The 70s in Om Shanti Om

When Farah Khan and Shahrukh come together you can sure expect the unexpected! The latest is that Farah has a surprise SFX scene in her film Om Shanti Om. As you know the film is also about Bollywood in 70s, the director and SRK’s technical team has come up with a sequence in which Deepkia Padukone is seen romancing the yester year hero Rajesh Khanna.


The scene is a requirement because Deepika plays a famous heroine of 70s in the first half of the film. Ah I can’t wait to see the movie!!!

Politics

When his film career was all but over, Rajesh Khanna turned to politics.

Khanna represented the New Delhi constituency in the tenth Lok Sabha. Contesting on a Congress ticket, he defeated the BJP's own cine star-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha in a by-election for the seat in 1992.

Rumours were that Khanna was considering quitting the Congress and walking over to the BJP in 1999, but he has stayed loyal to the Congress and actively participated in the party's 2002 electoral campaign in Uttar Pradesh and Uttaranchal.

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Reaching superstardom (1969-1972):

It was 1969's Aradhana (pictured here) that changed Rajesh's -- or Kaka as he was fondly called by friends -- fate. Rajesh was seen in a double role, playing Sharmila Tagore's lover, and then son.

The film made him a star overnight. Girls went mad after seeing him, women waited for his car to stop at signals so that they could kiss the car's windowpanes, young girls wrote letters in blood...

In the same year, Rajesh scored once again with Do Raaste. In fact, both Aaradhana and Do Raaste were golden jubilee hits.

From then onwards, there was no looking back for Rajesh. He churned out hit after hit with Ittefaq (1969), Safar (1970), Kati Patang (1970), Sachaa Jhutha (1970), Aan Milo Sajna (1970), Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971), Haathi Mere Saathi (1971), Dushmun (1971), Andaz (1971), Amar Prem (1971), Anand (1971), Daag: A Poem of Love (1973) and Namak Haraam (1973). He gave 15 hits in a row. No star had received so much love, fame and fan frenzy before. He became a phenomenon.

He dabbled with the choice of roles in his films. He played a murderer in Ittefaq, a cancer patient in Anand, a husband to two different women in Daag... His major hits were with Sharmila Tagore and Mumtaz but he did the maximum movies with Hema Malini.

During this time, he was nominated and won many awards too.

Sharmila Tagore with Super Star Rajesh Khanna

Sharmila Tagore is an actress who balanced her career between 'art films' and popular cinema. In the 1970s she had a screen association with Rajesh Khanna (who was the film heart throb of heart throbs) that produced some of the all time classics of Bollywood social drama with films like "Aradhana" [1969], "Amar Prem" [1971], and "Safar" [1970]. With her trademark dimpled cheek, amazing bone structure, and wonderful figure she also headed the glamorous A list of popularity in Bollywood masala entertainers.
On screen Tagore seemed as much at home in a 'sizzling' and 'revealing' item number in a film like "An Evening In Paris" as she was in a quiet nearly silent portrayal as an inhibited youth as in Hrishikesh Mukherjee's "Anupama" [1966].
In 1997 Sharmila Tagore won the award for Lifetime Achievement at the Filmfare Awards. She is truly one of the great actresses of Indian Cinema.

Rajesh Khanna and Sharmila Tagore from "Amar Prem"(1971)

Super Star Rajesh Khanna had a prolific and successful collaboration with the singer Kishore Kumar and composer R.D. Burman. A large number of the songs they put to film are truly Bollywood Classics. In the film "Amar Prem" this collaboration produced two evergreen hits, "Chingari Koi Bhadke To Saawan" and "Kuch To Log Kahenge".

Super Star Rajesh Khanna

In many of his heroic roles Rajesh Khanna projected an assuredness and self confidant attitude worthy of his given screen name that means, 'king of kings'. But Rajesh was not packaged in a royal exterior, although he was quite handsome he had ruddy skin, pimples, was of slightly below average height, and was prone to pudginess. What magic he did have was a radiating disarming charm and sensitive sexiness. He was aloof, self interested, with graceful mannerisms that melted woman's hearts. Rajesh Khanna was Bollywoods ultimate romantic superstar.

At the peak of his fame 1969-1972 Rajesh Khanna was the cats pajamas in Bollywood. He experienced an adulation from the public that bordered on hysteria. When he married Dimple Kapadia legend has it that in reaction woman committed suicide. For a giddy moment in history he bridged the gap and hovered as the favored star between the 'classic' heroes of the 50s and 60s and the 'Angry Young Men' of the 70s.

Super Star Rajesh Khanna & Priyanka - Unveil Red Carpet Gold Trophy

Actress Priyanka Chopra and Super Star Rajesh Khanna greet each other during the announcement of Rs 1 crore Red Carpet Trophy, to be awarded to the best acting talent of the country, in Mumbai on 3rd August, 2006.

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Third Innings (1991-Till Date)
In 1991, Rajesh gave up movies and entered politics. He was part of the Congress party from 1991 to 1996, and served as Member of Parliament from the New Delhi constituency.

But in politics, too, his presence did not make much of a difference, like his contemporaries, Raj Babbar and Shatrughan Sinha.

In 1991, Rishi Kapoor cast him in his directorial venture Aa Ab Laut Chale, where Rajesh played Akshaye Khanna's father. The film did not work.

In 2001, he ventured into television, with serials like Aapne Parai and Ittefaq.

In 2006, Rajesh starred in forgettable films like Jana: Let's fall in Love opposite Zeenat Aman.

Rumour goes that he is likely to sign more films. We wish the superstar all the love and luck!

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Second innings (1981-1990)
After his low phase, Rajesh starred in several films with Mumtaz and Tina Munim, and rose to success again.

His best films with Mumtaz are Sachaa Jhutha (1970), Apna Desh (1972), Aap Ki Kasam (1974) and Aaina (1977).

Rajesh found love again in Tina Munim, and even produced a film called Alag Alag, starring the two of them. Some of their other hit films were Souten (1983), Aakhiri Kyun (1985) and Bewafai (1989).

But this relationship did not last either, and Tina left for California to finish her education. When she returned, she married industrialist Anil Ambani.

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Dimple (1973-1980)
In 1973, he married rising star, Dimple Kapadia. Her first film, Bobby, had not been released yet. Dimple was only 16 then, while Rajesh was 31.

Unfortunately, being married to a superstar was not easy. Dimple had to bow down to the pressures of being a star wife, as her life was constantly monitored. She had to now watch what she was wearing, whom she was seen with, whom she should mingle with...

This was also the time when Rajesh's decline began, and Amitabh Bachchan came into the fray. The two did hit films like Anand (pictured here) and Namak Haram together.

By now, Rajesh was drunk with his success, and his attitude was largely the cause of his downfall. He would be very arrogant on the sets. He would turn up late for film shoots, and be constantly surrounded by his 'yes' men.

Rajesh and Dimple had two daughters, Twinkle and Rinke. But soon after, the couple called it quits and headed for a separation.

RAJESH KHANNA - THE REALY & ONLY SUPER STAR OF INDIAN CINEMA

There are romantic leading men and there are romantic leading men, but very few have taken cinematic love to legendary heights. While there might be other icons but Super-Star- Actor Rajesh Khanna after four decades, he is the ultimate true romantic legend.



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RAJESH KHANNA'S WOMEN http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php...

I found a very interesting article (rather interviw) about Rajesh Khanna's women..It's a must read for Kaka admirers. Pl. locate the second part of this story..

http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php...


RAJESH KHANNA - 1987

Bhawana Somaaya
Posted online: Friday, January 30, 2004 at 0000 hours IST
ajesh and I are good friends.’- Anju Mahendru (July ’87).
‘He is the father of my children and a very integral part of my life. He can never be unimportant.’- Dimple (July ’87).
‘After every quarrel, he would inundate me with gifts as if he was courting me all over again.’- Tina Munim (August ’87).
Three beautiful women. Three controversial relationships.
Three complex chapters in Khanna’s life. What is it about Rajesh Khanna, that women who loved and lost him cannot be indifferent to the memory? Why is it that they drag their pasts into the present and discuss him when he’s no more a part of their life? We decided to question the women. Persuading them to talk wasn’t easy. If Anju Mahendru was unsure, Dimple was hesitant and Tina tight-lipped.‘I’m not sure if it’s right to discuss him,’ said Anju, sitting in her plush bungalow in Juhu and swallowing an aspirin to recover from a throbbing headache.‘It’s a controversial subject...’ remarked Dimple in-between shots during a late night shooting of a Rajkumar Kohli film.‘What can I say? Anyway, how will it help...?’ asked a reticent Tina when I contacted her over the phone one Sunday.
I spend long hours with the three women before they were willing to journey into their past and tell a strange story of half-forgotten truths. We flip back the pages of this still-open book to understand the mystique of a man called Rajesh Khanna...
Anju Mahendru: Just one month after Rajesh Khanna left her to marry Dimple Kapadia, Anju called up the ‘Naaz’ theatre to check his box-office popularity. This, for a man who led his baraat past her bungalow, only to spite her. Still, erasing his memory is not as easy for Anju. His perverseness was the other side of his generosity. His cruel moods alternated with his gentle nature. Anju was bohemian and sharptongued,-, a contrast to the diplomatic Khanna. Then what made R.K., the conservative raised in a traditional household, fall in love with the bold, independent model-cum-aspiring actress? The differences resulted in conflicts. Taking it as a challenge, R.K. sought to change his girlfriend. Today says Anju:
‘Basically he is a very orthodox man, yet somehow he always gets attracted to ultra modern girls. I know it’s a contradiction, but then Rajesh Khanna is like that. Confusion was a part of our relationship. If I wore a skirt, he’d snap, why don’t you wear a saree? If I wore a saree, he’d wrinkle his nose and say, why are you trying to project a Bhartiya nari look? Things became worse when stardom found Rajesh Khanna. The champagne-and-roses affair was threatened by the very popularity and success the two had dreamt of. Rajesh Khanna, the heartthrob of millions, never got encouragement from the person he most needed - Anju. Unsure of himself, he’d watch the rushes of his films with her, waiting for praise and appreciation. It never came. Instead, criticism was all he got. Anju refused to become another Khanna sycophant. She refused to see him in any other light than how she had always known him.
Says Khanna now,‘I didn’t expect praise. All I wanted was a nod of approval... A gesture that reassured. But she was always ruthlessly critical.‘I was critical because that’s how I am,’ explains Anju.‘If he was bad, I always said so. Why should I have praised him just to keep him happy? There were plenty around to boost his ego. He has always been sensitive to criticism and I’ve always been very frank.’