Dev Anand's Juhu Bungalow To Be Dismantled For A 22-Floor Tower? Here's What We Know

Late actor Dev Anand’s Juhu home has been sold reportedly. According to a report in Hindustan Times, the bungalow has been sold to a real estate company. We also hear that the house will be demolished for a 22-storey tower.

A source close to the development informed the news portal, “Dev Anand’s Juhu bungalow has been sold to a real estate company. The deal is also done and paperwork is going on. It has been sold for approximately ₹350-400 crores as it’s a prime location with bungalows of prominent industrialists in the locality.”

The source also added, “Actors like Madhuri Dixit Nene and Dimple Kapadia also once lived in the apartments around the bungalow. The place will now be replaced by a 22 floors long tower.”

Apparently, the bungalow where Anand stayed for nearly ’40 long years’ is being sold as there is no one to look after. The source revealed, “His son Suniel stays is US whereas daughter Devina lives in Ooty along with mother Kalpana Kartik. There is no one in Mumbai to take care of the property and hence they have taken the decision to sell off the bungalow. In fact, they had also sold some property in Panvel, Maharashtra for the same reason,” reveals the source.

Another source informed the news portal that when Dev Anand’s studio was sold 10 years back, the money was used to buy three apartments. “One was given to Suniel, another to Devina and third to his wife Kalpana. So for the Juhu property also, everyone will get the share.”

When Dev Anand made the decision to build a home in Juhu, the area was relatively unfamiliar to many. In earlier interviews he shared that the reason why he chose Juhu was because he fell in love with the natural beauty of the place. “I built my Juhu house 1950. Juhu was a small village then and there was total wilderness. I liked it because I’m a loner. Juhu has become very crowded now, too full of people, especially on Sundays. It’s not the same beach any longer. My Iris Park residence doesn’t have a park anymore, there is a school and four bungalows bang opposite my place,” he had shared with a media outlet according to HT.