Mumbai, Jul 13: Parineeti Chopra, cousin of Priyanka Chopra, has denied reports of her seeing Uday Chopra. But its obvious Parineeti is no longer single. Though she once said that if she is in a relationship she will tell about it to the whole world, but it seems Parineeti needs some time to come out of the shell and spill the beans.

According to an insider of the film industry, we heard Parineeti has been dating the "Band Baaja Baaraat" director Maneesh Sharma. Few days back the duo were seen dining together in a restaurant in Mumbai. She is the first preference of Maneesh in his films, and for his second directorial venture which has Shahid Kapoor in the lead role, Parineeti has been chosen already as the female lead.

Even in an interview which was taken before the release of "Ishaqzaade" Parineeti had mentioned that it was Maneesh who recommended her name to Aditya Chopra, the producer of the film, and Habib Faisal, the director. Parineeti debuted with the movie "Ladies VS Ricky Behl" last year as a supporting actress. She has 3 films lined up for 2013 named "Beshram", "Aurangazeb" and a film by Punit Malhota which is not titled yet.