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Anita Advani demands Rs 10 lakh monthly maintenance from Rajesh Khanna's estate

Mumbai, Nov 26: The metropolitan magistrate's court in Bandra on Tuesday will hear a petition from late Rajesh Khanna's live-in friend Anita Advani, in which the latter has demanded access to the iconic bungalow Aashirwad



The complaint states that, in 2000, at a party, Khanna and Advani publicly hugged and kissed quite passionately. Khanna promised to make the relationship public and Advani clung on to it and rejected marriage proposals.  

The actor would pour his heart out to Advani and the two lived together, even after Khanna told her that a divorce from Kapadia was not possible.  

Advani also claims to be in possession of pictures and videos of “very private moments” at Aashirwad. She dressed up as Khanna wished and fasted during karva chauth for him, too.

Shortly after leaving his post as Member of Parliament, Khanna helped Advani move to a large flat which he had bought in New Delhi.  

Advani also claims it was she who convinced Khanna to renovate Aashirwad, and supervised the exercise. Advani has annexed copies of bills from the renovation work to her complaint to back her claim.

Advani's complaint has also alleged that on June 22 this year, while Khanna lay critically ill in hospital, Dimple and Twinkle arrived with an advocate, identified as Javed Hashmi, along with two doctors and two officials from the registrar's office. They also brought with them seven or eight security guards.

While Khanna lay in delirium, with swollen limbs and an intravenous drip, they urged him to sign some papers for an ‘urgent legal matter'.  

When this failed, they allegedly obtained his thumb impressions on some papers.  

In her complaint, Advani narrates how she attempted to film the whole incident on her mobile phone, but was asked to leave by Dimple.  

She was also threatened and told to delete the pictures and video she'd taken. Despite the ensuing quarrel and scuffle, she managed to retain some pictures.