Rajesh Khanna

thanks for the humble request, i sure will.

why to tag him as india's first superstar
why one dont talk abt dilip kumar,dev anand,rajendra kumar or dharmendra..they were mega stars too

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i totally agree with u jassi regarding the people/actors u mention but RAJESH KHANNA symbolised youth.

KISHORE KUMAR symbolised a freas modern voice & R.D. BURMAN proved to be light years ahead of any

music director together they created HISTORY!

we shud give them CREDIT for their achievments & be proud of them!

as SONU bhai beautifully pointed out these guys together CHANGED CINAMA IN A HUGE WAY THAT STILL

EXISTS TODAY.

HOPE U UNDERSTAND.

facts PROVE my point if u research hard enuff u ll get all the answers u want i promise u!

i know that cos i have done it myself!



take care.




BASH.

if we believe stories,there was yesteryear actress Amita's daughter Sabia, who accused Rajesh Khanna of attempting to rape her,she did a film with him called anokha rishta also starring smita patil and karan shah..

rajesh was seems to be fetish abt teenie girls(her wife dimple a 16-17 year old girl),tina was abt 18-19..and that girl sabia was 15-16...
this is just another side of superstar..i dont know its true or not..

"Kishore Kumar was my soul and I was his body" - Rajesh Khanna

By Devansh Patel, June 8, 2009 - 18:19 IST

They say that if there was ever a superstar in the Indian Film Industry, it had to be Rajesh Khanna. There may be romantic leading men and icons in Bollywood but there is and will be only one superstar for his ability to take cinematic love to legendary heights. Why couldn't anybody replace him? Why since four long decades 'Kakaji's' superstar status is still not passed on? Because he had the biggest and the maddest fan following, especially his female fans. They would write love letters to him soaked in blood. They would kiss his car and faint. They wouldn't marry anybody in their life for they dedicated their life to Rajesh Khanna. His fashion and style statement was evident in all the colleges across India. Such was the impact of a man who, with the rigorous use of his voice to communicate a character's lines like 'Pushpa...I hate tears' and 'Babumushai...zindagi jo hain woh badi honi chahiye, lambi nahi' express emotions, which he achieved through attention to diction and commitment to his character. UK's Harrow Observer columnist and Bollywood Hungama's London correspondent met the real and the reel superstar who, with his trademark smile and pose, delivered those famous lines from his film Anand and in the ten minutes which we were given, spoke in length about his IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award, how the word 'Kakaji' was born, his superstar status, his film Anand which inspired the country, his first love and first super hit Aradhana, his one liner to describe Kishore Kumar and Bollywood's next superstar, his grandson Aarav.

Congratulations on your Lifetime Achievement Award you've received at this years IIFA Macau.
Thank you so much. But this is not my first Lifetime Achievement Award. I've already got a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement when the black lady turned into gold. Then I was presented one during the Stardust Awards too. IIFA is a different feeling all together. IIFA is a very prestigious award and is no less than an Oscar. IIFA is a heritage of participating to highlight the culture of India to the various countries of the world. This is also the first time I'm attending all the three days of the IIFA Weekend and I'm really looking forward to it.

The entire world knows you as 'Kakaji'. Please tell us how the word 'Kaka' became so synonymous with Rajesh Khanna?
That's interesting. 'Kaka' in Punjabi means a small little baby. When I came into films, I was called 'Kaka' because I was young and small and with a bit of respect they added 'Ji'. That's how the world famous 'Kakaji' was born.

'Kaka' in Punjabi means a small little baby. When I came into films, I was called 'Kaka' because I was young and small
Indian Film Industry's first ever superstar. Women kissing your car, women writing love letters to you in blood, your style of dressing and talking. Everything you did was tagged as superstar.
No matter who they are. Whether they are Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Christian or any other community, I will always be grateful to my audience. In the corner of their heart, all of them have given me a small little space, stored and bestowed me with their love and affection. I would also like to thank my co-stars who've made me become an actor, then a star and then a superstar. Being a superstar isn't an individual achievement but it's the almighty above there who thinks he likes me. All departments of our film industry made me an actor to a star to a superstar.

I would also like to thank my co-stars who've made me become an actor, then a star and then a superstar
When people are on the verge of a near collapse and some who don't have much time to spend with their loved ones, all advice to watch Rajesh Khanna's Anand.
How did you come to know this? You're right. Even today, people advice to watch Anand simply because it was a path breaking film which had a path breaking dialogue, "Hum toh is rang manch ki katputliya hain aur hum sab ki dor upar wale ke haath mein hain. Kaun kya kab yeh koi nahin jaanta. Isliye babumushai...hey babumushai, zindagi jo hain woh badi honi chahiye, lambi nahin honi chahiye. Itna pyaar zyaada accha nahin hain". People cried a lot during this final scene of the film because somewhere it touched their sentiments. Anand also gave them an inspiration and a reason to live.

Let's talk about your first big super hit Aradhana.
Aradhana was the first stepping stone towards my success. After that film, I never had to look back. For that, my tribute goes to my favourite Late Mr. Shakti Samant. I've worked with him in lots of films. He gave me lot of encouragement, lot of affection and never made me feel that Aradhana was my first super hit. Not many know but I was working with yet another superstar heroine Sharmila Tagore in Aradhana. At that time she was more famous than I was and did not give me the complex that I was a newcomer. She is one of the most beautiful and sophisticated ladies I've ever seen. Aradhana will always be my first love.

During Aradhana, Sharmila was more famous than I was and did not give me the complex that I was a newcomer
They say that you were the one who gave Kishore Kumar his second innings with Aradhana.
I will just sum this up in one sentence. I told Shakti Samant that Kishore Kumar was my soul and I was his body.

How is the relationship you share with your son-in-law Akshay Kumar? Can you recall those moments of sweet gestures between you two, the fatherly advice, etc?
I told Akshay that he works in nice films. My advice to him was that he should dance, he should entertain, he should do good action but overall I did tell him to work in films that have a purpose and stop working in films like the Khiladi series. Other than that, Akshay is doing a fine job.

I did tell him to work in films that have a purpose and stop working in films like the Khiladi series
You proud of your family tree?
Of course yes. I am very proud of this family because of the family tree. It's coming down from Rajesh Khanna to Dimple Kapadia. From Dimple to Twinkle Khanna to Rinke, it moves to my son-in-law Akshay Kumar and to my grandson Aarav. I'm, saying this in public today that after Rajesh Khanna the superstar, the next in line will be Aarav, and I'm not saying this because he is the son of Akshay Kumar but because he will carry the talent, the dedication and the sacrifice which everyone of us has carried in our family. Aarav will be Indian Film Industry's next super star.

Rajesh Khanna talks about converting his home into a museum and candidly discusses love and longing

By Vickey Lalwani
Posted On Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 02:18:28 AM

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Rajesh Khanna

• Why did you convert your house (Aashirwad) into a museum?

My daughters Twinkle and Rinke wanted it that way. They said, 'This house is a monument, this is the house where the first superstar was born'. But it's too early to say how it will be done.
• It's said that Akshay Kumar bailed you out from your tax problems and will now take over Aashirwad?

Are you mad? Do you believe such stuff? Hamare mein beti ko dete hain, lete nahin hai. God has been very kind to me.

• Apparently, you sold some property to solve your tax problems.

That's rubbish.

• How much time do you get with your family?

Akshay is busy shooting. Twinkle is also busy with her interior decoration work. Rinke is settled in London. Whatever little time they give me, I enjoy it.

• You are doing television (Raghukul Reet Sada Chali Aayi) now. Is it taxing?

Yes. But you get tired only if you are not enjoying your work. Besides, people have told me that I am doing a very good job.

• Why didn't you persist with acting after your comeback with Avtaar?

Haan, craze aa gaya tha. But then, Rajiv Gandhi took me to New Delhi

• Your recent choice of films, which included the controversial Wafaa, didn't do well…

Today, you need good packaging and publicity before a film's release. They weren't big producers and hence couldn't dish out big promos. But I stand by those films.

Frankly, cinema has changed a lot recently. But I am getting a lot of offers now. In fact, I have even signed a couple of new films. Frankly, I am feeling very much at home.

• Do controversies ruffle you? Like recently, there was a furor over your kissing scene with Saara Khan in Wafaa?

I make the rules of my game and I break them. Any noise that is made against me doesn't affect me. The character demanded those scenes. They were not vulgar; just very romantic and passionate.

• Why didn't you marry again?

We (Dimple and me) may not be staying under the same roof but we do interact a lot. We still care for and love each other, but the affection is of a different kind. I am even friendly with Anjoo Mahendroo (with whom he was for seven years) and then there was one more person in my life (read Tina Munim).

• Are you in touch with Tina?

I talk to Tina and her husband Anil when I meet them at parties. They are made for each other.

• Don't you miss female company?

I am alone, not lonely. Zindagi badi khoobsoorat hai, bus jeene ka tareeka aana chahiye.

• Everyone has his share of strengths and weaknesses. What about you?

I am a much better person now than what I used to be.

• And how did that happen?

Life teaches you.

Dimple and I still care for and love each other, but the affection is of a different kind �" Rajesh Khanna


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Lifetime achievement! at IFFA 2009


Yesteryear's superstar Rajesh Khanna received lifetime achievement award. While presenting the honour Amitabh Bachchan said, Khanna was the first superstar in the Indian cinema. He was such a phenomenon that women used to put the dust from his feet on their head. Khanna hugged Bachchan before saying that it was after 16 years that they were sharing the same platform. The emotional actor addressed Big B with his famous screen name 'Babu Moshay' from Anand

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DIFFERENT AVATARS OF RAJESH KHANNA


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Remembering the time when he was a newcomer while Rajesh Khanna was a phenomenon, Amitabh Bachchan once said: 'I got famous purely because I was working with Rajesh Khanna in Anand. People asked me questions like, 'How is he to look at? What does he do?' '

It is certainly magnanimous of one superstar to speak in such glowing terms of another who was once his chief adversary at the box-office. While there is no denying the apparent modesty peeking through Bachchan's praise, he is not far from the mark in encapsulating the Khanna phenomenon.

The sheer fan following Rajesh Khanna whipped up while riding astride romantic hits like Aradhana, Kati Patang, Dushman, was truly unprecedented.

The pasha of passion had only to park his car for a short while to find it smothered with lipsticked kisses on his return. Sackfuls of love letters written in blood made their way to Dimple, his bungalow at Carter Road, Bandra (a Mumbai suburb). Veteran actress Nadira, who costarred with him in Safar, vividly recalls the premiere of the film held at Mumbai's plush Apsara cinema: 'A sea of humanity lined up on either side of the road. And when Kaka [Rajesh Khanna] got out of his car, there was a deafening roar as they called out 'Rajesh Khanna' in unison.'

But the beginnings of the pimple faced, medium-height-and-build man were a far cry from his superstar days. Rajesh, who real name is Jatin, came from a well-to-do family and was intense about acting, whether on stage or in films.

Four years and four indifferent films (Aakhri Khat, Baharon Ke Sapne, Raaz, Aurat) later, the Khanna wave burst through filmdom like an unleashed tornado. Aradhana (1969) and Do Raaste (1969), released within a month of each other and went on to become golden jubilee blockbusters.

As the charm-laden pilot of Aradhana (Khanna in a double role as Sharmila Tagore's lover and son), and the bestubbled unemployed youth in Do Raaste, he became an overnight icon.

Thereafter, Khanna's hits seemed to flow for the next few years, while he clocked two back-to-back Best Actor Awards for Sachha Jhootha and, more deservedly, for playing the heartbreakingly cheerful, doomed man in Anand. For a short but memorable epoch, it seemed the whole nation was taken up with his charismatic smile and those winking-eyed mannerisms.

Cashing in on the romantic windfall, Khanna formed famous love teams with Sharmila Tagore and Mumtaz (incidentally, Khanna has done the maximum films, eleven, with Hema Malini). While his pairing with Sharmila proved artistically satisfying (Aradhana, Amar Prem, Safar, Aavishkar), he hit the box-office bull's eye when paired with the live wire Mumtaz (Sachha Jhootha, Roti, Aap Ki Kasam).

The superstar even swept the nation's hottest newcomer, Bobby girl Dimple Kapadia off her feet and married her in March 1973. The marriage unleashed an enormous amount of speculation and kept Khanna in the headlines.

While making films, Khanna teamed up often with his Aradhana director Shakti Samanta. After Kati Patang (a musical about a woman posing as a widow), and Amar Prem (a poignant look at the tantalisingly unconventional relationship between a courtesan and her customer), their films like Ajnabee, Mehbooba and Anurodh were subject to the law of diminishing returns.

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Khanna made memorable films with some of the biggest filmmakers: Manmohan Desai (Sachha Jhootha, Roti), J Om Prakash (Aan Milo Sajna), and Yash Chopra (Ittefaq, where he played the unshaven convict forced to take refuge with an adulterous woman and Daag, where he essayed the role of a twice-married man haunted by his past).

He did some of his best work in the middle-of-the-road cinema of Hrishikesh Mukherjee --- Anand, Bawarchi and Namak Haram, where he was the voice and conscience of the underdog.

Unfortunately, Khanna's ego kept pace with his widening girth. When the flops started making their appearance, filmmakers began to shy away. In 1972, Rajesh had a string of seven disappointments, but he surmounted them with crowd-pleasers like Daag, Prem Nagar and Roti in the next two years.

However, in the mid-seventies, his career hit a deep trough. Khanna favourites like Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Yash Chopra and Shakti Samanta shifted sights to the angry young man Amitabh with Mili, Deewar and The Great Gambler respectively. Suddenly, Amitabh, who had played second fiddle to Khanna in both Anand and Namak Haram, was a force to reckon with.

A sporting Khanna later stated that he had read the writing on the wall much before Deewar. He says, 'When I saw Namak Haram at a trial show, I knew my time was up. I told Hrishida, 'Here is the superstar of tomorrow'.'

The late seventies were an arid patch in Khanna's career with even major films like Mehbooba, Karm, Bandalbaaz and Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka failing to match upto his earlier blockbusters.

Amardeep (1979) and Thodisi Bewafai (1980) brought about a shortlived reprieve for Khanna, but his much-anticipated comeback finally morphed into reality in 1983 with Avtaar and Souten. Khanna scored in two diametrically different roles --- the stiff-backed patriarch in Avtaar won him acting kudos while his pairing with Tina Munim in Chai pe bulaya hai gave his romantic image a much-needed boost.

The vindication took its own time in appearing but Khanna conclusively proved that the audience still adored him.

Khanna had 11 films released in 1984; but with age catching up, his career was obviously drawing to a close. Whether it was his separation from wife Dimple or his adventure in politics, Khanna remained in the limelight.

Years later, he made his appearance again as a character actor in Aa Ab Laut Chalein and Kya Dil Ne Kaha.

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Adding Dimple to his smile

Rajesh Khanna after his recent illness is holidaying with his estranged wife, daughter Twinkle, son-in-law Akki and grandson Aarav in Goa



Vickey Lalwani

Posted On Monday, July 25, 2011 at 03:24:33 AM



Rajesh Khanna was not keeping too well recently. Perhaps, that is why the actor decided to take a brief break with estranged wife Dimple Kapadia, daughter Twinkle, son-in-law Akshay Kumar and grandson Aarav. The family is currently spending some together-time in Goa.

A source told Mumbai Mirror, “Rajesh was quite unwell last week and his family was extremely worried. But he is feeling much better now.” After all, what better way than spending time with your loved ones to feel better?



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Since a holiday was the need of the hour, Akshay and Twinkle, who were already toying with the idea of enjoying the Goa monsoon, took the entire family out. “Twinkle suggested to her dad that he join them for the holiday,” said the source.

When Rajesh learnt that Dimple too was planning to pack her bags and accompany then, his joy knew no bounds. “The fact that Dimple, Twinkle, Akshay and Aarav are with him makes him a lot more happier,” the source added.

Dimple and Rajesh Khanna married on March 27, 1973, after their much-hyped affair. Rajesh the ruling superstar had millions of women swooning over him. Dimple still young quit films to become a homemaker. It was only after their separation that she returned to films with Sagar in 1984.

However, the two had remained good friends ever since. In fact, Dimple even said in an interview, “I should do at least one film with him (Rajesh Khanna), otherwise I’ll feel incomplete.” The actress even helped her estranged husband with his political rallies.

Reportedly, Rajesh now has a girlfriend Anita Advani who knows him from his childhood days. Rajesh and Anita are in a relationship since the last eight years but Anita’s presence in Rajesh’s life became public only recently.




When contacted, Anita who was constantly by his side during his recent bout of ill-health, confirmed, “Yes, Rajeshji is holidaying in Goa. He has recuperated. He is in good spirits as well.” However, Dimple remained unavailable for comment.

Talking about Rajesh’s ailment, Anita said, “His white blood cell count had dropped low. That’s about it.”

Now that he is with his family in Goa, we hope Khanna comes back hale and hearty.