Land worth crores allotted to Hema Malini, for just Rs70,000
Moneylife Digital Team 28 January 2016
Like Congress MP and IPL Chairman, Rajeev Shukla, Hema Malini seems to have benefited as a politician. Shukla had returned the land. Will Hema Malini follow his example? 
 
A beneficial government can work wonders. This can be seen from a 2,000 sq mtrs land allotment in Oshiwara for facilitating a Dance Academy of BJP MP Hema Malini. It has now come to light through the replies received by RTI activist Anil Galgali that, the land admeasuring 2,000 Sq Mtrs has been allotted to the BJP MP and yester year actress Hema Malini for a pittance Rs70,000/= (@ Rs35/= per Sq Mtrs) for a land currently valued in crores. Earlier, Congress MP and current IPL Chairman, Rajeev Shukla too had been a similar beneficiary and the issue had generated enough heat forcing the Shukla family controlled BAG company to return the allotted plot. Another interesting twist to the Hema issue is that, she has yet to fulfil the financial compliances and also return a previously allotted land.
 
RTI activist Anil Galgali had sought information from the Mumbai Suburban Collector regarding the allotment of plot for a Dance Academy to BJP MP Hema Malini. The information provided by the Collector, MSD is shocking. The land allotted is situated in Ambivili at Andheri taluka and is reserved for Gardens, also the land has been allotted at a pittance of just Rs35 per Sq Mtrs. The allotment executed in 2016 has been done on the rate of valuation based on 1/2/1976, which was Rs140 per sq mtrs. The land allotment has been done at the 25% rate of Rs140/=, which works out to Rs35/- per Sq Mtrs. Previously, Hema Malini was allotted a land at Versova village of the same Andheri taluka on 4/4/1997 for which a payment of Rs10 lakhs was made. But, since a portion of that land was effected with CRZ regulations, Hema Malini had not undertaken any construction on the land. Also, as per the terms of that agreement, Hema Malini was supposed to raise 25% of that project cost, which was never done till date. In spite of the track record, the state government acted benevolently and allotted an alternative land for her.
 
How was the land allotted?
The Hema Malini Dance Academy vide their letter dt 6/7/2007 addressed to the government sought alternative land against the CRZ effected Versova land. It asked the government to allot 2,000 Sq mtrs of the reserved land for Dance Academy and proposed to develop a garden on the remaining land by its own trust, which was accepted by the government on 30/7/2010. Some further information sought by the government was never satisfactorily complied with. The government allotted 2,000 Sq Mtrs from a total land admeasuring 29,360.50 Sq Mtrs reserved for Gardens purpose and situated in Survey no 109 A/1, CTS no 3, village Ambivili, Taluka Andheri on 23rd December 2015 in an order issued by Dy Secretary Madhav Kale. Also, it has come to light that the whole issue of land allotment got motion after a meeting chaired by the Principal Secretary (Revenue) was held on 19th December 2015 leading to the allotment of land for a pittance amount of just Rs70 thousand for a plot worth crores restored for the Hema Malini Dance Academy. Furthermore, the Mumbai Suburban collectors office in its letter addressed to BJP Loksabha MP Hema Malini dt 15/1/2016 requested some documents and some more compliances. It seems that Hema Malini had personally visited the plot on 14/8/2015 and after that only the process got initiated, culminating to allotment.
 
# Financial compliance not in place.
 
The Hema Malini Dance Academy's project of cultural complex is proposed to cost Rs18 crores 48 lakhs 94 thousand 500 and as per instructions it has to submit a certificate stating that 25% of funds are available with it and also how is it going to raise the balance 75% of the funds required? The Academy in its response has intimated that it has Rs3.50 crores available with it and the balance is proposed to be raised through bank loans. The reply certifies that the Academy lacks the required 25% finance with it and also is not clear about its funds for the balance 75%.
 
In a letter addressed to CM Devendra Fadnavis, Anil Galgali had questioned that, at one end the BJP government is talking of taking back the reserved lands allotted to  various organizations and on the other hand is allotting a prime land, reserved for Gardens purpose to its MP Hema Malini and allowing construction on it for a Dance Academy. Galgali stated that the over eagerness is suspicious?  He further expressed surprise on the intentions of the Government to allot land on the basis of rates in 1976 rather than the current ready reckoner rates. He finally stated that the government should itself develop such cultural complex, instead of handing over prime plots to private organizations due to which the government's will be saved from wasting its efforts to recover such allotted lands at a later date.
Comments
Vijay Kumbhar
10 years ago
In similar case ( PIL No 102/2001) the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) was compelled to stop distributing its public properties at throwaway price to chosen few politicians and their keens. My fight to protect public properties ultimately led to formation of a rational policy for utilization of thousands of these properties. Now, the properties in PMC are leased only on the basis of public tenders.
NANDAKUMAR M S
10 years ago
The Government should make it a rule that whenever such allotment is contemplated the total document should be made public and only when no opposition is there it should go ahead. And this should be done in exceptional cases only where the beneficiary is financially weak and needs help. The total process should be transparent. But unfortunately only rich enrich themselves at the cost of tax payers. Hema or other people who had got the land which can not be considered as fair, should immediately return (or the Government should cancel). It is not needed to show the process had begun long back as people can question the possibility of cancellation anytime before allotment. So all the Governments involved and the beneficiary should take the blame.
Janakiraman Rajalakshmi
10 years ago
Shockingly there is not a whit of remorse in BJP MP hemamalini. She is defending her crime telling she had plans of teaching dance free for the "poor & underprivileged". Another bjp member says " why not give it free..why charge even 70.000 rupees".

There is no NEED for any dance academy. Period. By bantering words like "underprivileged" & " free" she can CON the masses no doubt. Bollywood's subhash gai deamnded some such land for setting up something related to movies making. Shah Rukh Khan also wants to do some hoohaaa he told sundar pichai " to show Hollywood i am better than you". shah rukh khan is lot more rich than Tom Cruise. Reason- in America celebs also get punished for drunken driving to tax evasions. Unlike india. That is all. It does not mean shah rukh khan is some ultra talented actor. These uber rich bollywood fraternity have already splurged a lot in UAE buying lot of properties . Let them go to UAE & set up dance academies in the property of say Anil Kapoor etc. Quid pro quo arrangement between hemamalini & anil kapoor. Ratan Tata rendered FERTILE land sterile by dumping tonnes of fly ash in West Bengal for his useless nano car. Lots of poor farmers were shot to death. Modi tweeted "swagatham" to Tata then. Modi & baba ramdev group are fast usurping entire food production & consumption turning it into an industry conning all " the profits go for a good cause ". "babaster" ramdev is converting precious food into cosmetics too.What is THAT good cause ?? HindutvaaAAA. I do NOT endorse this travesty of Vedic Ethos.

We need to focus on growing more crops , vegetables & fruits ; afforestation to bring back almost extinct birds & insects.

Dance mania including "classical dance forms " among Indians has mostly been to use it as a launching pad to enter into bollykollywood. India's entire money making is through its kitschy movies & cricket. This is the CHOICE indians on their own volition made & keep making calling it "soft power " "track 2 diplomacy". But craftily blame China for their own anaemic growth in manufacturing sector. When useless film stars are making billions for SIMULATIONS many middle class people often wondered aloud " why should we force our children to focus on good education ...why not join movies , do some acting become rich & jump into politics".

Modi himself has never been averse to hobnobbing with indian film fraternity. No wonder most Indians with eyes wide shut would recite many dialogues from bollykolly movies. And cricket scores. We find Peacocks dwindling . getting poisoned to death , electrocuted but too many indian dancers doing "peacock dance". Snakes get killed ; few endangered Pythons get killed by villagers on suspicion when one of their FREE cattle (goats , milch cows etc extorted FREE by poooor villagers from Chief Ministers)goes missing. It is FOOD for Pythons. Rats & bandicoots have proliferated as rat Snakes , Raptor Birds have been systematically killed. But indian dancers do "snake dance" ; Elephants are poached & their IVORIES end up as collections in many indian film stars' opulent homes. They need lot of vegetation & WATER to survive. Not dance academies of hemamalinis.

Instead of taking any decisive action RSS S.Gurumurthy is writing articles on the simplicity of Lal Bahadur Shastri , simplicity of AB.Bardhan all deceased people.

Instead of trying to learn probity from Sri.Abdul Kalam bjp erects one more statue of Abdul Kalam to circumambulate around. Imagining this would help them harvest some Muslim votes in Tamil Nadu & also vainly show off how much of bonhomie exists in hindus towards muslims in India.
NANDAKUMAR M S
Replied to Janakiraman Rajalakshmi comment 10 years ago
Why are you pouring all your hatred for BJP here? Totally out of place!. Hema got land when? Please check.Fertile land in Bengal and farmers shot just like that? Looks like a AAPtard story. Yes Hema does not seem to have done right - just like many who got free lands and scores of people enjoying Leutens bungalows for decades. No prize guessing who had showered such benevolence at tax payers cost to boost a particular dynastic polity.
Janakiraman Rajalakshmi
Replied to NANDAKUMAR M S comment 10 years ago
I am aam janata. Apolitical. Have marshalled FACTS.

Words like 'aaptard / libtard / humble chaiwala / Rome Rajya / Shehzaade / presstitute / Dynasty / Pappu ' have been having diminishing returns.

Read the following :-

http://www.moneylife.in/article/hema-mal...

Land is LAND. Be it leftists or bjp or congress all have to abide by the same ETHICS.
Janakiraman Rajalakshmi
10 years ago
In India film stars are exempt from scrutiny, law & punishment.

Much before Internet came to India kollywood's kamalhassan though calling himself Sarika's husband / live in / boyfriend was having multiple forbidden affairs with lots of actresses in kollywood & bollywood. He himself bragged shamelessly comparing their anatomies & writing in detail in a popular Tamil magazine. A sample:- " Though I find her eyes very beautiful , her hips are so broad I prefer...actress". He also underwent treatment for venereal diseases then.

Was always too close to Gauthami currently his live in / paramour / girlfriend blah blah but officially married to someone else in America & divorced him before returning to kamalhassan.Before gauthami married some bloke leaving for America it was kamalhassan who manged to procure some land in prime locality for her at a very cheap price.This was reported in the same Tamil magazine.

Today bjp has no qualms in making him a member of censor board. I read he has been invited to "give a lecture" at Harvard University.

Art of living "avatard" SSSSRavishankar also went through the motions of shawls exchanging & draping with the same kamalhassan recently.

dmk party is synonymous with kollywood. It is an open secret as a chief minister dmk's karunanidhi GIFTED precious LANd & Flats to various kollywood film actors & actresses. When the apartments in Maulivakkam came down killing many labourers newspapers reported the owners were mostly film stars in benami names. The playback singer SP.Balasubramanian (telugu but has sung in bollywood , kollywood) owns many such apartments all over Tamil Nadu in benami names. He has also ingratiated himself to bjp by singing some songs on "swachch bharat". So venkaiah naidu arranged for a meeting between him & modi.

Such SMART politicians & film stars are working on 'smart cities project' for india.
Hemlata Mohan
10 years ago
This is nonsense- I dont get a decent two wheeler for Rs 70000/ And Hemamalini gets land worth crores?
She was a guarantor to her brother's account in my bank long ago and she defaulted even as she was minting millions via movies. She is a fraudster. Let the Govt. allot her land worth Rs 70000 in some interior Maharashtra- atleast she would help some talented rural women who would come up in life. By the way, she herself was no great dancer! Charisma and Attractiveness? Yes- But never in the league of Padmini, Vyjayantimala or Alarmel Valli or Padma Subramanyam...
Janakiraman Rajalakshmi
Replied to Hemlata Mohan comment 10 years ago
Such a fraudster belonging to uber sanctimonious bjp should be penalized heavily & imprisoned. Certainly not allowed to reinvent herself as uplifter of "talented rural women". Her entire dynasty should be discredited & forbidden entry into politics.

Mumbai & Indians in general are sickeningly besotted with film stars. Shabana Azmi said " I ogle at hemamalini" on karan johar's show & her husband javed akthar (whose First wife is Honey Irani) calls karan johar's show "an upscale show"; mahesh bhatt spat out " hemamalini is the most liberated woman" ; shobhaa de ALSO says that often; amitabh bachchan said " ..i would love to romance aishwarya rai ( on screen) AFTER she became his daughter in law & dharmendra said once "i have allowed my wife hemamalini to be romanced by amitabh bachchan ( on screen no doubt) as he wants it badly"...such LIBERATED debauchees are heavily patronized by bjp as brand ambassadors.

This is TOTALLY against what Svami Vivekananda extolled as Hinduism.
Dipakkumar J Shah
10 years ago
It is a clear case , one who is faithful to One Party in their regime period they will get benefits of such instead of Getting Crores of Ruppes from any scam!! This is one kind of scam. Nothing more...
Krishnan
Replied to Dipakkumar J Shah comment 10 years ago
I agree, It is a pity that mmeditely. w.., Modi.It is time that the offer is withdrawn .
Krishnan
Replied to Krishnan comment 10 years ago
It is a pity that Mr.Modi's name is spoiled by the mindless act of the CM.The offer should be withdrawn immeditely.
MOHAN SIROYA
10 years ago
Bravo Moneylife. You were the first media to break this story which is now followed vigorously on Social Media as well as Print and Satellite media, albeit with added Mirch Masala.
But is it for the first time? In the past, Govt. in power always bestowed such largesse to their favourite cronies whether in States or at the Union Government
level . Every time who lost? Only the Public exchequer. This time too, after so much Halla Gulla, the "Gift" will get legitimazed.
Janakiraman Rajalakshmi
Replied to MOHAN SIROYA comment 10 years ago
//This time too, after so much Halla Gulla, the "Gift" will get legitimazed//

My fears are also the same. Modi has RSS S.Gurumurthy a chartered accountant to justify such looting by their own hindu ministers by quibbling around with jargon.

BJP wantonly discredited Nestle to allow baba ramdev's monopoly. Hindus conveniently forget Vedas decry commercialization of Ayurveda altogether. ramdev has come up with packets of ash charging a price for that in addition to cucumber facepacks , aloe vera etc etc. In Kolkata the local Biharis would hand over such ash to their customers who sent their clothes for ironing & so on. Today I find they have almost disappeared with mutistoreyed buildings & malls marketing ramdev's products.

The same Nobel prize winner hindu one ramakrishnan who has unfairly called Homeopathy (sic) "placebo" to promote his profit making cancer industry was unduly praised by RSS S.Gurumurthy who wrote " what a man...what simplicity....does not even own a cell phone blah blah " only to be told he does not carry his cell phone(S) while jogging.

When sundar pichai became some blah blah in Google at once Subramaniam Swamy tweeted " all brahmins are doing so well". This sundar pichai "braaahmin" failed to do his due diligence thus falling for the lies of Shah Rukh Khan.

BJP that pilloried Amir Khan has nominated worthless lecherous kamalhassan as censor board member.

Hubris of bjp is going to cause its downfall.
Janakiraman Rajalakshmi
10 years ago
Art of living cultist SSSSravishankar is also guilty of land grabbing in Karnataka but in the name of hindutvaa enjoys the support of Modi , RSS etc.

Through his machinations swindled money in Indian Bank but succeeded in sending someone else to prison. He was very close to times of india group including their Indu Jain. It is their group that always hosts beauty contests in India. SSSSRavishankar while SELLING hyperventilation calling it his "patented kriya" ( nothing is his or baba ramdev's . All belong to Vedas- Pathanjali) he targetted the beauty contestants telling them doing his hypergventilation would boost their body confidence in their "swim suit rounds". All these were regularly featured in times of india. These people are NOT Ramakrishna Paramahamsars , Ramana Bhagavans & Kaanchi Ssankaracharyas. Period. At least Vijay Mallya had the courage & gumption to unmask this ssravishankar much earlier. sssssrs was relentlessly chasing Vijay Mallya calling himself some great guru & managed to siphon off lot of his money. When an article appeared in some newspaper published from Bangalore unmasking ammachis , sssrs etc as "merchants of nirvana" the very next day that newspaper group was purchased by sssrs. Icchadari Baba was heavily patronized by bjp folks. Hindus keep producing & exporting many such charlatans to various countries. The ludicrous excuse given by RSS , hindutvavadis being - these prevent hindus from getting converted to christianity. The end does not justify the means.
In Middle East also art of living cult has been targetting many schoolchildren , ARABS etc charging heavy amounts of money. In Kuwait it was around 65 Dinars per person. tax free ngo is how they LOOT.
Modi is very close to ssravishankar , ammachi ; Murli manohar joshi etc etc very close to Puttaparthy Saibaba.
No wonder bjp has given some padma award to art of living cult founder. Kudos to AMERICA who ALONE unmasked this "avatard".
RajendraPrasad T B
10 years ago
As mentioned, Government should develop such academy instead of handing over to private bodies. Ultimately these private bodies will work to make more money after establishing the academy. There is no benefit for the general public. This is one came out and there are many such cases where the government lands are handing over for cheap rates. This kind of things should not be entertained.
Janakiraman Rajalakshmi
10 years ago
Pothys gave for FREE very expensive Silk sarees studded with real precious stones to hemamalini & two more celebs. She wore them for their ads.

Whatever the stupid indian laws might say Kaanchi MahaPeriyavar has prescribed a STRICT code of conduct for Brahmins. These are Commandments of The Lord. Not "likho apna apna script". By such standards hemamalinis fail DEPLORABLY. Modi I guess only listens to his "mann ki bhaat" monologues.
Janakiraman Rajalakshmi
10 years ago
In a tv interview hemamalini said it is her "husband" dharamjEEEE who takes care of all tax matters. This dharamjee is another dubious fellow. So what kind of financial compliance would both adhere to?

She also said when she delivered her (illegitimate) daughters in a posh hospital in Mumbai "dharamjEEE" PAID enough money to the hospital authorities to ensure no other person got admitted there. Reason- these debauched celebs "wanted to avoid crowds of fans". Entire hospital was "booked" by dharamjeee.

Modi himself has never really treated his wife Jashodhaben as a decent husband would. Reasons are given aplenty by his loyal sycophants. So one cannot expect any EMPATHY from him about the predicament of Prakash Kaur the legitimate WIFE of dharmendra. He is THAT focussed on "nation building" chose a soorpanakha as the MP in tandem with screaming " Ram Rajya versus Rome Rajya, Ram Temple ". His own sushma swaraj called Ram Temple in Ayodhya an "encashed cheque". While taking oath as prime minister hemamalini , javed akthar were among the invitees. Modi knows nothing about Vedic Ethos save garlanding a statue of Swami Vivekananda.
Janakiraman Rajalakshmi
10 years ago
As a dancer too hemamalini right from the beginning has been panned by lot of critics in Tamil Nadu.

Now she says she has recorded her songs as advised by Pandit Jasraj.

Too much of overkill by bjp of this sanskriti-culture cocktail by promoting hemamalinis is going to make people bring back congress. If he does not crack the whip & do course correction.
Raja Laks
Replied to Janakiraman Rajalakshmi comment 10 years ago
Too much of overkill by bjp of this sanskriti-culture cocktail by promoting hemamalinis is going to make people bring back congress. If he does not crack the whip & do course correction.

-- 100% Agree.
Janakiraman Rajalakshmi
10 years ago
Modi made high decibel noises against corruption but when he personally campaigned for hemamalini in Mathura after nominating her I was substantially disenchanted with him. hemamalini has a dubious reputation. She made one bollywood movie starring her own niece Madhu whose story was STOLEN by her. It is written by some Keralite writer. He filed a case against her. But she being heavily influential & rich threw some pittance called "out of the court settlement" & ensured her theft did not receive any publicity at all. For bjp & Modi Congress's Sonia Gandhi , Robert Vadera alone appear "corrupt". The RICH hemamalini travelled in some train in Tamil Nadu WITHOUT buying a ticket. On being apprehended by the TTE she replied " my sponsor forgot to send my ticket" & she was not penalized. Was allowed to travel sans a TICKET. What Raghuram Rajan said recently about really rich & corrupt Indians being let off the hook is worth reiterating here.

Not only did she shamelessly defend salman khan in the accident case she herself caused the death of a four year old girl ( her driver , her car)but got herself admitted in some hospital to treat a tiny scratch on her nose. Was fawned over by vasundhara raje in the hospital. Salman khan's victims are poor MUSLIMS from UP. So hemamalinis do not care. She only PINES for Feroz Khan the Muslim as he " alone made me look beautiful in his Dharmatma ...he is so western...has all that a woman could ask for..."

When khobragade was arrested in America we the people came to know about her involvement in Adarsh scam. I have serious doubts Modi the allegedly anti corruption PM would act fairly in hemamalini's case. All would scream "hindutvaa...bharathanatyam " & the matter would be forgotten.

Before joining politics she made a lousy serial for DD called nupur just to promote herself giving some useless role to Mohan Agashe & having Kabir Bedi running behind her in AmericAAAA. Narcissistic hemamalini transports herself to AmericAAAA , Europe in self written serial wherein all foreign English speaking MEN are shown awe struck by her dance movements asking her to explain various "mudhras" . Now the wrinkled fading hemamalini reinvents herself as one sanskriti yearning hindi yearning ENGLISH despising hindutvavaaadi hindu. In Mathura she told the masses (sic) " I am lakshmidevi...vote for me.." & the masses voted her to power.After joining bjp she made the same anti English pro hindi noises concluding everyone of us is an amnesiac idiot like those besotted with her.

She embraced ISLAM for a few hours bribing one Iyengar priest as she wanted to "marry" the legitimate husband of Prakash Kaur called dharmendra. She VIOLATED all moral codes by having an illicit affair with him. Then went through this charade called marriage by becoming a temporary muslim & now her entire DYNASTY is into politics.
Meenal Mamdani
10 years ago
Let us see if Hema Malini has the clout to make BJP/Shiv Sena govt spin tale after tale to justify the indefensible.

She may be fair and pretty but doubt she has the political charisma and pull to get the party stalwarts to defend this outrageous land grant.
Chandrashekar S
10 years ago
What is the land actually worth ?. A clarity on this will be very helpful.
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