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Shah Rukh Khan, whose palatial house Mannat in Mumbai is one of the major landmarks of the city, was still trying to become a star when he bought his first house in the city. In a recent video, his co-actor Mukesh Khanna recalled how Shah Rukh bought his first house during the filming of 1995’s Guddu. Mukesh, who played Shah Rukh’s father in the film, shared that Shah Rukh requested the producer to pay him in advance so he could buy his first house.
Talking on his own channel Bheeshm International, Mukesh Khanna called Shah Rukh an “enterprising actor” and said that he was extremely respectful of the senior actor. Mukesh said that he was a bigger star than Shah Rukh at the time as he had already appeared in a pivotal role in Mahabharat and Shah Rukh was yet to have his big hits. “He would respect me a lot at that time,” Khanna recalled.
He then spoke about Shah Rukh’s house and shared, “Shah Rukh was going to buy a house at that time, I have been told. He requested Prem Lalwani (producer) that you please pay me in advance, I want to buy a house. In those days, one could buy a house in Rs 34-35 lakh. The first house that Shah Rukh bought was purchased because of the money he made on Guddu. Lalwani did a very nice gesture and he gave Shah Rukh full payment in advance. Shah Rukh used to say that I have a house because of this film.”
Shah Rukh later bought his house Mannat in Bandra. He recalled the process of getting the house together at his wife Gauri Khan’s book launch event and said, “I just want to say that when we bought the house we live in now, it was beyond our means. We had to rebuild it since it was dilapidated, and then we struggled to furnish it. We couldn’t afford the charges of a designer we consulted, so I suggested to Gauri to take charge as the designer of the house.”
Shah Rukh will next be seen in Sujoy Ghosh’s film King where he will share screen space with his daughter Suhana Khan and Abhishek Bachchan.
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