SRK Big B invest over Rs 10 cr each in friend’s real estate firm
SRK Big B invest over Rs 10 cr each in friend’s real estate firm
Investing in real estate is the trend of some of the Bollywood Celebrities.
It is learnt that filmmaker Anand Pandit needs Funds for his real estate firm ‘Lotus Developers and Realty, a real estate firm. So Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh have stepped forward to invest a whopping Rs.10 crores each in their friend a member of the film fraternity in his Realty company. They were also joined by Ajay Devgn Hrithik Roshan
As per reports ccording the firm has also received an investment from Ektaa Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Tiger Shroff, and Rajkummar Rao.
Notedly, the firm has received SEBI’s green signal for a Rs 792 cr IPO. Earlier, in December, they raised Rs 400 crore by issuing shares at R 150 each. Shah Rukh Khan Family Trust bought 6.75 lakh shares for Rs 10.1 crore and Amitabh Bachchan invested Rs 10 crore. Needless to stress that both SRK and senior Bachchan live in luxury mansions which have become popular tourist attractions. The two stars also own significant properties across the country.
Recently, Anand Pandit spoke about his real-estate firm in a chat with the media and cited Amitabh Bachchan’s film Trishul as an early inspiration. He went on to say that he has grown up watching Amitabh Bachchan’s films. His film, Trishul, really inspired him and motivated him to leave Ahmedabad and shift base to Mumbai, the ‘Mecca’ of Hindi films Bollywood. And he also wanted to have his own Shanti Construction Company, and fortunately today he made Lotus Developers. His character Vijay inspired him to be where he stands today. It is all because of Bachchan sahab,” he added.
He also shared that he eventually bought the property next to Big B’s house, Jalsa, for Rs 50 crore in 2013, and when the star wanted to expand his property, he sold it to him. “He was an ardent fan who had grown up watching his films and a twist of fate then made him his neighbour when he bought a bungalow next to his and he finally ended up selling it back to him and that is when they grew closer.
At Anand’s birthday party recently, Shah Rukh joked that the businessperson owns a vast chunk of Mumbai. “In the night, at 12-1 am, he comes visits him and they roam around Juhu. He doesn’t tell him ‘This is his building, that is his building.’ Instead, in the two-kilometre drive, he tells him barring two to three buildings, all buildings are his. Their journey becomes signed off Shah Rukh Khan.
News Edit KV Raman
