Has Sanjay Dutt tied the knot again?

New Delhi: Who was the mystery woman actor Sanjay Dutt was spotted with hand-in-hand at the recent Screen Awards held in Mumbai?

While some say it’s his new wife, others claim that though they have not tied the knot, they have been seeing each other since he broke up with Nadia Durrani.

The new face was identified as Manyata and her real name is supposedly Dilnawaz Shaikh. The Dubai-bred lady in Sanju’s life apparently belongs to a conservative upper class family, working in her family’s textile business.

The actor’s friend, director Dharam Oberoi revealed that Dutt and Manyata knew each other very well and were dating.

Sources say Dutt is very fond of Manyata who he met through common friend, producer Nitin Manmohan.. She apparently stood by him through the trial and the verdict in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

While some say the couple already tied the knot in a secret ceremony in Dutt’s Bandra house and have been living together since November, other sources say marriage is definitely not on the cards right now with Dutt awaiting his sentence and focusing on his daughter Trishala.

Dutt has denied his marriage with Manyata and as all celebs put it, said, “You (media) guys would be the first one to know if that was the case!”

But Dutt is not Manyata’s only ticket to showbiz. The once-divorced lady apparently did an item number in Prakash Jha’s Gangaajal.

Sources say Dutt’s sisters Priya and Namrata were not too keen on his relationship and apparent ‘marriage’ with Manyata but now they have accepted her in the family.