

Kaka made her throw the ring that was gifted to her by Rishi Kapoor into the sea to prove her loyalty to him. When on the spur of the moment he proposed to Dimple she quickly accepted. He always had a fascination for all the things that Raj Saab discovered. Kaka was flattered to be getting so much attention from Raj Kapoor’s heroine. Says a friend of the actor, “Dimple was half Kaka’s age. Most of Rajesh Khanna’s well wishers felt his overnight marriage to Dimple Kapadia in 1973 was a disastrous mistake for both of them. If Kaka had not allowed the super-success of a spate of films in 1969-72 to blind his better judgment, he would have continued as the reigning superstar for at least another decade and the Bachchan factor may not have happened when it did.” Says one of Rajesh Khanna‘s heroines, “When Anju left, Kaka he hurled downhill at a rapid pace paving the way for Amitabh Bachchan to become the next superstar.

When they wouldn’t be shown the door, Anju quit the relationship. She wanted all the fakes and flatterers to go. He not only mixed business with pleasure, he even made sure that the business of pleasure was brought home to his famous bungalow Aashirwad where every evening, the Khanna durbar of sycophants and loyalists gathered for drinks and gupshup.Īnju Mahendroo, Khanna’s steady girlfriend of seven years and a practical woman, hated the yes-men who crowded Rajesh Khanna’s life and allowed him no room to grow.

The trouble with Rajesh Khanna’s career was excessive subjectivity. The film came after nearly a year of ‘together’ interviews where the fast-fading star and the pretty starlet spoke about everything they shared, including a lungi and toothbrush.Īlag Alag flopped, and so did all the other films that Khanna did with Ms Munim excluding Sawan Kumar’s Sautan, the surprise success of 1983, the year when Khanna had a cloudburst of temporary success with Agar Tum Na Hote, Sautan and most notably Avtaar. By the time Khanna and RD worked together in Alag Alag in 1985 which was directed by the Khanna’s loyalist Shakti Samanta for Khanna to romance his real-life love-interest Tina Munim, the creative juices had run dry. Burman and none other, although the combo had run out of steam. There were stories of how the superstar insisted on setting up projects entirely on his own terms. Manmohan Desai, a close friend of Khanna after two blockbusters Sachcha Jhutha and Roti switched to Amitabh Bachchan with Amar Akbar Anthony, and there was no looking back to Khanna. Stories of Khanna’s arrogance and high-handedness had begun to gain credence. Though Khanna bounced back with some notable hits in 1974 ( Aap Ki Kasam, Premnagar and Roti) the best was behind the nation’s beloved Kakajee. Epitaphs for his career were written, and not unhappily. In 1972, six of Khanna’s prestigious projects bombed one after another. Kids loved their haathi uncle as much their grandmothers adored Anand Babu who hated tears. With Chinappa Devar’s Haathi Mere Saathi (arguably the biggest hit of his career), Khanna’s career peaked. Just when your eyes well up over the demise of the titular protagonist you've come to dearly care for, his 'celebrate life' maxim offers an eloquent reminder in the buoyant sound of Rajesh Khanna.No star in the history of Indian cinema had so many hits flowing out so fast and furiously. The haunting climax of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Anand is a mix of sadness and realisations. Kab, kaun, kaise uthega yeh koi nahi bata sakta hai. Hum sab toh rangmanch ki kathputhliyan hain jinki dor uparwale ki ungliyon main bandhi hain. Usse na toh aap badal sakte hain na main. ' Babumoshai, zindagi aur maut uparwale ke haath hai jahanpanah.
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We asked you, dear readers, to send in your favourite Rajesh Khanna movie quotes and here are ten of his best-loved dialogues picked by you: He may no longer be with us but his softly-spoken words continue to linger and enthrall. While some dialogues made a greater impression than others, Khanna's s trademark expression and style enjoyed enormous popularity among viewers. With his head slightly tilted, nodding on cue, smiling or somber and a voice that felt like a mix of velvet, mint and silver, Rajesh Khanna produced some of the most effective lines of his career.
