Rajkummar Rao calls his girlfriend Patralekha his best friend

Actor Rajkummar Rao has been dating actor Patralekha, who was his co-star in 2014 released `City Lights` for five years now.

Mumbai: Actor Rajkummar Rao considers his girlfriend and actress Patralekha as his best friend, and says they don't discuss 'marriage or babies'.

"Patralekha is my best friend -- we discuss cinema, we discuss acting or travelling. We're not discussing marriage or babies because we like the way we are," Rajkummar said in a statement. 

"When my mom first met Patralekha, she said that she's going to be the last girl I'm meeting," he added. 

Rajkummar spoke about his relationship with his 'City Lights' co-star when he appeared on talk show 'Feet Up with the Stars', presented by Voot Originals and hosted by celebrity stylist Anaita Shroff Adajania. 

"I'm a hardcore romantic. My first crush was in Class 3 that apparently went on till Class 8 until she left the school," he added. 

During an appearance on TLC's "Midnight Misadventures with Mallika Dua", Rajkummar said he is a fun-loving person. 

"Mostly audience have seen me portraying serious roles in most of my movies and that`s why everyone thinks that I am like my characters too in real life. But in reality I am a fun loving person when I am around my bunch of people - friends and family," he said.