Shah Rukh Khan’s bungalow Mannat in Mumbai’s Bandra Bandstand area has an iconic status. The superstar’s fans treat this house as a landmark. In fact, it holds a special place in the hearts of millions of Mumbaikars. They look up to the balcony of the house during their visit to the beach in Bandra zone. However, the house could have gone to another lord.

So who was the other person Mannat was offered? Well, it was none other than Shah Rukh’s contemporary and fellow superstar Salman Khan. Yes, you read that right!

In an old interview clip, journalist Faridoon Shahryar asked Salman “what’s that Shah Rukh Khan thing you wish you had?” To this Salman replied, “His bungalow. Mannat.”

He further said, “It came to me when I started. My father said ‘itne bade ghar me karoge kya? I want to ask Shah Rukh ‘itne bade ghar me karta kya hai tu?'”

Salman and Shah Rukh became big stars in the first half of the 1990s. While films like Baazigar, Darr and Anjaam made Shah Rukh an actor to watch out for, Salman rose to stardom through films like Maine Pyar Kiya, Sanam Bewafa and Hum Aapke Hain Koun. Today, both of them have created a huge niche for themselves and are ruling the roost in Bollywood.

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