Athiya Shetty and Arjun Kapoor

Rumours about Athiya Shetty dating Arjun Kapoor continue to rage. When news of her doing her second film, 'Mubarakan', opposite Arjun came to the fore, gossip only got stronger. But the one-film-old actress took it in her stride. “I laugh it off now. I am a friend of Anshula’s (Arjun’s sister) and that’s how I know him. We aren’t childhood buddies. Growing up, the only star kids I knew were Krishna and Tiger (Jackie Shroff’s kids). Krishna is my best friend. Shraddha (Kapoor) and I went to school together. I’ve never really known anybody else from the industry. My mom didn’t really keep me away, but I don’t remember visiting my father’s sets (where I could have possibly met other star kids). I was always more consumed by studies and extra-curricular activities. Theatre and dance were my life. I knew my father was famous, nothing more,” she says about growing up.