Buzz is that King Khan wants to buy the landmark Mehboob Studio, but he denies having the financial resources. However, he does admit that he is dying to give Mumbai a world-class film studio
Every few months, there are fresh rumours that Mehboob Studio is up for sale. This time, they came attached with Shah Rukh Khan’s name.
The buzz is, SRK is keen to buy a studio and when he heard that the Bandra studio was up for sale, he showed interest. Here, Khan clarifies whether he is turning studio mogul in the near future or not.
We hear you’re planning to buy a studio?
I am dying to buy a studio! But property rates have become unaffordable. I should’ve bought one three years ago. There was a lovely property in Bandra-Kurla Complex that I was interested in but I thought it was over-priced.
It was pegged at Rs 80 crore then, and I didn’t have that kind of money. With Kaun Banega Crorepati 3, I got the money and I thought I would buy the property, but the price has more than doubled. It is over Rs 200 crore now!
So now that KBC 3 is over, it’s confession time. Did you really get Rs 100 crore for the show?
I’ll admit that I got a lot of money. In fact, I could have put up a studio with
the money I got from KBC four years ago.
But now, even with the KBC money, I can’t afford it. The studio would never be able to sustain itself. Besides, where is the space?
How about a studio outside Mumbai?
I don’t want to go out of Mumbai. I want to do it here. At the risk of sounding too pompous, I think the city deserves a world-class studio.
And I think I should be allowed to do it because I’ve done well for the Bombay film industry as it has done well for me. I think it’s a good mix, and I will do it wonderfully. I will make the world’s greatest studio.
