She romanced Ranbir Kapoor on-screen in her debut film Rockstar, and was linked to him off-screen, but Nargis Fakhri says she prefers her Madras Cafe co-star John Abraham over him.

'John is hotter. They are both handsome guys but my preference would be John. He’s stronger and rough looking. He looks like he’ll protect you. We women want to know our men can be protective and fight the bad guys.' So is she looking for a macho guy for herself? 'There should be a balance— may be appear macho, but be a classy and a respectable man. Sometimes machoness is not so nice. I haven’t found anyone yet but one day God will send (laughs).'

Apart from Ranbir, the 33-year-old has been linked to Shahid Kapoor, Ness Wadia and more recently, Uday Chopra. 'I have been linked to everybody and their mother (laughs). In the beginning, it was awkward and weird. When you are trying to make friends, they put in papers that you are dating. Personally, I wish people would allow us to just have f*****g friends,' she says, adding, 'How many people could I be dating? I was apparently dating and living-in with two people at one time.'