Saif
Ali
Khan
Calls
Rs
800
Crore
Price
Tag
For
Pataudi
Palace
A
'Massive
Exaggeration'
The
actor
was
quoted
as
saying
by
Mumbai
Mirror,
"It's
impossible
to
put
a
value
to
it
in
monetary
terms
because
emotionally,
the
property
is
priceless.
My
grandparents
and
father
are
buried
there,
there's
security,
serenity
and
a
spiritual
connection
there
for
me."
Saif
Ali
Khan
On
Why
Pataudi
Palace
Was
Given
On
Lease
He
further
continued,
"The
land
goes
back
by
a
few
centuries,
but
the
palace
that
my
grandfather
built
for
my
grandmother
is
around
a
hundred
years
old.
He
was
the
ruling
monarch
then,
but
since
then,
privy
purses
and
titles
have
been
abolished.
These
are
different
times
which
is
why
my
father
leased
it
out
and
Francis
(Wacziarg)
and
Aman
(Nath),
who
ran
a
hotel
in
the
palace,
took
good
care
of
the
property
and
were
like
family.
My
mother
(Sharmila
Tagore)
has
a
cottage
there
and
she
was
always
comfortable."
Saif
Says
He
Felt
The
Desire
To
Have
The
Property
Back
In
The
Family
After
His
Father's
Demise
Speaking
about
it,
Saif
told
Mumbai
Mirror,
"So,
when
I
was
offered
the
chance,
I
wrapped
up
the
lease
that
was
left,
paid
up
and
took
possession
of
our
home
again.
It
was
a
fair
financial
arrangement
and
contrary
to
reports,
I
did
not
have
to
buy
it
back
because
I
already
owned
it.
In
my
teenage
years,
I
was
the
black
sheep,
so,
it
feels
nice
now
to
do
this
for
the
family
and
our
heritage."
The
actor
further
revealed
that
he
rents
out
certain
portions
of
Pataudi
palace
for
film
shoots,
so
that
it
can
sustain
itself.
Further,
Saif
described
Pataudi
Palace
as
a
"largish,
colonial,
Lutyens
Delhi-syle
country
home"
with
seven
bedrooms
and
beautiful
gardens.
He
told
the
tabloid
that
the
books
have
been
restored,
and
the
family
portraits
are
back
on
the
walls.
Saif
Opens
Up
About
His
Recent
Stay
At
Pataudi
Stay
The
actor
who
recently
spent
a
month
at
Pataudi
Palace
opened
up
about
his
stay
and
was
quoted
as
saying,
"I
wish
I
could
have
stayed
longer.
It's
so
beautiful
there;
almost
too
good
to
be
true.
But,
you
have
to
get
back
to
reality
and
rejoin
the
living.
Saif
said
that
it
was
fun
watching
his
son
Taimur
play
hide-and-seek
among
the
trees,
and
feed
squirrels
biscuits.
Saif
Ali
Khan
On
Plans
Of
Settling
Down
At
Pataudi
Palace
With
His
Family
In
The
Future
On
being
asked
if
he
plans
to
settle
down
at
his
ancestral
home
with
his
family
in
the
future,
Saif
said,
"I
can,
and
it
would
be
a
good
life.
I'd
garden,
swim,
cook,
read,
be
around
the
family,
and
have
a
few
friends
over
once
in
a
while.
It's
what
I
have
been
doing
for
the
longest
time.
And
we
have
an
apartment
in
Mumbai,
so
we
can
fly
out
there
for
work.
We
just
need
some
good
schools
around."