Priyamani and her husband Mustafa Raj’s
marriage has been declared invalid by his first wife, Ayesha. She said that their divorce didn’t take place officially.

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Mustafa and Ayesha separated in 2013, and he
married Priyamani in 2017. Mustafa
Raj and Ayesha have two children.

However, Mustafa denies all charges and said that this is an attempt at extortion,
as he is providing child support.

He
told a leading daily, “The charges against me are false. I am paying the
children’s maintenance to Ayesha regularly. She is simply trying to extort
money from me.”

He asked why she had waited this long to press the
charges, which also include domestic violence.

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“Mustafa is still
married to me. Mustafa and Priyamani’s marriage is invalid. We have not even
filed for divorce and while marrying Priyamani, he declared in the court that
he was a bachelor.” As for the delay, she said, “As a mother of two
children, what can you do? One tries to sort it out amicably but only when it
doesn’t work out, some steps need to be taken because you don’t want to lose
out on time which he has been using against me now,” said Ayesha.

Priyamani,
who is a cousin of actor Vidya Balan, became known to pan-Indian audiences
after appearing in ‘The Family Man’, with Manoj Bajpayee.

Prior to that, she had appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films.
She is the recipient of a National Film Award.

In a recent interview, she had called
Mustafa Raj her lucky charm.

“Personally for me, I have become busier
after marriage. So I always say I think Mustafa has been my lucky charm. I
thank god that I go a wonderful partner like that who supports me in my work,”
she told Bollywood Bubble.