Even as the reports of Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi"s affair with actress Lara Dutta were doing the rounds, they kept quiet. They finally came out of the cocoon and made their first public appearance together recently.

Yes, Mahesh and Lara were the cynosure of all eyes at the recent 55th Filmfare Awards function. They dropped all their pretences and walked the red carpet together.

It may be mentioned that Mahesh has split with his wife Shweta while Lara had broken up with Dino Morea.