After Kareena Kapoor defended her boyfriend Saif Ali Khan for the scuffle he had at the Wasabi restaurant at the Taj Hotel, it was the turn of 'victim' Iqbal Sharma's wife to speak up for her husband. Tarina Patel is a Bollywood starlet, who has acted in films like Bhool Bhulaiya and Chase. She gives her side of the tale of what really happened that night to Subhash K Jha.

Tell us about that night at the Taj. My husband is not some star-struck foreigner in India. He comes from the biggest political family in South Africa. He is (prominent anti-apartheid activist) Fatima Meer's nephew. His family was instrumental in getting Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa.

My husband's uncle and Nelson Mendela were best friends. He's in and out of Mumbai doing business, negotiating trade on behalf of South Africa with India for the last 10 years. Though I stay in South Africa with my husband, I am in and out of Mumbai all the time as well.

Image: Tarina Patel and Iqbal Sharma