Amitabh Bachchan made the decision to buy a land in Ayodhya at around 3 am at night. He immediately called up the founder of The House of Abhinandan Lodha and transferred money the next day. Abhinandan Lodha was speaking at Hindustan Times India Next Real Estate Summit 2026 where he revealed receiving calls from Big B in the wee hours of the morning.
Missed calls from Big B
Lodha revealed that he received a couple of missed calls, followed by messages from the superstar on his mobile phone. "There were a couple of missed calls, followed by a message that read, 'This is Amitabh Bachchan, please call back when convenient.' I literally stood up and called him back, he said.
Lodha recalled how Big B said that since he is from UP, he would like to buy a land in his city. "Abhinandan ji, main UP se hoon aur mujhe Ayodhya ji mein land leni hai," (I am from UP and I want to buy a land in Ayodhya) he said. "I told him, we will do it for you," the real estate mogul said.
Lodha said that when Amitabh Bachchan asked about the land pricing, he told him the rate with some hesitancy.
Transferred money
"I replied, 'How can I talk pricing with you?' He said he wanted to buy 15,000 sq ft and I told him it may be around Rs 15 crore, and the very next day he sent me Rs 15 crore," Lodha recalled. A few months prior to this, Abhishek Bachchan had revealed that Sr Bachchan prefers to invest in lands.
Jr Bachchan had revealed that while Amitabh Bachchan invests in lands, he invests in gold and wife, Aishwarya prefers to invest in silver. He added that Big B comes from the old school thought of where there's land, everything would be fine. And thus, always prefers investing in real estate.
