The way talent hunt is done through TV today, something similar was done by 1965 United Producers and Filmfare. They were looking for a new hero. Eight boys were selected out of ten thousand in the final, including one Rajesh Khanna. In the end Rajesh Khanna was declared the winner. Rajesh Khanna’s real name is Jatin Khanna. He changed his name at the behest of his uncle. Between 1969 and 1975, Rajesh gave many superhit films. Most of the boys born in that period were named Rajesh. Rajesh was affectionately called Kaka in the film industry.
Superstar Rajesh Khanna gave 15 consecutive superhit films from 1969 to 1971, which became a record in itself. No other actor has been able to break this record even Amitabh Bachchan himself. Kaka’s head was not easily decorated by Bollywood’s first superstar Taj, but when punishment, no one has come forward in Bollywood to break it.
Ka started his Bollywood career in the year 1966. You will be surprised to know that about 74 of his films have achieved ‘Golden Jubilee’ at the box office, out of which 48 films have completed 75 weeks in theatres, reaching ‘Platinum Jubilee’. 22 films also celebrated ‘Silver Jubilee’. Along with this, he received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor 3 times. In 2005, the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award was given to him by Amitabh Bachchan himself. Not only this, after his death, he also got ‘Padma Bhushan’ in 2013. Apart from this, in 2013 itself, a postal stamp of Rs 5 was also issued by the postal department in the name of Kaka.
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Even though Rajesh Khanna’s stardom decreased with the arrival of Amitabh Bachchan, but even today a record Big B has not been able to cross. Superstar Rajesh Khanna’s life was very interesting. He touched heights in his career. No one had seen stardom like him in that era. On 18 July 2012, at the age of 70, he said goodbye to the world.
When he died, the entire city of Mumbai had gathered in his funeral procession. This crowd was telling that Kaka’s fans never decreased, even though his films did not show anything special in the end time, but his fan following did not decrease. With his strong performance, he made crores of people crazy about him.
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