Step into Sanjana Sanghi’s Bandra condominium and also you’ll discover greater than a house. Each nook displays her solo journey in Mumbai, crammed with significant muddle she calls her personal.
“I actually hold calling it my nest as a result of it’s,” Sanghi mentioned of her house. “I’ve tried to make each nook aesthetic but multifunctional — that’s essential in Bombay.”
From a classic shoe cupboard to a bowl for keys (a should for somebody who typically locks herself out), her house is wise and soulful. A mirror by the door? After all — she jokes: “Actors, we’re narcissists… we love ourselves!”
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The doorway holds a photograph of her canine Snoop, nonetheless in Delhi together with her dad and mom, and a framed image from a household journey to Italy, alongside a woodcraft piece she made as a baby.
Sanjana didn’t rush the décor. She curated slowly, gathering issues that felt proper, like a letter from her dream faculty, Girl Shri Ram.
“’Jab primary ‘Dil Bechaara‘ ki prep kar rahi thi, faculty graduate karne ke ek saal baad….My dad known as to inform me. I had no concept I used to be the gold medallist for all of Delhi College… Even the envelope is framed!”
Among the many partitions is a fan sketch from Dil Bechara, her breakout movie with Sushant Singh Rajput. “It was gifted on the anniversary… I acquired it framed instantly. It needed to go up.”
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She’s additionally stored little souvenirs from units, every challenge leaves a hint.
Her compact kitchen is the place consolation lives: “I do an excellent poha. Chai and poha — it’s quite a lot of enjoyable!” And like every self-proclaimed Gujju, her mother’s inexperienced chilli achar travels together with her: “With out it, my life doesn’t go ahead.”
From DIY glass jar lights to a Rockstar poster and symbolic line artwork from her filmmaker pal Sameer, every bit tells a narrative: “That little determine is me. It’s a reminder that I thrive in chaos.”
Her window ledge is house to vegetation (due to her floriculturist mother) and even birds who’ve made their nests there. “Tiny birds constructing their very own nests in my nest, it appears like they just like the power right here.” It’s the place she begins her mornings, tea in hand.
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For Sanjana, house is constructed by the individuals who love her: “Everybody closest to me appears like that is their house too.”
Proper by the door, a Ganpati portray she made at age six reminds her of these early artistic beginnings.
