Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's girlfriend Kiran Rao, who was rumoured to have married the actor, is a graduate of New Delhi's Mass Communication Research Centre (MCRC) of Jamia Millia University here.

Rao, who is reported to be living in with Khan in the actor's Pali Hill apartment in Mumbai, studied an MA in mass communication at MCRC about five-six years ago.

"She was an intelligent student, though often a little distant towards her classmates," reminiscences Farhat Basir Khan, professor of photography and audio-visual production at MCRC.

"The kid was bright and I remember some good ideas coming from her. She largely kept to herself and didn't mingle much.

"I dare say some of her classmates thought that she had a bit of a nose in the air, you know," laughed Khan.

Rumours about Rao's marriage to Khan came after a Mumbai tabloid printed news of their wedding in a secret London ceremony. The actor, thorough his publicist, has denied that he had married Rao but did not say whether they were not in a serious relationship.

Rao, an assistant director in Bollywood, has been quoted as saying that she is not ready to talk about the relationship yet.

Jamia old timers say Rao is naturally secretive. "I think she is the sort of person who likes to keep her personal life exactly that, personal," said a Jamia official, who asked not to be named, "as far as I remember her, she was never very happy of anyone coming to know what she was doing."

The duo met when Rao was assisting director Ashutosh Gowariker on the sets of the Oscar-nominated "Lagaan" around four years ago. Aamir Khan played the lead role and produced the film.

Their relationship is said to have turned serious about a year ago.

Khan, currently shooting for the period drama "The Rising" was earlier married to Reena Dutta and has two children, nine-year-old son Junaid and daughter Ira, 4.