Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the owners of the ancestral houses of legendary Bollywood actors Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor have been urged to reach a settlement over the rate fixed for the purchase of the two historic buildings for converting them into museums.
Faisal Farooqui, a Mumbai-based spokesman for Dilip Kumar, told reporters on Sunday that Peshawar lives in the heart of the Indian legendary actor and that he always discusses his association and sweet memories with his birthplace and the ancestral home in Mohallah Khudadad where he was born in 1922 before being shifted to India in 1935.
While the owner of Dilip Kumar's house is demanding Rs 25 crore, owner of Raj Kapoor's house is seeking Rs 200 crore. The price of Dilip Kumar’s four marla (101 square metre) house has been fixed at Rs 80.56 lakh (USD 50,517) while that of Raj Kapoor’s six marla house (151.75 square metre) at Rs 1.50 crore (USD 94,061).
Dilip Kumar’s ancestral house is over 100 years old and is situated in the Qissa Khwani Bazar locality.
(Source: BBC)
