Dev Anand rubbishes rumours of his selling Anand studios

Dev Anand rubbishes rumours of his selling Anand studios

Anand Recording Studio at Pali Hill has been Dev Anand's second home
for 22 years now. Recently, when Dev Anand was in London, gossip mills
were working overtime that he has sold the studio and a swanky
building is likely to replace it. We caught up with him as soon as he
was back in the country yesterday. Excerpts from the interview:

• Have you have sold Anand Recording Studios?
You couldn't have asked anything more absurd.

• Why?
Selling off Anand Recording Studios will be like selling off my soul.
In fact, I am gearing up to refurbish my studio and make it better. I
want to have a lot more modern amenities. I will expand my studio.

• Rumour has it that a 12-storey apartment building will come up at
the studio property and you will get two large flats there?
The property is big. A few people have come forward and expressed
interest in it. If a building comes up, it will have to co-exist with
Anand Recording Studio.

Even if there is one tall building in the premises tomorrow, my Anand
Recording Studio will always remain. Maine Hindustan ko itna achcha
studio diya hai aur ise main nahin mitaunga (I have given such a great
studio to India and I will not destroy it)

• Please continue...
But it's too early to talk about the building. To tell you the truth,
a lot of builders wanted to buy my studio since many years and do away
with it. If I wanted to dispose it off that way, I would have done so
long ago.

• Would you like to shift from your current residence at Juhu to Pali Hill?
I am a royal man and live in an exclusive bungalow in Juhu. There are
people who want to buy my Juhu property and make a tall building
there. So I don't know what will happen on the building front.

I haven't signed any deal with anybody yet. If something concrete
materialises, I will definitely make an official announcement.

• So, where did these rumours about you selling your studio come from?
Even I want to know who is spreading these false rumours about me
selling off my studio. Kuch din ke liye main chala gaya London, and
gossip mongers had nothing better to do.

Also, the studio plot is under my name and shall always remain that
way. I don't believe in partnerships. Aaj ke daur mein bhai bhai ke
beech nahin banta (Today, even brothers do not get along)

via:Mumbai news