As late filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee's film, Chupke Chupke clocks 46 years of its release today, actor Amitabh Bachchan who played the lead in the movie, shared an unseen picture and trivia about the house in the background. This throwback picture also features his wife Jaya Bachchan and the picture seems to be a movie still. The lead actor shared house seen in the background is their current residence, Jalsa. In his caption he also explained how they bought this house and rebuilt it.
Big B shared their present day lavish home, Jalsa earlier belonged to producer NC Sippy later they bought from him, and then sold it, then once again bought it back, followed by rebuilding and continuing to reside in it till date. Sharing a few more deets about the house, he shared the house has been used as one of the shooting locations in movies such as Anand, NamakHaram, Chupke Chupke, Satte pe Satta and more. Just to remind you R. Balki’s Ki and Ka few sequences were also shot in Big B’s lavish residence.
The post sharing tidbits of Jalsa, penned by Amitabh Bachchan read, “Chupke Chupke “ our film by Hrishikesh MUKERJI.. closing today at 46 years ..!! This house you see in the picture is Producer NC Sippy’s house .. we bought it , then sold it , then bought it back again .. rebuilt it .. this is our home now JALSA !! Many films were shot here .. Anand, NamakHaram , Chupke Chupke , Satte pe Satta , and many more ..”
Actress Shilpa Shetty, Kunal Kohli, Sanjay Kapoor and fans were left amazed with this piece of trivia revealed by the actor. ALSO READ: Amitabh Bachchan And Jaya Bachchan's 'JALSA' is A True Royal Abode; Get An INSIDE Tour To Big B's Worth 100 Crore Home
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