Aishwarya Rai Bachchan buys apartment in Bandra-Kurla Complex for Rs 21 crore

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has bought a luxury apartment spread over 5,500 sq ft at a high-end residential complex in Bandra-Kurla Complex for Rs 21 crore, said two persons familiar with the development.

“The deal was concluded and registered last week. It's a five-bedroom apartment,“ said one of the persons mentioned above. The actress has bought the sprawling apartment in Signia Isles property, which is part of three-tower complex of Sunteck Realty, in the commercial district. The deal values the place around Rs 38,000 per sq ft. The complex has three towers Signature Island, Signia Isles and Signia Pearl.

Recently, actress Sonam Kapoor bought a 7,000 sq ft duplex apartment in Signature Island in the same complex for over Rs 35 crore. This is the same apartment where billionaire and banker Uday Kotak had bought an apartment a few months ago.

While the actress could not be reached, a spokesperson of Sunteck Realty declined to comment for the story.

It was reported in 2013 that former CITI Group head Vikram Pandit and Gunit Chadha, Deutsche Bank co-chief executive officer of Asia/Pacific had bought apartments in the same building in G Block of Bandra-Kurla Complex. It was also reported that Uday Kotak, executive vice-chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank has also booked an 11,000 sq ft flat in the building at Rs 55,000 per sq ft.