When Rajesh Khanna was in debts, declined to party with his Aashirwad bungalow
When Rajesh Khanna was in debts, declined to party with his Aashirwad bungalow
Rajesh Khanna faced financial ruin and rumours had it that he was considering to sell his Carter Road bungalow, Aashirwad. Even as Salman Khan’s brother Sohail Khan offered to buy it, Khanna refused.
Rajesh Khanna acquired Aashirwad bungalow from Rajendra Kumar while at peak of his stardom.
He was regarded as one of India’s first superstars, saw success like no one.
From his 17 superhit films in a row, robust fan following and wealth, there was a time when Rajesh Khanna had it all. Unfortunately, his descent was swifter than his ascent. And there came a time in life when the Aradhana actor fell into a massive debt. Talks began that the superstar planned to sell off his most prized possessions – his Carter Road bungalow, Aashirwad.
In Rajesh Khanna’s biography, Dark Star The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna, penned by Gautam Chintamani and published by Rupa Publications, an excerpt about his financial status back then read: “For a better part of the early years of the first decade of the new millennium, troubled clouds had taken over almost every small pocket of sunshine in Khanna’s life. His financial state went from bad to worse and there were murmurs that he was finally on the lookout to sell Aashirwad. Like most rumours emanating from the world of Hindi cinema, no one knew how real the reports about his house being up for grabs were, but people believed them because Khanna looked troubled. The news that the income tax department had slapped a notice for arrears of over a crore and a half rupees on him finally made it all too true.”
News Edit KV Raman
