Veteran Bollywood actor Rajesh Khanna’s bungalow is set to be demolished and make way for a multi-storey building. [caption id=“attachment_1634907” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]
Aashirwad. Image courtesy: IBN Live.[/caption] The new owner, Shashi Kiran Shetty, who bought the home back in August 2014, plans to build a three or four-storey building. “We’re to redevelop the property since the existing structure is more than 50 years old. The process will start in a couple of months,” said Shetty, executive chairperson of Allcargo Logistics, told the
Times of India
. This comes as a little surprise as last year
in an interview
, when asked if purchasing the property was his dream, he replied, “It was more of an opportunity which presented itself, as we were looking at various options for purchasing a house. This is indeed one of the high points of my personal life. We have a good memory and imagination of Mr. Rajesh Khanna’s life which he largely spent in that property.” However, despite the redevelopment Shetty might keep the bungalow’s previous name, Aashirwad. The 6,500-square-foot property,
was reportedly bought
for a whopping Rs 95 crore.
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