It was on the sets of 'Vamsi' that Mahesh Babu and Namrata Shirodkar first met each other and fell in love. That was in 2000. Their marriage took place in February 2005. What happened in the intervening years between them?

Namrata reveals that they had to convince their respective parents about each other's love interest. If Superstar Krishna was skeptical about Namrata, a Mumbai-based actress at that time, it was much the same in the case of Namrata's parents as well.

Speaking to National Herald, Namrata reveals that those four years were anxious times for her. "We didn't meet much during those four years," she says, suggesting that they could only talk on the phone.

The doting wife of the 'Sarileru Neekevvaru' actor reveals that Mahesh is too shy to even speak to his heroines.