Rajesh Khanna Birth Anniversary: Today is the 80th birth anniversary of the first superstar of the film industry, Rajesh Khanna, also known as Kaka. The proverb ‘Upar Aaka, Neeche Kaka’ in Bollywood was specially made for him. At that time people believed that God above and Rajesh Khanna below, these two people are powerful. Let us tell you that after the famous actor Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna was the second film star, for whom the girls were extremely crazy. During his film career, he used to get so many letters that he had to hire a man to read them, so let us tell you some special things related to his life on this special occasion.
was born in Amritsar
First of all, let us tell you that Rajesh Khanna was born in Amritsar, Punjab, who belonged to a very poor family. Rajesh Khanna’s journey has had an exciting start. Actually, Rajesh Khanna won the competition by defeating 10,000 people in a talent hunt and through this he got two films, after which he never looked back but yes there were many ups and downs in his family life. There was a time when he went into depression and he was left alone.
dominated the industry for 20 years
Actually, the condition of Rajesh Khanna’s house was so bad that he started doing theater at the age of 10. He was very interested in playing bongos and tabla. Not only this, Jitendra was his best friend during school days. He loved acting very much, so he was associated with theater and stage shows even during college days. During this, he also won many awards in his name. At the same time, Rajesh Khanna remained dominant during his film career for 20 years but Amitabh Bachchan’s entry shook him.
Career started from the last letter
Now let’s talk about the beginning of his film career, Rajesh Khanna’s first film Aakhri Khat was released in the year 1966. The film received an entry under the Best Foreign Language Film at the 40th Oscar Awards, but the film dropped out of the nomination round. However, this first film of Rajesh Khanna was a flop. After which his second film Raj was released in the year 1967, which created a huge box office collection. The film collected 1 crore at the Indian box office. After which only Rajesh Khanna remained dominant everywhere. Let us tell you that the actor gave 15 consecutive superhit films in three years. In which the names of films like Ittefaq, Chhoti Bahu, Kati Patang, Mehboob Ki Mehndi, Hathi Mere Saathi, Anand, Aan Milo Sajna are included.
Bloody letters…
Alam had become such that the craze of Rajesh Khanna’s fans had started increasing so much that she had started sending him letters filled with blood. The craze of the fans for Rajesh Khanna never ended. In this episode, once he met a fan who showed him a collection of his photos. Rajesh Khanna was surprised to see him and was also happy. He liked that collection so much that he gifted a food truck to that fan which is still operational in Delhi. Rajesh Khanna himself had visited this food truck 500 times and tasted the food there.
Crack came after 11 years of marriage
On the other hand, talk about the family life of Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia, then only after 11 years of marriage, cracks started coming in the relationship. According to the information received, Rajesh Khanna did not want Dimple to work in films. Because of this, there used to be a lot of debate between the two. After some time both of them started living separately, but never got divorced. In an interview, Rajesh Khanna himself told that after being separated from Dimple, he had built a wall around himself for 14 months. He had stopped trusting people, did not sign new films. Confidence had waned. He used to worry constantly and used to think about committing suicide.
died on 18 july
In the year 2011, Rajesh Khanna came to know that he had cancer. After which his health started deteriorating in June 2012. Due to which he was admitted to Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai on 23 June. He was discharged from the hospital on July 8 after his health improved, but on July 14, Rajesh Khanna was again admitted to Lilavati Hospital. From where he was discharged from the hospital on 16 July. Two days later, on July 18, he died in his bungalow Ashirwad. After the death of Rajesh Khanna, the world came to know that he was suffering from cancer. More than 10 lakh people attended his last visit.
