Amitabh BachchanJalsa Niwas is very famous. The grand mansion is where the megastar welcomes fans every Sunday. This bungalow was gifted to Big B after the success of Satte Pe Satta. Now, the bungalow is about to be renovated with the addition of another floor to the structure.
The Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Department has approved Amitabh Bachchan’s wife Jaya Bachchan’s proposal to add an additional floor to their Jalsa bungalow in Juhu.
Jaya Bachchan had submitted a proposal to the concerned department for additions and alterations to an existing building at Kapol Society, Juhu Vile Parle.
The Bachchan family has got permission to build an additional floor on plot number B2 (Jalsa). As per the 1984 plan, the bungalow has a basement, ground and two upper floors, but the new proposal allows the Bachchan family to build the entire second floor, which was already temporarily constructed.
Earlier the construction could not be completed, but now after getting orders from the Coastal John Authority, the construction can be done again. Till now the permission was not given by the Coastal Zone Authority because you cannot build high rise buildings under CRZ and since there is a flying zone in Juhu, there is a problem in giving signals to the aircraft, which was not allowed under the rules.
The property was gifted to Amitabh Bachchan by producer Sippy in 1982 after the stupendous success of his film ‘Satte Pe Satta’. Many Bollywood movies like ‘Chupke Chupke’, ‘Anand’ and ‘Namak Haraam’ have been shot in Jalsa itself. Amitabh Bachchan meets his fans on Sundays from Jalsa itself. Every Sunday the doors of Jalsa are thrown open to hordes of fans who gather to catch a glimpse of their favorite actor.
The last shooting at Jalsa Bungalow was for the film Murabba, in which Vineet Singh shared screen space with Amitabh Bachchan.