Amitabh Bachchan once shared how his property would be distributed after his death. In a 2011 interview, the actor spoke about raising his children with an equal approach when he addressed his will. He revealed that he would divide his property equally between his children, Shweta Bachchan Nanda and Abhishek Bachchan.
“I had decided on one thing: that I would not differentiate between them,” Amitabh said in an interview with Rediff. “When I die, whatever little I have will be equally divided between my daughter and my son—there is no differentiation. Jaya and I decided on that a long time ago. Everyone says that a girl is ‘paraya dhan,’ that she goes to her husband’s house, but in my eyes, she is our daughter, and she has the same rights as Abhishek,” he added. Coincidentally, last year, Amitabh gifted his bungalow, Jalsa, to Shweta Bachchan Nanda. At the time, it was valued at Rs 50 crore.
In the same conversation, Amitabh spoke about his bond with his son, Abhishek Bachchan. He said he treats him as a friend. “I had decided long before Abhishek was born that if I had a son, he would be my friend rather than just my son. And the day he started wearing my shoes, he became my friend. So now, I treat him as a friend. I very rarely look upon him as a son. I am concerned about him as a father, I look after him as a father, and I advise him as a father, but when we talk, we talk as friends,” he said.