Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan have leased one of their properties near their Mumbai home ‘Jalsa’ to the State Bank of India for Rs 18.9 lakh per month.

The bank is said to have signed a 15-year lease and the rent will be an escalation of 25 per cent every five years. 

According to documents accessed by Zapkey.com, a real estate analytics and research firm, the ground floors of the two houses Vatsa and Ammu have been rented out. 

The property is spread across an area of 3.150 sq ft. 

The space was earlier rented out to Citibank and the bank vacated the place after the agreement lapsed in June 2019.

According to the documents, “A stamp duty of ₹30.86 lakh was paid along with ₹30,000 as registration charges for the deal. SBI has also paid a deposit of Rs 2.26 crore, equivalent to 12 months' rent. As per the escalation agreement, the rent will be ₹23.62 lakh after five years and ₹29. 53 lakh after 10 years.”

Earlier, Abhishek Bachchan had sold his luxury condo in Mumbai’s Oberoi 360 West. According to reports, the actor has got around Rs 45.75 crores for the sale of his opulent apartment.

Abhishek Bachchan and their wife Aishwarya Rai would have been neighbours to Shahid Kapoor and Akshay Kumar if they hadn’t offloaded the house. 

The actor bought the house in 2014 for Rs 41 crores.

According to a report in Money Control, the size of the house is around 7,527 square feet and is situated on the 37th floor of the Oberoi 360 West in Mumbai's Worli area. 

Also, Shahid Kapoor reportedly bought the house in the same building for Rs 56 crores for his apartment and Akshay Kumar bought it for Rs 52.5 crores.

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