Bollywood’s youth-icon star Shah Rukh Khan plans to renovate his home ‘Mannat’. It is a 27,000-square-foot sea-facing mansion. Beginning in May 2025, the renovation needs almost two years. His property, built in 1914, is a Grade 2-B heritage structure on Bandstand in Bandra, Mumbai. Before beginning the renovation, Bollywood’s supreme actor has already sought clearances from the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA).
A property, establishment, site, or space acquires heritage status if it has an architectural, cultural, and/ or historical significance. In the first listing of heritage sites in Greater Mumbai published in 1995, Khan’s property, which was originally called ‘Villa Vienna’, was marked as a Grade 3 heritage structure.
In a review of the list in 2006, the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC) of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) upgraded the property to a Grade 2-B structure. The reason, according to a review note on the report submitted to the MHCC in 2006, was the “architectural value as a seaside villa and associational value with Shah Rukh Khan”.
Heritage Properties
In fact, Heritage properties are classified into three main categories – Grades 1, 2, and 3. Grade 2 has two sub-grades, 2A and 2B. Classification is based on both architectural parameters and historical importance. Grade 1 structures are buildings or sites of national or historical importance which also have excellent architectural design.
Grade 2 structures include buildings and precincts of local and regional importance possessing special architectural and cultural merit. And Grade 3 buildings and sites are important for a townscape. Khan bought the property in 2001 and was not allowed to make any structural alterations. He, therefore, built a six-storey annexe behind the original villa and named it Mannat.
And, now Khan needed clearance from the MCZMA! In fact, the property is located at the southernmost tip of Bandra, on a peninsular strip of land called Land’s End. It extends into the Arabian Sea. At the very end of this strip, at its southernmost tip, stands the ruins of Bandra Fort.
Considering how close this area is to the sea; property owners have to get clearance from MCZMA. It is the state’s nodal agency to regulate development clearances in the coastal zone.
The planned redevelopment work in Khan’s property will add two additional floors to the annexe, which will increase the built-up area by 616.02 sq metres.
“Any kind of property construction or redevelopment work will require prior permission since the height of the property as well as the extension will have to remain within certain permissible limits,” an official said. Also, the renovation must be carried out in a “sustainable” way, the official said. “For example, debris can’t be dumped in the sea. For these reasons, prior MCZMA permission and declaration is required,” he said.
Meanwhile, Shah Rukh Khan is moving out of Mannat with family before May, and has leased four-floor luxury apartment for Rs 24 lakh monthly rent, while renovation work goes on at Mannat. Shah Rukh and his family will be reportedly shifting to Pali Hill as his house Mannat will see a renovation for the next two years.
Mannat is a tourist’s hot-spot
Shah Rukh’s Mannat is always on the list of fans and tourists from all over the world when they visit Mumbai. But come May, they will only get to see workers there as renovation work is on the cards for superstar’s house. Reports say that SRK, wife Gauri Khan and their kids, Abram, Suhana and AbRam will be shifting to Pali Hill at Mumbai’s Bandra where the star has leased four floors of a luxury apartment built by film producer Vashu Bhagnani.
SRK’s house Mannat will see some extensions and the work is planned for the next couple of years. Gauri Khan, in November last year, had sought permission of the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA) to add two additional floors to the Mannat annexe. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 25 crore.
Reports say that recently SRK’s company Red Chillies Entertainment entered into a leave and licence agreement with Bhagnani’s actor son Jackky Bhagnani and his daughter Deepshika Deshmukh, who co-own the property, Puja Casa. As quoted in report, “Each floor has one flat and while it is clearly not as spacious as Mannat, there is enough space to accommodate his security and other staff.” SRK will reportedly pay a monthly rent of Rs 24 lakh for the four floors.
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