How Amitabh Bachchan bought land in Ayodhya: Abhinandan Lodha remembers receiving a surprise call from Big B around 3 am; 15 million rupees reached his account the next morning. & more related news here

Abhinandan Lodha, founder of The House of Abhinandan Lodha, recently recalled the unexpected moment when the Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan He called him personally to buy land in Ayodhya.

Speaking in the Hindustan Times India Upcoming Real Estate Summit 2026Lodha said the incident took place in 2023 while he was in Australia.

“It was around 3am and I noticed a couple of missed calls along with a message that said: “I’m Amitabh Bachchan. Please call back at your convenience.”“

“I literally got up and called him back,” Lodha recalls.

What Big B wanted

The conversation that followed was brief and direct. Bachchan told Lodha that he was from Uttar Pradesh and wanted to buy land in Ayodhya. Lodha said he would make it happen.

Then came the question about price. “I said, ‘How can I talk to you about pricing?'” Lodha recalled. Bachchan carried on regardless. He said he was looking for 15,000 square feet. Lodha told him that it would cost around Rs 15 million.

By the next morning, Rs 15 million had been transferred.

A portfolio that has only grown since

That late night call turned out to be just the beginning. Since then, Bachchan has made Ayodhya a recurring destination for his real estate investments, each one bigger than the last.

In 2024, it bought a 10,000 sq ft plot in HoABL’s flagship mixed-use development, The Sarayu, for Rs 14.5 crore. A year later, in May 2025, it bought a 25,000 sq ft plot adjacent to the same project for nearly Rs 40 crore.

Most recently, in March 2026, Bachchan acquired a 2.67-acre land parcel worth Rs 35 crore from HoABL, located near The Sarayu. The company described it as its third investment in Ayodhya and its fourth planned development purchase with the company.

What Lodha said about it

Commenting on the March 2026 deal, Lodha said Bachchan’s repeated investments reflected a belief in land as something that preserves value across generations.

“At HoABL, we see land not just as wealth but as a legacy. In Ayodhya, this legacy takes on a deep meaning, a virasat where faith and heritage come together,” he said at the time.

Ayodhya has seen sustained investment in infrastructure following the consecration of the Ram Mandir in January 2024, and real estate activity in the city has increased considerably since then.

For Bachchan, what started with a missed call and a 3am conversation has turned into a city land portfolio that now far exceeds Rs 90 crore.

(With TOI entries)