequel that reunites her with Sunny Deol on screen, she says, “I have had the most surreal experience living the dream once again. It is a beautiful script and I am working hard on it. I have just come back from a grilling schedule in Himachal Pradesh, where we were shooting in zero degrees.”

About Sunny, with whom she went on to do films like Teesri Aankh: The Hidden Camera (2006) and Bhaiaji Superhit (2018), Ameesha says, “We get along really well. The moment we wear our costumes as Tara Singh and Sakeena (their characters from Gadar 2) it gets magical on set. He is a fantastic actor, but moreover, a respectful gentleman. He is so good looking and the manliest man ever!”