(clockwise from top left) Mumtaz, Rekha, Meena Kumari, Dilip Kumar, Rajesh Khanna, Waheeda Rehman and Dev Anand, Madhubala, Raj Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan
Sharmila in Aradhana
A Street Named Kaka
Rajesh Khanna's death prompted an outpouring of nostalgia-tinged grief rarely seen in recent times. Those feelings are now cast in bronze (a mediocre likenes...
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Actress Dimple Kapadia attends the unveiling of a statue of her husband and superstar Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai.
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Actress Dimple Kapadia, second right, her daughter Twinkle Khanna and son-in-law Akshay Kumar attend the unveiling of a statue of her husband and Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna ...
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President Pranab Mukherjee presents Padma Bhushan to actress Dimple Kapadia on behalf of her husband the late actor Rajesh Khanna at Padma Awards 2013 at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in ...
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An artist giving finishing touches to a clay model of Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna in Kolkata.
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Artist Ranjit Dahiya works on a mural of Bollywood star Rajesh Khanna as part of Bollywood Art Project (BAP) in Mumbai.
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Dimple Kapadia pays respects to Rajesh Khanna at his Chautha ceremony in Mumbai.
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Couples Rajesh and Dimple, Amitabh and Jaya, in 1973
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Actress Dimple Kapadia during the funeral procession of Bollywood's first superstar Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai.
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Crowd of fans during the funeral procession of the legendary actor Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai.
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Actor Akshay Kumar with his son during the funeral procession of the legendary actor Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai.
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Wife Dimple Kapadia and daughter Rinki Khanna during the funeral procession of the legendary actor Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai.
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People fall on the ground as policemen try to control the crowd during the funeral of Bollywood's first superstar Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai.
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Actress Dimple Kapadia leaves after the funeral of her husband and Bollywood's first superstar Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai.
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A fan shows a poster of the legendary actor Rajesh Khanna as he attends his funeral in Mumbai.
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Actor Akshay Kumar with his son during the funeral procession of the legendary actor Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai.
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Crowd of fans and mourners during the funeral procession of the legendary actor Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai.
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Amitabh Bachchan leaves after paying tribute to Rajesh Khanna in Mumbai.
There was a time when Kishore Kumar breathed life into virtually every hit song picturised on Bollywood superstars – from Dev Anand’s iconic toothless smile to Rajesh Khanna’s immortal winks.
In the climax of Anand, when the audience saw Rajesh Khanna die on-screen, it didn’t bother about anyone else; but in Namak Haraam, Khanna’s cinematic death ended up giving Amitabh Bachchan a new lease of life.
In 1969, people from Peshawar descended on Kabul in droves to watch Aradhana. And when Rajesh Khanna died, notwithstanding a few rants, Pakistanis also mourned the demise of the prince of passion.
Before him there were great stars, and he has been followed by many, but none evoked the mass hysteria that he did at the height of his meteoric rise, the decade of the 1960s, spilling into the early 1970s
'I am a Congressman at heart but every person has some self-respect,' says the angry middle aged star as he vents his grievances against the Congress president