Ever since the pandemic, celebrities have increasingly turned to social media, to stay connected with their fans and followers. Indian megastar Amitabh Bachchan is no exception, with the actor sharing numerous pictures for his fans.
Pictures of Amitabh Bachchan’s house is often seen on Instagram. While it seems, Big B has always been fond of sharing beautiful pictures of his Jalsa house, very few people know about his real estate investments in residential properties across countries. Here is a look at Amitabh Bachchan bungalow, his real estate investments, the net value of properties owned by him and other interesting details.
Where does Amitabh Bachchan live?
Amitabh Bachchan in Juhu, Mumbai with his wife, children and grandchildren.
Amitabh Bachchan house price
Jalsa where Amitabh Bachchan stays is valued around Rs 100- 120 crore.
Amitabh Bachchan house name
Amitabh Bachchan’s house name is ‘Jalsa’ and it is often seen on Instagram. While it seems, Big B has always been fond of sharing beautiful pictures of his Jalsa house, very few people know about his real estate investments in residential properties across countries.
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Details about Amitabh Bachchan’s house Jalsa
Jalsa is a twin-storey bungalow and is located next to the JW Marriott, Juhu, Mumbai. The bungalow is spread over 10,125 sqft. Jalsa house was handed over to Amitabh Bachchan as a remuneration for his lead role in one of his hit films, ‘Satte pe Satta’, directed and produced by Ramesh Sippy. The actor was gifted the Jalsa Bungalow in 1982.
As a practice that has been going for almost four decades now, Amitabh Bachchan meets his fans outside Jalsa every Sunday. This is visible from the two sets of pictures below- one in colour and one in black and white.
This practice had taken a break during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Amitabh Bachchan birthday celebrations
Actor Amitabh Bachchan, a favourite across all age groups is always in touch with fans. He celebrates his 81th birthday on October 11, 2023. As part of the celebrations, he met with his fans outside Jalsa. Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya shares his birthday with the Big B.
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Amitabh Bachchan Holi celebrations
Amitabh Bachchan in olden days used to host the best holi parties in the film industry. These however, stopped abruptly. However, that didn’t deter the legend from playing with his family.
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Jalsa decor: Simple, subtle and elegant
The pathway to the house is made of stones and has a four steps which lead to the house. There is a vertical planter put at the entrance which adds to the look. Brassware are placed at each step adding to the look of the entrance.
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Jalsa house is elegantly designed, combining comfort, warmth and luxury. It has floor-to-ceiling windows, mirrored shelves and uses earthy stone and wood to balance out modern interiors. Although, overall, the interiors have a minimal theme, the Bachchans’ luxe touch is evident in artifacts, with many silver and brass items adorning the home.
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Amitabh Bachchan house: Artwork
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The Bachchan family are art lovers and their home has various big and small size paintings by renowned artists. During Diwali a few years back, Amitabh Bachchan and his family shared on social media a family photo, which also showed the artwork of a bull painting in the backdrop. The bull signifies power, good fortune and optimism. According to reports, the painting is by late artist Manjit Bawa. Titled ‘Bull’, the painting’s worth is estimated to be around Rs 4 crore, although there is no official confirmation on any art site. The oil on canvas, which measures 137 x 172 cms (53.9 x 67.7 inches), is considered to be one of Bawa’s most well-known works.
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Amitabh Bachchan house: Home office and study
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Amitabh Bachchan’s love for reading and writing is well known. His house has a study, as well as an office where he has meetings and script-reading sessions with filmmakers. The study room, in Jalsa, has a tall custom-designed table, where Amitabh Bachchan likes to stand and work. The room also has a library, a workstation and a comfortable couch. The wooden wall adds to the decor and is adorned with paintings and photos.
Amitabh Bacchan house: Temple
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Amitabh Bacchan often shares, on social media, photos of Diwali puja, Saraswati puja, or Ganesh Chaturthi. It is said that the idols kept in the temple have been decorated with ornate jewels. A huge floor-to-ceiling Tanjore painting of deities adorns one of the walls, which is further bedecked with multiple metal lotuses at the base.
Amitabh Bachchan house gym
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The actor is known for his strict fitness regime. The gym in Amitabh Bachchan’s house has been designed with the latest equipment such as dumbbells, bench press, treadmill cycles, an Olympic bar and many more.
Amitabh Bachchan house garden and terrace
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There is a well-manicured, lush green garden in Pratiksha, as well as Jalsa. Big B loves to read the newspapers in the morning, sitting in the garden and has planted various trees himself. In the garden, the family celebrates festivals like Diwali and also lights the Holi bonfire. Jalsa also has a terrace, where the family spends time together and during Karva Chauth they all do the rituals on the terrace.
Amitabh Bachchan’s Janak bungalow
Amitabh Bachchan owns ‘Janak’ bungalow in Juhu since 2004. It is used as an office and has an in-house gymnasium.
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The bungalow Janak is very close to house Jalsa, which has a music studio. The superstar shared an image of ‘Saptaswar’ – his recording studio. He wrote: “and now that in the early morning there will be an attempt to set out to work… albeit in controlled environ of ‘saptaswar’… to dub to recite to give voice to a film of a known friend from a neighbouring state.” He added, “Saptaswar: sapt – 7; swar – notes of music .. the place for the 7 notes of music .. the environ of the recording studio in Janak .. a small little square which accommodates barely, two and a half persons .. a requiem for peace and calm and in the creative inspire .. at times .. my personal little air of solitudinous nerve.”
Amitabh Bachchan gifts Prateeksha to daughter Shweta Nanda
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‘Prateeksha’ is one of the most famous landmarks in Mumbai’s Juhu area and is Amitabh Bachchan’s bungalow name. It was Amitabh Bachchan’s first house that he bought in the city. Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan bought Prateeksha in 1976.
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Prateeksha is barely a kilometer away from Jalsa. Prateeksha bungalow was the venue for Abhishek Bachchan’s wedding with Aishwarya Rai. Located in Juhu Ville Parle Development Scheme, senior Bachchan and his family used to live here but shifted to ‘Jalsa’ house, after the demise of his parents. Bachchan still visits this property for spending some leisure moments here and he has spent a lot of time in this property.
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Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan gifted this Juhu Bungalow to daughter Shweta Nanda, documents accessed by Zapkey mentioned. The Prateeksha property was transferred through two gift deeds that were executed on November 8, 2023. A stamp duty of Rs 50.65 lakh was paid for this transaction. Prateeksha is value around Rs 50 crore.
Amitabh Bachchan house: Property at Parthenon building
Amitabh Bachchan has invested in an approximately 12,000 sq ft property on the 31st floor of Parthenon Building, Four Bungalows, Andheri (W), Mumbai. Reports suggest that Amitabh Bachchan has bought this house for investment purposes and doesn’t intend to shift here and continue to stay in his present residence Jalsa.
Amitabh Bachchan along with his son, co-own a property located behind ‘Jalsa’ house, which has a living area of 8,000 sqft and was bought for Rs 50 crore in 2013.
Amitabh Bachchan’s new house at Atlantis building is priced at around Rs 31 crore and is a 5,704- sq ft duplex apartment. While the purchase was made in December 2020, the property was registered in April 2021, for which the superstar paid Rs 62 lakh as stamp duty, at 2% of the property cost, under the Maharashtra stamp duty reduction scheme.
Amitabh Bachchan house: Sale of South Delhi property
Amitabh Bachchan sold his South Delhi property named ‘Sopaan’ located in Gulmohar Park area for Rs 23 crore. According to Zapkey.com, the registry of the 2100 sq ft house was completed on December 7, 2021. Registered under Teji Bachchan’s name, this is where his parents Harivansh Rai Bachchan and Teji Bachchan used to live before moving with him to Mumbai. According to Economic Times, the property has been sold to Avni Bader, CEO of Nezone group, who is known to the Bachchan family for more than three decades. The transaction has taken place according to the prevalent market rates. As this Amitabh Bachchan house was an old construction, the structure will be demolished and the group plans to construct a new one according to their requirements.
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Amitabh Bachchan invests in 3 office units
Actor Amitabh Bachchan has bought three office units in Veer Savarkar Signature Building for around Rs 60 crore, mention documents accessed by FloorTap.com. Spread across 8,429 sqft, the three units comes with three parking spaces. The actor also has four more units of office space in the same building which he has rented to Warner Music India.
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Amitabh Bachchan in August 2023, invested around Rs 28 crore in four units spread across a carpet area of 7,620 sqft on Lotus Signature building’s 21st floor, mentioned Floortap.com. According to documents access by Propstack, these four units are rented for five years starting March 2024 to Warner Music India.
Amitabh Bachchan rents duplex at Atlantis to actress Kriti Sanon
Amitabh Bachchan has rented his duplex apartment located on floors 27 and 28 of the Atlantis building on Lokhandwala Road in Andheri (West) to actress Kriti Sanon. With the apartment, comes four car parks. A money control report mentioned that according to documents accessed by Indextap.com, Kriti Sanon has paid a security deposit of Rs 60 lakh and will pay a rent of Rs10 lakh per month. The documents showed that the leave and license agreement was registered on November 12, 2021, with a lease term of two years starting October 16,2021 and ending October 15,2023.
Amitabh Bachchan leases Vatsa and Ammu to SBI
Amitabh Bachchan and son Abhishek Bachchan have leased the ground floor of their bungalows – Vatsa and Ammu, in Juhu, Mumbai, to State Bank of India (SBI) for 15 years at a rent of Rs 18.9 lakhs per month. Both these bungalows are located adjacent to Jalsa, where Amitabh Bachchan resides with his family.
According to the documents accessed by Zapkey.com, the leased property is around 3,150 sq ft. The lease deal was registered on September 28,2021. The documents indicate that in the 15 years’ period, there will be a 25% increase in rentals every five years. Thus, the rent after five years will be Rs 23.6 lakhs and the rent five years thereon (after 10 years) will be Rs 29.5 lakhs.
Registration charges of Rs 30,000, along with stamp duty of Rs 30.86 lakh s was paid for this deal. As part of the deal, SBI has paid a deposit of Rs 2.26 crores. Prior to SBI, Amitabh Bachchan had leased the property to Citi Bank, which vacated the property in June 2019 after their rental lease expired.
Media reports suggest that Big B also has his family’s ancestral home in Allahabad, which has been converted into an educational trust. This was the home where senior Bachchan’s late father and renowned poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan spent most of his early days.
Apart from this, the Amitabh Bachchan owns a lavish bungalow in Brignogan-Plage, France. Reportedly, his son, Abhishek Bachchan also owns a palatial villa in Dubai’s Jumeirah Golf Estates. This villa is spread over an area of 5,600 sqft and carries a price tag of around 35 million dirhams.
Amitabh Bachchan’s flats
Not just luxurious bungalows, Big B also owns a number of flats in various parts of the country. This includes two apartments in Juhu and one in Gurugram. Big B’s wife, Jaya Bachchan also owns two apartment properties in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. It was in 2013, when his daughter-in-law, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan bought a luxury flat in Skylark Towers in Worli on the 37th floor, for Rs 5 crores. After two years, in 2015, the former Miss World bought another five-bedroom property in Signia Isles for Rs 21 crores.
Amitabh Bachchan’s plots
If media reports are to be believed, Amitabh Bachchan owns a piece of agricultural land in Lucknow and Barabanki district, which are worth Rs 3 crore. Apart from this, he also owns a non-agricultural land in Ahmedabad which is worth Rs 15 lakh. The senior Bachchan also owns a commercial building in Juhu, which is valued at Rs 25 crore.
Amitabh Bachchan invests in land in Alibaug
Amitabh Bachchan has bought a 10,000 sqft land parcel in Alibaug from The House of Abhinandan Lodha (HoABL), mention media reports. The plot was registered last week. Bachchan invested Rs 10 crore in this project.
Amitabh Bachchan invests in The Sarayu, Ayodhya
The House of Abhinandan Lodha (HoABL) has launched a new project The Sarayu in Ayodhya. If media reports are to be believed, Amitabh Bachchan has invested in this project by booking a 10,000 square foot plot. Bachchan paid Rs 14.5 crore as part of this deal.
Abhishek Bachchan buys six apartments in Borivali
Amitabh Bachchan’s son Abhishek Bachchan has bought six flats in Oberoi Sky City Borivali. According to Moneycontrol report, the six flats were purchased for over Rs 15.42 crore. The property is located on 57th of a building in Oberoi Sky City and comes with 10 parkings.
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Amitabh Bachchan’s daughter-in-law served notice over unpaid land tax
Maharashtra government authority on January 9, 2023 has sent a notice of non-payment of non-agricultural (NA) tax of Rs 21,960 to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for the land she owns in Sinnar district near Nashik, mentions a Moneycontrol report.
FAQs
Was Jalsa gifted to Amitabh Bachchan?
Yes, Jalsa was given as remuneration for Amitabh Bachchan's performance in Satte pe Satta by director and producer Ramesh Sippy.
Who all live in the Amitabh Bachchan house?
At Jalsa, Amitabh Bachchan lives with wife Jaya, son Abhishek, daughter in law Aishwarya, grand-daugher Aaradhya. Also staying with them are his daughter Shweta and her children when they have professional commitments in Mumbai.
Who is the richest actor in Indian?
Shah Rukh Khan is the richest actor in India.
How many houses does Amitabh Bachchan have?
Amitabh Bachchan owns five bungalows in the Juhu- Vile Parle Development Scheme, two flats in Juhu, an apartment in Gurgaon and in France.
How much is Amitabh Bachchan’s house worth?
Amitabh Bachchan’s house is worth Rs 80-100 crore.
Where is Amitabh Bachchan house in Allahabad?
Amitabh Bachchan’s house is on Clive Road, in Allahabad.
Has Amitabh Bachchan invested in NFT (non-fungible token)?
Yes, Amitabh Bachchan has sold his collection of NFTs for USD 9,66,000 (Rs 7.18 crore, approximately) in an auction hosted by BeyondLife.club. The most successful was the ‘Madhu Shala’ NFT collection - his father’s poem, recorded in Big B's voice, which crossed a total of USD 756K (Rs 5.5 crore) worth of bids for the entire collection. Bachchan has paid GST of Rs 1.09 crore on the sale of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) worth Rs 7.15 crore.
How much is Jalsa valued at?
Jalsa is valued at RS 100-120 crore.
What was the original name of Jalsa?
Jalsa was originally known as Mansa.
When did Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan buy Prateeksha?
Prateeksha was bought by Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan in 1976.
Who did Amitabh Bachchan gift Prateeksha to?
Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan gifted Prateeksha to their daughter Shweta Nanda.
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