The ‘apartment villa’ at Banjara Hills

When you step into the third floor of Rock Levelz apartment at Banjara Hills, a laminated door leads you into P.S.N. Raju’s home. And you are welcomed by a vertical garden that is lit up by natural light. The MD of Mantena Group lives in this duplex apartment with his wife Lakshmi, son Raj Penumatsa and daughter-in-law Reshma. And you don’t feel it’s an apartment for the family’s motive was to have the interiors like that of an independent bungalow.

A few steps inside and you are in the formal living room which is spacious. In the background of the sofas, are two wooden panels, the motifs of which depict the ‘Tree of Life’. And it doesn’t stop there. The panels slide in to reveal a smartly-lit bar counter with an onyx marble table and counters. “This area is the highlight of the house. The space was created by breaking down two rooms and sticking to just one hall. The sliding panels were our interior designer Satyajit Tuljapurkar’s idea,” says Raj.

On the same floor, are two guest bedrooms while the first floor houses the bedrooms of the family and the kitchen and dining areas.