Jannat Zubair (L) and Siddharth Nigam (R)
Since 90s, the majority of media and entertainment (M&E) segment professionals spanning actors, directors and producers in Mumbai have made Andheri, Juhu, Versova, Lokhandwala, and Bandra their preferred locations for housing; owing to proximity to production houses, studios and other industry-related facilities.
With the advent of premium gated residential complexes in the western suburbs of Mumbai, Malad-Goregaon residential belt, in recent years, has joined the list of most preferred residential locations both for entertainment sector and social media celebs.
Stretching from corner-most Raheja exotica in Madh Island to Gokuldham in Goregaon East, many residential towers are identified with their celebrity quotient indicating the eclectic gentry of actors, directors and social media influencers who too are drawing impressive star power traction in the public.
While Lokhandwala-Versova belt still is going strong with every second residential tower hosting a minor or major celebrity resident, city's luxury housing expansion on the east side of Malad-Goregaon belt touching Western Express Highway (WEH) has emerged as a highly preferred premium housing destination for the new generation of celebrities. The WEH-touching gated complexes provide easy access to production houses, studios and the major Film City while parallely offering premium lifestyle amenities.
Luxury housing projects from leading brands like Lodha, Oberoi, Godrej, Omkar located in and around the WEH are much in demand. The project with an impressive influx of entertainment tribe and a new-generation of actors and a-lister social media influencers can be ascribed to Omkar Alta Monte, a luxury development housing spanning more than 1200 apartments and a lifestyle club La Monte exclusive for its residents. All the towers within the gated complex have a rich sprinkling of celeb quotient cutting across films, TV, social media industries.
Some of the celebs residing at Alta Monte include Jannat and Ayaan Zubair, Siddharth Nigam, Ashnoor Kaur, Chinki-Minki sisters, Paras Chhabra, Yashpal Sharma, Sooraj Thapar, Rohit Suchanti, Rohit Sukheja & Kanupriya amongst many others. Says Jannat Zubair, "Being WEH-touching complex, it's very convenient to commute in either direction for work and high-standard amenities meet my lifestyle quotient". Actor Siddharth Nigam search for a wholesome package when it came to a dream home ended with Alta Monte as he was influenced by the location, gentry and premium amenities attraction.
Lodha Fiorenza, too touching the WEH, in Goregaon has its share of celeb residents including Chef Hemant Oberoi and stand up comedian Amit Tandon amongst others.
