Shah Rukh Khan’s Mumbai: the back story

About Shah Rukh Khan’s Mumbai: the back story

By the ULTIMATE Mumbai Editorial Team

Regional Editor, South Asia: Tara de la Motte

For more than thirty years Shah Rukh Khan has been one of Hindi cinema’s best-loved stars, known to his fans simply as King Khan. His films run from Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) to Jawan (2023), which won him the National Film Award for Best Actor. His home, Mannat, faces the sea at Land’s End, on the Bandstand seafront in Bandra.

The romantic hero

Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, directed by Aditya Chopra and released on 20 October 1995, paired Shah Rukh Khan with Kajol and made him the romantic lead of a generation. Yash Raj Films calls it the longest-running film in Indian cinema, and its own news pages tell of public demand bringing it back to Mumbai’s Maratha Mandir cinema in 2015.

Nine years later came Veer-Zaara (12 November 2004), Yash Chopra’s love story told across the decades, with Preity Zinta and Rani Mukerji (Yash Raj Films).

Mannat is a private family home: the way to see it is from the promenade, as a passer-by.

Epics and reinventions

Asoka (26 October 2001), Santosh Sivan’s epic of the young emperor, with Kareena Kapoor, came from his own production company, Red Chillies Entertainment. So did Farah Khan’s Om Shanti Om (9 November 2007), a glittering tribute to Hindi cinema in which an aspiring actor of the 1970s returns, thirty years on, to uncover the truth about a crime (Red Chillies).

In Karan Johar’s My Name Is Khan (2010), produced by Dharma Productions, he plays Rizvan Khan opposite Kajol’s Mandira. The film was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival that year (the Berlinale archive), and the portraits on this page are from his visits to Berlin.

The later films

Chennai Express (2013) was followed in 2023 by three releases: Pathaan (25 January, Yash Raj Films), Jawan (7 September) and Dunki (21 December). For Jawan he was jointly named Best Actor at the 71st National Film Awards, announced on 1 August 2025 (the Government of India’s Press Information Bureau). Red Chillies lists his next film, KING, directed by Siddharth Anand, for 24 December 2026.

Mannat at Bandstand

Mannat stands at Land’s End, on the same stretch of seafront as Taj Lands End. From the street you see a stone wall with balustrades, tall ornamental gates, a modern block rising behind the old bungalow and, beside the gates, the black nameplate reading “Mannat, Lands End”.

Press reports say he bought the heritage bungalow in 2001, and that since 2025 the house has been renovated and extended while the family lives elsewhere for the time being. While the work continues, the famous appearances at the gates are not to be expected, so check the news before you go.

A photograph at the nameplate has become a ritual for visitors. On his birthday, 2 November, and at Eid, fans gather outside in great numbers; in November 2025, press reports say, he told them he had been advised not to come out, for the sake of crowd safety.

Visiting respectfully

Mannat is a private family home. Watch from the promenade, keep the pavement and the road clear, take your photograph at the nameplate quickly and move on, and don’t approach the gates or the security staff. On the busiest days the police manage the crowds: follow their directions and keep your phone and wallet close.

Make a morning of it: walk the Bandstand promenade, with its sculptures and views of the Sea Link, then have coffee on Chapel Road. For the wider story of Hindi film, the National Museum of Indian Cinema on Pedder Road and Film City in Goregaon are in our Sights and Art lists.

Our advice: go on an ordinary weekday morning, when Bandstand is calm and the light on the sea is soft. On 2 November and at Eid, expect very large crowds and a heavy police presence, and keep your distance.

Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Shah Rukh Khan’s Mumbai: the back story before you go.