Bandra to Worli – celebs’ fav belt

In the glam world of Mumbai, your stature is determined by your address. If you are a business tycoon and inherit huge money, then Malabar Hill is your where your home is. If you are a top notch lawyer, an eminent executive or a high-ranking banker, then you ought to have a house in Peddar Road. And if you are an A-list Bollywood actor, then Bandra is the exclusive destination for your dream home.

The Goa like lanes and feel, abundance of sea-view apartments and more importantly a central location, has made good old Bandra the most preferred residential destination from Rajesh Khanna to the King Khan. Besides, Bandra is close to Film city in Goregaon and most film studios where these stars travel for shootings. Celebs like Ranbhir Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernandez and Nargis Fakhri own properties in bandra.

There are other stars that chose to stay even closer to Film city by purchasing houses in Andheri. In addition to TV actors who prefer to live in Goregaon and Kandivli, biggies like John Abraham, Pariniti Chopra and Anushka Sharma have apartments in Andheri.

As times passed, stars have shifted their choice to the exotic and the costliest area of Mumbai – Worli.  This was evident when Deepika Padukone bought her first home in worli 5 years ago with a home loan. In 2013, cricketer Yuvraj Singh purchased a pad in a luxurious tower in Worli for Rs. 60 crore while Abhishek Bachchan booked an apartment for Rs. 41 crore and Akshay Kumar for Rs. 28 crore in the famous Skylark Towers.

The real estate market, which is going through a dull phase, was cheered by some big ticket purchases by Hindi movie superstars during the last couple of years. So why Worli?

According to experts in the property markets, a number of upcoming luxury spaces in the Worli area give these celebrities the ease of customizing their living to their taste. Apart from the aesthetically designed interiors, the apartments in Worli offer a breathtaking view of the Arabian Sea.

Another factor is the heavy cash inflow. Hindi cinema is the largest contributor to the revenue of the multi-billion film industry of India. A bollywood film crossing the 100-crore mark is not a novelty anymore and with this, the spending power of celebrities has also shot upwards. Riding on advertisement and event-based earnings, actors are making money at par with industrialists, business houses and top notch bankers.

The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is one more major attraction which is pulling film stars closer to Worli. With the sea link that opened in 2009, celebrities can commute to their workplace sans the traffic as well as enjoy the space and serenity that Worli offers.

Parineeti Chopra new house in Mumbai

Sometimes even Bollywood stars considered it as an achievement to own a house in Mumbai due to increasing price of properties in real estate market of Mumbai.

These days two Bollywood actresses; Sunny Leone and Parineeti Chopra are in news due to the same reason. According to reports, recently, Parineeti Chopra moved into the sprawling home, which is located at the Bandra (W), whereas; Sunny Leone has rented an apartment in Juhu, while stating that currently she has no plan to buy apartment in Mumbai.

Earlier, Parineeti Chopra were used to live in rented apartment in Andheri (W), but now after moving into new house she is saying that my new house is superb. And I love it because here its feels like home. The more she added that I have lived there and now finally I own it and it has taken the shape of a beautiful home. In first two months everything were new for me as it was brand new, but now it feels like I have return the home and it feels like home when I return at the end of day. Now I can say that “’Haan, ghar aa gaye” so all I can say that this experience is awesome and I cannot explain it in words.

While answering the question that she has trouble to travel to Andheri or not? As it’s the area where most of the film related studios, so she answered that No its now very bad because even in peak hours it take just 30 minutes to reach Andheri. And now day’s I have most of the meetings in Bandra.

On the other had Sunny Leone declined the news of property buying and she stated that it’s a rumour and I have been living at the same apartment from last two and a half years and now I love to live here as I am living in the great building and it has a good security system. There are only six people in whole building, so here its easy to find the privacy.

In fact, Sunny Leone is still not sure that she would like to buy property in Mumbai in near future or not. She stated that I am not sure that I will ever buy house in Mumbai or not, unless an opportunity presents itself. At this point of time I have no interest and there are many reasons and one of them is that I have found a place, which made me feel like home. And this could be place in future which I want to buy.