in the 16th century when quli qutb shah ascended the throne and became king he founded a new capital and named it bhagnagar after his lady love bhagmati later when she was given the title hyder mahal the city was christened hyderabad goes the legend over 400 years on that very city built for love continues to witness love stories galore hyderabad times brings you some handpicked made in hyderabad love stories that will truly warm your hearts starting with the tale of how tollywoods first couple and soulmates mahesh babu and namrata found each other hear it from namrata herself a couple that laughs together stays together mahesh babu has a fantastic sense of humour says namrata looks like he sure knows how to make her smile kiss and tell behind every successful man there is a woman goes the adage this pic mahesh shared to thank namrata post the success of bharat ane nenu proves as muchbffs forever we share the same tastes in a lot of things and guess weve become a lot like each other as well says namratasmiles galore time has flown it feels like it was just the other day that we got married says namratai first came to hyderabad in the year 2000 the airport was still in begumpet it was a very different city then nothing like the bustling global metropolis we have today if youd told me back then that this city was going to change my whole life i would have laughed it off but thats exactly what happened i found the love of my life here i raised my family here i made it my home when i look back 22 years later it all seems like a fairytale but its also just as realid come for the muhurat shot of my telugu debut vamsi and that was when i first met mahesh incidentally we shot for it in padmalaya studios which was founded by maheshs father krishna thats situated right next to where we live now what are the chances thats not all vamsi was maheshs home production and it also featured dad her fatherinlaw krishna who was also present for the muhurat shot call it serendipity or destiny i dont know but looking back it all seems so magical to mewe barely spoke on our first meetingas fortuitous as it seems in hindsight our first meeting was actually very brief in fact we barely spoke if i remember correctly we just exchanged a very cordial smile thats all it was more like an unsaid acknowledgment hi im part of your film and he was like yeah i know laughs there was a huge media entourage there and the whole attention was on mahesh and his dad acting together i was just there because i was part of the film i had flown down just to be part of the muhurat shot and had to go back to bombay for a shoot that very eveningwe really connected