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Rajesh Khanna, The Super Star
Rajesh Khanna was dubbed as the first Super Star of the Hindi screen. In a reign of five years, from 1969 to 1973, he made a hit after hit that was unprecedented in the Hindi cinema history. He was working on stage when he won the talent contest by the United Producers of Bombay. These were the 10 producers who formed a team to select new talent as an answer to escalating salaries for the established stars. Rajesh's first movie was Chetan Anand's "Aakhri Khat" released in 1966. Inspite of a great director and some beautiful music, the film was a commercial failure. But things changed when in 1969, Shakti Samanta's "Aradhana" was released. The movie with its beautiful music and strong performance by Sharmila Tagore created history. In Rajesh Khanna, a star was born. And for the next few years, he couldn't do anything wrong. Rajesh made nearly 130 movies in his professional career. One of our Forum members, Debjyoti, gave me this idea to start a thread on the songs of his albums. By happy coincidence I have CDs of almost all of his movie albums. In the coming months, I will start sharing these albums in chronological order. Here is part one of Rajesh Khanna's filmography ... Attached image(s) ![]() ![]() |
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Nice Thread, Swarapriya.
Starting with AAKHRI KHAT is a bit surrealistic. You seem to have a devilish sense of humour. Keep up the good work. I am a big fan of your offerings in HF. And a very HAPPY & MUSICAL New Year. Regards, Suresh |
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Nice Thread, Swarapriya. Starting with AAKHRI KHAT is a bit surrealistic. You seem to have a devilish sense of humour. Keep up the good work. I am a big fan of your offerings in HF. And a very HAPPY & MUSICAL New Year. Regards, Suresh happy new year swarapriyaji thanx for starting new thread on super star rajesh khanna please visit my blog dedicated to greatest genius mohammed rafisaab http://rafifanblog.blogspot.com/ |
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happy new year swarapriyaji thanx for starting new thread on super star rajesh khanna please visit my blog dedicated to greatest genius mohammed rafisaab http://rafifanblog.blogspot.com/ Parvez ji, My special thanks to you for the pointer to one of our greatest singers, Rafi Saab. I visited the blog and impressed with all the pictures and how close your family was with Rafi Saab. Being part of his life must be a great feeling. Cheers, Swarapriya |
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