India, April 13 -- In Mumbai's overheated realty firmament, the Lodhas are one of the brightest names but now the fight between the two brothers -- Abhishek, 45, and Abhinandan, 43 -- over the brand name has become the talk of town. The dramatis personae at the heart of the controversy are the two brothers, their father Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and state minister for skill development and entrepreneurship, and the patriarch who started the realty business in 1980, and their mother Manju, who is torn between her "Ram and Lakshman".

While other India Inc families in realty - the Hiranandanis, Rahejas and Godrejs - managed smooth operations after a strategized split, the Lodha story is fraught.

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