Bollywoods first superstar Rajesh Khanna was popular for his films controversial life and his bungalow. Youd be surprised to note that Rajesh Khanna also went through a financial crisis. Yes it is the same bungalow whose name was Aashirwad. Originally this bungalow was first bought by Bharat Bhushan and he became a very big star by living in that bungalow. How did Rajesh Khanna end up buying the Aashirwad bungalow? In Rajesh Khanna’s biography Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna written by Gautam Chintamani reveals how Bollywoods first superstar bought the magnificent Aashirwad bungalow. But even during his financial crisis he refused to sell it. Initially  the property was owned by Rajendra Kumar. He then became a jubilee star of the film industry by living in it. His relative was Ramesh Bahl and he was making a film named The Train with Rajesh Khanna. Interesting story behind Rajesh Khannas property One day Rajesh Khanna was going from Carter Road. When he saw the crowd in front of the bungalow he asked why there was such a crowd. On this his driver said that this is Rajendra Kumars bungalow. Thats it from that day onwards that bungalow settled in Kakajis mind. Rajesh Khanna asked Ramesh Bahl to get this bungalow for him somehow. On this Ramesh Bahl told Rajendra Kumar that there is a lot of noise of vehicles here. People keep coming and going. There is no such thing as privacy; pollution is also very high. There is another bungalow behind this. It is quite big and very peaceful too. In this way Ramesh Bahl convinced Rajendra Kumar and then Rajendra Kumar sold that bungalow. Rajesh Khanna took this bungalow from him. Rajesh Khanna named this bungalow Aashirwad. When Rajesh Khanna faced a financial crisis After the sale of this bungalow Rajendra Kumars stardom started fading and Rajesh Khannas started increasing. Seeing this Rajendra Kumar also felt that along with the bungalow his luck also went to Rajesh Khanna. Well it was in 1999 2000 and 2001 that Mr Khanna faced financial trouble. He got a notice of one crore one and a quarter crore rupees from Income Tax. When Salman Khan was interested in buying Rajesh Khannas property Meanwhile one day Rajesh Khanna got a call from Salman Khan. He asked Rumi Jaffery that he had an important work with Rajesh Khanna. Salman Khan requested Rumi to help him purchase Rajesh Khannas property. It was Sohail Khan who was interested in buying Rajesh Khannas property. Sohail heard that Rajesh Khanna was selling his bungalow and he was interested in buying it. Whatever price Rajesh Khanna quoted Sohail Khan was ready to purchase it. Sohail assured that there will be no negotiation from his side. When Rajesh Khanna came to know about Sohail Khans plan on buying Aashirwad Rumi further revealed When Khanna finally spoke he asked him how he could even think of suggesting such a thing and accused him of stabbing him in his back. ‘Kakaji said “I consider you a son-in-law aur tu mera ghar bikwana chahta hai… Sadak par lana chahta hai! I had a tough time explaining that I was merely a postman delivering Sohail Khan’s message.