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Presented By Dated on:Vasim Calcuttawala 05/03/2011

RAJESH KHANNA“The King Of Romance

CONTENTS

The First ever “SUPER STAR” of Indian Cinema Early Life Adult Life Early Success The Period of Decline Later Career Television And Political Career Awards honours and recognition Filmography Famous Dialogues

The First ever “SUPER STAR” of Indian Cinema

Born on 29th December 1942 Appeared in over 180 films Won the Film fare Lifetime Achievement

Award in 2005. From 1969 to 1972, the Rajesh Khanna

phenomenon swept Bollywood off its feet

He had "the biggest and the maddest fan following, especially his female fans.

He was the only actor who moved around in his mercedes during his struggling days

One of the greatest ironies occoured and The Down-fall began in 1977

Early Life

Jatin, an orphan, was born on 29 December 1942 in Amritsar, Punjab, India

Khanna attended St. Sebastian’s Goan High School in Girgaum, along with his friend Ravi Kapoor

Both friends later studied in Kishinchand Chellaram College

Jatin Khanna's uncle changed Khanna's first name to Rajesh when Khanna decided to join films

Adult life

In the early 1970’s, Khanna fell in love with fashion designer and actress Anju Mahendru

Later Khanna married Dimple Kapadia in 1973 and has two daughters from the marriage

In the eighties Tina Munim was romantically involved with Khanna

Later the distance brought about mutual understanding between Khanna and Dimple kapadia

Early Success

• He won All India Talent Contest• He made his film debut in the 1966 film

“Aakhri Khat” directed by Chetan Anand• Through Aradhana he rose to "instant national

fame" and the film critics started calling him the first superstar of India

• The Kishore Kumar-Rajesh Khanna combination worked miracles and it was almost impossible to see them as separate identities

• Rajesh acted alongside Mumtaz in eight successful films

• When she left films Khanna felt very loss• During the peak of his career he would be

mobbed during public appearances• Actor Mehmood parodied him in his film

Bombay to Goa• Rajesh Khanna had 15 consecutive hits

between 1969 to 1972, which is still an unbroken record in Indian film history

The Period Of Decline

• Between1976 and 1978, Khanna acted in a number of films that were not commercially successful

• A Change in the trend aroused which was the main reason for the down fall

• However, Khanna continued basically in solo hero social sober household meaningful films

Later Career (1979–till Present)

• After 1978, Khanna starred in critically acclaimed films

• Tina Munim and Rajesh Khanna became the leading couples of 80’s on and off screen

• He has performed in the least number of multistar films in comparison to his contemporaries

• He shared a very close relationship with R.D. Burman and Kishore Kumar

• In 1985 it was khanna who supported burman when his songs were not doing so well

• His “ Working –team” Consisted of many of his friends.

• Khanna would always request music directors to fit in Kishore Kumar wherever possible

• Bhandarkar says that he takes at least three or four turns in Carter Road even today only to see Khanna

• Akshay Kumar was a fan of Khanna since his childhood and later as he became son in law

• "The word superstar in the Indian film industry was for the first time coined for him“….. Amitabh Bachchan

Television and Political Career

• He is a life member of the International Film And Television Research Centre, the International Film And Television Club

• In 2001 and 2002, Rajesh played the lead in two television serials: Aapne Parai and Ittefaq

• He also endorsed Star se Superstar tak - a talent hunt programme in 2007

• From the early nineties onwards he stopped acting and served as M.P. of New Delhi Constituency from 1991 to 1996

• Khanna and a group of foreign investors have bought land in Shirdi on which they plan to build a religious resort for disciples of Sai Baba of Shirdi

Awards, honours and recognitions

• 1971 – Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Sachaa Jhutha

• 1972 – Filmfare Best Actor Award for Anand• 1975 – Filmfare Best Actor Award for

Avishkaar• 1990 –- Special Award for twenty-five years in

the film industry• 2005 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

(Golden Jubilee function)

Awards, honours and recognitions

• 2008 Dada Saheb Phalke Legendary Golden Actor Award at Mumbai on the occasion of Dada Saheb Phalke Birth day celebration.

• International Pune Film Festival Award 2010 Life Time Achievement Award• 2004 Lifetime of Glamour award at the

Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Awards• 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award at the

Bollywood Awards held in US

Filmography

• Co-Producer• Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971)• Roti (1974) • Playback Singer• Raja Rani (1973) (Released)• Amar Prem (1972) (Released)• Daag (1973) (Released)• Ajnabee• Souten (1983) (Released)

Filmography

• Producer • 1985 Alag Alag• 1989 Police Ke Peeche Police• 1990 Jai Shiv Shankar

Memorable dialogues

• “Arrey oh baabu mushoy hum to rangmanch ki kathputliyan hain jiski dor us upar wale ke haathon main hai kab, kaun kahan uthega ye koi nahin janta”…Anand

• " Arri oh Pushpa, Arrey i hate tears re“..Amar Prem

• “Ramesh, me marne se pehle mar na nahi chahta”…Avtaar

• “Ek ne seene pe vaar kiya aur ek ne pith pe”…Avtaar

Taqdeer me likha tha engineer BANNA

Warna ham bhi hote “RAJESH KHANNA”

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