Dev Patel 'denies engagement rumours'

Dev Patel has denied rumours that he is engaged to longtime girlfriend Freida Pinto.

The Slumdog Millionaire actor told People that his mother called him about the proposal after reading about it on the internet.

"I was like, 'Mum, I didn't [get engaged] - trust me'," he said.

"Nothing's happened. Everything is fine. I'm just shooting a film."

He added: "My mum will go to work and [have to] explain to everyone why they have written that her son is going to get engaged and got a wedding ring, and how it's all not true."

Patel and Pinto met and began dating while filming Slumdog Millionaire in 2008.