Is the Manyata-Dutt marriage legal?

Miraj brought out photographs of him and Manyata at their nikah ceremony, and also on their honeymoon.

"We married at a flat in Mercury Park on February 5, 2003," he said, "and we have a three-year-old son who is in Dubai with Manyata's aunt."

His son's name was Mustafa, Miraj said.

"I've never spoken out about this because I haven't found it necessary," he said, "but this time I'm fighting for my son."

After our marriage we opened an account in the NRO bank of Dubai, he said, asked if he had further proof of wedlock with Manyata.

Asked how he was separated from Manyata, Miraj said: "After our wedding we had planned to start a production house and I was supposed to direct a film."

"When I told Manyata I wanted Kareena in the film opposite Sanjay or Aamir, she fought with me because she wanted to star opposite Sanjay," he said.

He had met her "through an agency" he said.

At that time she called herself Dilnashin and claimed to be from Ahmedabad, he said.

Asked if they were now divorced, he said: "No, she has promised to take care of me and look after my needs."

He said he wanted to start a new life without her, but only after she handed over their son and half their money "from the Dubai bank."

He is the man who admittedly sends nasty SMSes to starlets, sending them scurrying to the police station first, and the tv cameras second. He has previously been named for sending dirty messages to Naghma, Neha Dhupia, Celina Jaitley and Kangana Ranaut.