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One after the other, problems come searching for Mrs & Mr Sanjay Dutt. In a new turn to the Dutt marriage saga, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt and his bride Manyata have been directed by a Mumbai court to appear before it on April 1 and prove the legality of their marriage.

The Bandra metropolitan magistrate on Tuesday evening summoned the newly wed couple in connection with the hearing a case filed by Manyata’s first husband, Meraj-Ur-Rehman, who claims that he is still married to Dutt’s bride.

The court has issued notice to Dutt and Manyata, who will have to appear before the court and prove the legality of their marriage.

Rehman had said that Manyata was still married to him and the Qazi (clerk) who annulled their wedding was false. After being arrested for sending obscene messages to actresses and models,Rehman is currently in the Arthur road prison.

Sanjay and Manyata tied the knot in a registered marriage in Goa after which they got married at Mumbai as per Hindu rituals. The registered marriage, however, came under the scanner as the Goa marriage registrar’s office sent a show cause notice to Manyata. She had reportedly submitted a fake residential certificate at the time of marriage.

Following the notice, Dutt and Manyata filed an application before the Goa marriage registrar seeking to cancel their marriage, which was accepted by the registrar.

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Trust Rakhi Sawant to come up with something outlandish in whatever she does, talks and even wears!

Rakhi was in the news last month for her alleged ‘break-up’ and subsequent making up by Abhishek, her boyfriend, on Valentine’s day.

The Bindaas babe was seen at an awards show of a popular radio station, in a black and silver dress.

But what shocked the living daylights out of all who saw her, was her choice to wear two different colored (black and silver) sandals!

What was Miss Sawant’s idea, to wear this weird and wacky combination of sandals, is something we don’t have an answer to.

May be, she wanted to match her black and silver dress with proper black and silver sandals.

Well guess she needs a pair of sandals to shock us, now that all her tantrum throwing ways are old wine to us.

Sanjay Dutt has always been in the centre of many a controversy. Now we come to the latest twist in the most talked about marriage in Bollywood .

Come February we were greeted to the news of Sanju baba’s wedding to starlet Manyata. First it was a registered marriage in Goa, then a Hindu wedding in Mumbai with his family ‘missing’ from both ceremonies.

The marriage led to several controversies including the rumour that the hush-hush marriage was speeded up ‘coz the Dutt’s had yet another announcement to make, that of Manyata being pregnant!!!

Then came the news that a convict, Meraj-Ur-Rehman claimed that he was still married to Dutt’s ‘wife’. Surprisingly Dutt has been silent on both these statements doing the rounds.

First, the Goa marriage registrar’s office slapped a notice on the couple .This was followed by the Marriage Registrar in Goa serving Manyata with a show cause notice questioning her on the fake residential certificate that she had submitted.

An official of the Goa government was suspended allegedly on ground of accepting invalid documents and registering the marriage in the tiny tourist paradise

Now, in a bizarre turn of events, Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt and wife Manyata have revoked their marriage in Goa.

The couple applied to the Goa Marriage Registrar seeking to revoke their marriage on Thursday and the Goa marriage registrar has accepted the application permitting them to withdraw the marriage. The wedding now stands cancelled.

The couple in their application said they did not desire to honour their marriage under the Portuguese Civil Code.

Sources said the couple decided to cancel their marriage to avoid the legal tangle arising out of the alleged fake residential certificate that the registrar had accused Manyata of submitting at the time of the wedding.

The duo apparently wanted to register their marriage under the Special Marriages Act but was not informed at the time of marriage that the Act was not applicable in Goa.

Independent sources in Goa confirmed this when contacted over phone Thursday afternoon.

The development comes barely three weeks after the couple’s wedding first came under the limelight .

Circles close to Dutt described the development an indication of how Dutt and Manyata are ‘frustrated with the continuing legal complications hampering their wedlock’.

A close friend of Dutt, filmmaker Nitin Manmohan, said that Sanjay and Manyata just want to lead ‘a normal, peaceful married life, but the legalities rocking their marriage has left a bad taste’.

Manmohan said though he had not yet spoken to Dutt about the matter, he sympathised with the couple.

Our Chote Nawab, Saif went diamond shopping over the weekend!

Actor Saif Ali Khan is looking for a pair of diamond earrings to gift his lady love. So he asks help from an expert. None other than his sister, Jewellery designer Saba Ali Khan.

So Saif was in Hyderabad this weekend to cheer Saba and also do some shopping for his new lady love.

“I’ve asked her to design earrings for a special someone,” said Saif. So it seems that the rock Kareena’s already sporting is not dazzling enough?

The Chotte Nawab evidently likes to make big gestures and give big gifts.

But of course whatever demands big brother might be making he did manage to make sure Saba’s collection sparkled with the smart set.

Rakhitronics on Valentine’s Day!!!!

In a seeming highlight of Valentine’s Day, the original drama girl Rakhi Sawant gave us some more drama.

Most of the stars had special and not so special plans for Valentine’s Day. However , our original Drama Queen was busy with a Self-Directed Show with herself on centre stage which allowed her full fledged freedom to add all the ‘Mirch Masala’ and glorify her self.

Her pathetic boyfriend, Abhishek played along… maybe in the hope that this would give him the needed spotlight to break into big time!!

News channels too played along to create breaking news! In the seeming highlight of Valentine’s Day, that was telecast live on a news channel, our home-grown drama queen, Rakhi Sawant had herself showcased as the injured party. Her boyfriend Abhishek Awasthi visited her home and gave her a bouquet of red roses and begged for forgiveness. It was reported that Rakhi split with her boyfriend, leaving him heartbroken on Valentine’s Eve.

Initially appearing to be taken aback, Rakhi soon showed her irritation and even slapped him in full view of the cameras. Abhishek ,however, persisted and tried to make up with her. To this, Rakhi showed more annoyance and called security to throw him out of her home.

The security was hesitant to do so, and Rakhi shouted in her now patented dramatic fashion, ‘Do you work for me or for him?’

Throwing public tantrums is not new to Rakhi. First Mikka, then Nach Baliye and now Abhishek. With not much else to offer, guess she needs these gimmicks to stay in the limelight!

Bollywood bad boy Salman Khan, rumourmongers’ easiest prey, is in the news again for all the wrong reasons. It was reported that Salman slapped his long time girlfriend Katrina Kaif at a coffee bar recently.Now Katrina has come out with her version of the story for all to know.

Katrina Kaif is extremely angry with some media reports that she was manhandled and slapped by boyfriend Salman Khan in public at a coffee shop in Mumbai.

The gorgeous actress seems to be tired of the rumours surrounding her love life. And she has lost her patience this time around. She said that she had never talked about her personal life and clarified rumours until now. She termed the ‘Salman-slapping’ story as baseless rumours and utter rubbish. She added that the rumour must have been started by some guys with vested interest.

“Enough is enough, I have never talked about my personal life and don’t intend to because I have always believed that what is personal is personal. But this is too much. The story that has appeared is utter rubbish and fabricated,” said a thoroughly irritated and angry Katrina.

She is more upset because Salman is being painted in a bad light. She felt she must take a stand and put a lid on the rumours floating around.

It was earlier rumoured that Salman’s possessive attitude had turned Katrina off. So much has been written about them but they have been keeping silent all this while. This time around, Katrina has come out to defend her troubled-boyfriend. She said that Salman never slapped her.

“I suspect that it’s being spread by people with vested interests and ulterior motives. I would like to repeat that nothing of this sort happened. Normally, I don’t like to clarify but sometimes one has to take a stand and this is one of those times,” she said. According to sources close to her, it is the first time Katrina has commented on her personal life.

Meanwhile, Katrina is going great guns as far as her film career is concerned. 2007 was her year. The actress, who churned out five hits last year including “Namastey London”, Partner and “Welcome”, has always believed in being dignified and keeping her personal life out of public scrutiny.

On her professional front, Katrina said: “I am quite pleased with the way my career has shaped up. Even ‘Race’ looks extremely slick and has got an international look. It was so special shooting for ‘Race’. I am just looking forward to it.”

Katrina is quite upbeat about her forthcoming films “Race”, “Singh Is Kingg” , “Main Yuvraj” and two films with Yashraj Films.

Well, it’s time Salman and Katrina end unnecessary rumours by tying the knot – or at least make their relationship public!