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First edition Author Audioreadby Anuj Dutta Country India Language English Subject Genre Biography Published 5 December 2014 Publisher Mediatype Print Pages 352 Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India's First Superstar is a 2014 Indian biographical book written by Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India's First Superstar was Usman's first published work. He was in Synopsis [ ] Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India's First Superstar opens with an article about the death of Rajesh Khanna in 2012. It follows by the information about his birth in The book also covers Khanna's well-publicized marriage in 1973 to the then-newcomer actor Development and release [ ] "Rajesh Khanna exemplified the real definition of stardom ... People from abroad would come specially to see him. But he, as a person, was an outcome of a series of loss. Since childhood, he was left alone or abandoned by people he loved ... When he was barely five or six, he was given away by his parents. He could never come to terms with this loss that he become a foster child." —Usman on Khanna, from his 2015 interview to Karan Bhardwaj of Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India's First Superstar is :xiii–xiv The next day, Usman watched news coverage of Khanna's funeral procession and later stated that the event motivated him to wrote a book about Khanna. :xiv He collected archive of magazines—such as Star & Style and Super—and various interviews of Khanna. :xv Usman said many of them refused to talk about Kha...

• Share this article on Facebook • Share this article on Twitter • Share this article on Flipboard • Share this article on Email • Show additional share options • Share this article on Linkedin • Share this article on Pinit • Share this article on Reddit • Share this article on Tumblr • Share this article on Whatsapp • Share this article on Print • Share this article on Comment MUMBAI – The world’s biggest film industry lost its first superstar, Rajesh Khanna, 69, who died at his Mumbai home Wednesday after battling health issues in recent months. What Beatlemania was to the west, “Rajeshmania” was to India when Khanna ruled the box office at his peak in the seventies with a career spanning more than 160 films over 25 years. Born in the North Indian city of Amritsar as Jatin Khanna, he was adopted and raised by foster parents. Passionate about acting from his school days, he went against his family wishes to pursue his dreams and entered a national talent contest organized by leading magazine Filmfare which picked him the winner out of ten thousand aspirants. Changing his name to Rajesh, he made his screen debut with 1966’s Aakhri Khat (The Last Letter) which was India’s official entry at the 1967 Academy Awards. But it was 1969’s breakthrough hit Aradhana– a remake of the 1946 Hollywood film To Each His Own – that made Khanna an overnight superstar thanks to his romantic turn in a double role as a dashing Air Force officer coupled with the film’s iconic songs which cement...

Rajesh Khanna's close friend Bhupesh Raseen who was with him right till the superstar breathed his last on July 18, 2012, says that he hasn't yet come to terms about losing Kakaji (as Rajesh Khanna was fondly called). "I have come to the same land in Bandra where Kakaji's iconic bungalow Aashirwad (at Mumbai's Carter Road) stood and am talking to you outside its gate. He would have been 78 today if he was alive. He was unique. He had the DNA of a superstar, which he proved on-screen and off-screen. He lived his life King's size," he says, talking to ETimes. Exclusive! Rajesh Khanna-Saira Banu drank tea together from the same saucer for Chhoti Bahu: "It was his idea," says the senior actress It is Rajesh Khanna's 78th birth anniversary today. Going down memory lane, Saira Banu, when contacted, tells us that she missed working with the superstar not once but twice. "We almost did two films but they never happened," she tells ETimes. According to Bhupesh, #BigInterview! Mumtaz Unplugged: I had a complex of my heavy Iranian thighs and wore a bikini only at Feroz Khan's insistence Mumtaz in an exclusive conversation with ETimes shared about several bold and interesting decisions she took in her journey with her co-stars, filmmakers and husband. Going further down memory lane, Bhupesh says that Rajesh Khanna didn't want to take his last breath in the hospital. "He had told me that he wants to slip away peacefully at home." Amitabh Bachchan-Rajesh Khanna competition was a bit too...

Rajesh Khanna was a celebrated star and was touted as the first superstar of Bollywood. Today, July 18, marks the 8th anniversary of his death as he died on this day in 2012. After 8 years of his death today, we celebrate one of Bollywood’s most-loved romantic heroes who was always known for his dashing looks and signature dance moves. Rajesh Khanna rose to fame with 1969 film Aradhana and went on to star in 14 conse­cutive hits thereafter. However, even know Rajesh Khanna is known for his charisma and leading ladies from Mumtaz to Hema Malini. Here is a look at his top leading ladies. Rajesh Khanna and Tina Munim worked together for the first time in 1981’s Fiffty Fiffty. The duo went on to become one of Bollywood’s most-reported off-screen love affairs. Reports state that Rajesh Khanna ended up leaving his then-wife, the actress Dimple Kapadia. The duo also starred in Souten (1983) and Alag Alag (1985). Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore's chemistry is one for the books. Both actors first set the screen on fire with the famous Roop Tera Mastana song sequence in Aradhana, a film that got Sharmila her first – and only – Filmfare Award for Best Actress. After Aradhana, the duo went on to work in several films such as Safar (1970), Amar Prem (1972), and Daag (1973), making them India’s favourite on-screen couple. Mumtaz and Khanna came together in several films, including Do Raaste (1969), Bandhan (1969), Sachaa Jhutha (1970) and Aap Ki Kasam (1974), and were perhaps best kno...

Actor Rajesh Khanna has died at home in Mumbai. He was 69. Mr Khanna was suffering from cancer. Mr Khanna will be cremated Thursday morning. His bungalow, Aashirwad, on Carter Road in Bandra has been cordoned off by the police. Mr Khanna had been hospitalized on June 23, when he was taken to Lilavati Hospital to be treated for exhaustion, and spent some days having tests. He was discharged on Tuesday (July 17, 2012).

Flashback | On 79th birth anniversary, Rajesh Khanna continues to live through movies and memories Rajesh Khanna 'loved to play the martyr both in his real life and reel. He would justify his transgressions as husband and family man by arguing that he was misunderstood. On screen, he repeatedly revealed a death wish.' Rajesh Khanna's golden period lasted exactly three years. But the country has never known a bigger star. Between 1969 and 1971, Khanna was the undisputed king of the world. And he never let anyone forget it. As hit after hit flowed out of his repertoire, Khanna climbed to a position where all his contemporaries began to feel seriously left out in the rat race. Jeetendra, who was a close friend of Khanna, openly though good naturedly grumbled about Khanna cornering all the plum projects that were available for the Bollywood leading man in the closing year of the 1960s and the opening years of the 1970s. When Rajesh Khanna ruled, the competition simply vanished. Khanna's track record during that period was beyond phenomenal. It was staggering! Beginning with Shakti Samanta's Aradhana, which came and blew open the box office in 1969, the hits simply flew out like there was no tomorrow: Aradhana was quickly followed by Narendra Bedi's Bandhan, BR Chopra's Ittefaq, Raj Khosla's Do Raaste, Samanta's Kati Patang, Manmohan Desai's Sachcha Jhutha, Dulal Guha's Dushman, and J Om Prakash's Aan Milo Sajna, all within a span of three years. No star in the history of India...