Slumdog Millionaire co-stars, Dev Patel [ Images ] and Freida Pinto [ Images ], come up with innovative ideas to keep their love-life alive because of their long-distance relationship.

The couple has been seeing each other since filming Danny Boyle's [ Images ] 2008 Oscar-winning blockbuster, which saw their characters battling to be together.

London-based Patel said maintaining a relationship with the 25-year-old actress, who lives in Mumbai [ Images ], means they both have to make an effort.

'We're never at home,' the Daily Express quoted the 21-year-old as telling Radio Times.

'But we do manage to meet. We always find time for each other,' he said.

And when they're in London [ Images ]?

'We always get a different place. Rent out a flat or something and spend time together that way,' he added. 

Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters