Shah Rukh Khan’s Mannat: Its secret history to the symbolic connection and Salman Khan connection REVEALED
Shah Rukh Khan's house, Mannat, has become a tourist destination in India now. It is a dream house of every middle-class person who wishes to make it big in life. Every year on his birthday and during special festivals, hundreds of his fans gather outside to get a glimpse of their favourite superstar. Currently, Mannat is making news as it is getting renovated, and it will take more than a year for the same.
For at least two years, we will not be seeing superstar Shah Rukh Khan waving at his fans on his birthday as well as during Eid. But in this article, we will be highlighting why the mansion is so special, precious and always talked about.
Shah Rukh Khan bought Mannat in the year 2001 and it's a very old building with an interesting history. The mansion has been standing there at Bandra's Bandstand since the 18th century. Reportedly, it was built by an Indian king named Raja Bijay Sen, who was from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi region. Sen built this bungalow for his queens just how Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal for Queen Mumtaz. However, when Raja Bijay Sen passed away in 1902, Mannat, the mansion, was sold to a man named Perin Maneckji Batliwala in the year 1915.
Perin renamed the house Villa Vienna and later sold it to his sister Khurshidbai. When Khurshidbai died, it was sold to her sister Gulbanu and then to Gulbanu's son Nariman Dubash. Before Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan was going to buy the house. However, Salman's father, Salim, told him that they don't need such a big house and hence the superstar decided to not buy it.
In the year 1997, SRK was shooting for the movie Yess Boss and he saw the house when he was filming for the song Chand Taare. That's when he fell in love with it and decided that he would buy it one day. Well, in 2001, Shah Rukh Khan bought the house for 13 crores. At that time, it was quite old and needed a lot of repairing. SRK renovated it and made it a modern luxurious home, which is now known as Mannat and is worth more than Rs 2000 crore.
SRK has extended Mannat to a six-story building and it also has a swimming pool, a personal movie theatre, a gym, and a beautiful garden. Now, the superstar wants to make it even bigger and better with the upcoming renovation.