Entertainment News Desk – Tomorrow is the birth anniversary of Rajesh Khanna, who is called the first superstar of Bollywood. In such a situation, we will introduce you to his personal life and acting career. Bollywood is full of stories of struggle. Today we will tell you the stories of struggle in the life of Bollywood’s first superstar and those interesting things which perhaps very few people know. How an ordinary boy, whose childhood was spent in poverty, lost his parents and finally made the entire film industry dance to his tune as soon as he entered adulthood.
Rajesh Khanna’s real name was Jatin Khanna. His childhood was spent in extreme poverty. Before partition, Rajesh Khanna’s father used to work as a teacher. After partition, his family came to Amritsar and due to loss of job, the financial condition of the house deteriorated. Seeing the condition of the house, his father handed over the responsibility of Rajesh Khanna to his relatives living in Mumbai. When Rajesh Khanna said goodbye to this world in July 2012, crores of fans were disappointed. But the characters played by Rajesh Khanna still keep him alive among his fans.
How famous Rajesh Khanna was can be gauged from the fact that he had to hire a separate employee to open the letters of his fans. Rajesh Khanna ruled the industry for twenty consecutive years. In the first three years of his career, Rajesh Khanna set a record by giving 15 back to back superhit films. Only after this he started being called the first superstar of Bollywood.
Rajesh Khanna was fond of acting since childhood and he joined theater at the age of just ten years. Rajesh Khanna’s family did not want him to make acting a career, but he listened to his heart and changed his name from Jatin to Rajesh Khanna for his film career. In the year 1966, Rajesh Khanna entered Bollywood with the film ‘Aakhri Khat’. He made his debut and after this he dominated the screen with the film ‘Raaz’ in such a way that no one could achieve stardom like him. This film of Rajesh Khanna made many records at the box office. The budget of Rajesh Khanna’s film ‘Raaz’ was Rs 65 lakh and the film earned more than one crore.