Bandra is not called the queen of Mumbai's suburbs for nothing.

It is where some of Bollywood's biggest stars live.

Rediff.com offers a glimpse of some star homes in Bandra:

Shah Rukh Khan's home Mannat, which faces the Bandra seafront, is an obvious tourist spot.

A sprawling bungalow, once owned by wealthy Parsis, Mannat is a heritage building. Buildings in this category are deemed important to the townscape and cannot be demolished.

Shah Rukh lives here with wife Gauri , their two children and SRK's sister.

The superstar is currently constructing a multi-story building behind his home (seen behind Mannat in the photograph). Some reports suggest the building will house offices for SRK and close friends Karan Johar and Farah Khan.



Some buildings away from Mannat is Galaxy Apartments, where Salman Khan stays.

Salman, who obviously doesn't care for bungalows and stuff, lives here with his parents Salim and Salman Khan, little sister Arpita, his youngest brother actor Sohail Khan, Sohail's wife designer Seema Khan and their son.

Another brother actor Arbaaz Khan and his glamorous model wife Malaika Arora-Khan live in Khar, a suburb close to Bandra. Sister Alvira and her actor hubby Atull Agnihotri also stay close by.

Aishwarya Rai occupies the 12th floor of Lamar, a building near Bandra's famous Mount Mary church.

Strangely, she is not the building's best-known resident.

That distinction belongs to a certain S R Tendulkar, currently the most famous batsman on the third rock from the sun.

Ash was brought up in Khar, a suburb close to Bandra, and went to the Arya Vidya Mandir school in Bandra, where she was, we hear, a bright head girl.

Like Salman Khan, Aamir Khan too is a native of Bandra.

He grew up in the suburb with his three siblings and cousin Mansoor Khan, who has given up directing movies like Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak to live quietly in south India.

Aamir's building Bella Vista Apartments is located deep within a housing colony and it is impossible to see it from the road.

This window is in fact all one can see of his first floor apartment, as seen through the back entrance of a neighbouring building.

Aamir and wife Kiran Rao live here. Younger brother Faisal Khan stays in the adjoining building, other siblings and cousins live down the road.

John Abraham moved to Bandra recently.

John grew up in Andheri, three stations down the Western Railway line from Bandra, before success drew him to this building.

On the avenue between Salman and Shah Rukh Khan's homes lives the mysterious Rekha.

Her bungalow is completely covered with bamboo, and it is impossible to see the house from outside.

In one interview, the actress said she preferred the barricaded look for security reasons because she lived alone.

source:rediff