The 26-year-old, who has been dating Patel since meeting on the sets of the 2007 movie 'Slumdog Millionaire', said she loves her boyfriend's "down-to-earth" attitude, reported Contactmusic.
"He's my own action hero. He is one of the cutest, cutest boys I have ever met, very down-to-earth, very humble and so unaffected by everything that has happened.
"It is really funny when you introduce him to any celebrity he just goes like a little kid and jumps about all over the place," Pinto said.
The actress also says that Patel's idea of a perfect date is very different from hers - while she would like to be whisked abroad, he is happy to visit restaurants.
"We went out to get a bite a while back and he said, I'll take you to this really cool place to eat and he took me to TGI Fridays. The most romantic thing he could do would probably be to arrange a trip to Tuscany. That would be amazing," she said.
Published 13 August 2011, 09:58 IST