Dev Patel and Freida Pinto play forbidden lovers in the Oscar-nominated film 'Slumdog Millionaire,' but are they falling for each other in real life, too? One of their co-stars weighs in!

"When I meet them, I feel there is something happening [off-screen]," Anil Kapoor, who plays a shady gameshow host in 'Slumdog,' tells Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show. "She says, 'No, I have to look after him, and I have to babysit him,' and that kind of stuff. I said, 'This is the beginning of something exciting happening.'"

Patel, 18, has denied rumors that he and Pinto, 24, are a couple, says the New York Post.

'Slumdog Millionaire' is nominated for 10 Oscars, including Motion Picture of the Year, Best Director (Danny Boyle) and Best Adapted Screenplay. Keep checking back with ET Online for all the latest coverage of this Sunday's 81st Annual Academy Awards!