Bollywood's
late
superstar
Rajesh
Khanna's
iconic
bungalow
Aashirwad
in
Mumbai,
has
been
garnering
a
lot
of
public
and
media
attention
now-a-days.
It
is
said
that
Aashirwad
would
soon
turn
into
a
museum,
as
per
Khanna's
last
wish.
But
strangely,
we
are
all
unknown
about
the
bungalow’s
history.
Aashirwad
is
located
in
the
posh,
sea-facing
locality
of
Carter
Road
in
Bandra,
suburban
Mumbai.
It
is
believed
that
the
house
is
haunted,
in
short,
a
'bhoot
bangla'.
According
to
the
reports
presented
by
a
leading
daily,
during
the
sixties,
Carter
Road
was
just
a
cluster
of
bungalows.
Aashirwad
was
then
such
a
bungalow,
that
was
often
called
a
haunted
house
by
the
localities.
But
later,
it
was
bought
by
the
yesteryear
actor
Rajendra
Kumar.
Despite
learning
about
the
bungalow’s
haunted
stories,
Kumar
went
on
to
buy
it
and
performed
a
puja
to
put
an
end
to
such
bizarre
superstitious
beliefs.
Reportedly,
Kumar
later
sold
the
house
to
Rajesh
Khanna.
It
is
said
that
during
the
last
phase
of
Khanna's
life,
when
the
actor
was
left
alone
in
Aashirwad,
"this
one-time
haunted
house
started
haunting
him," that
finally
led
to
his
doomsday.