Presentation on: Entertainment personality

Presented By Vasim Calcuttawala

Dated on: 05/03/2011

RAJESH KHANNA The King Of Romance

CONTENTS
The First ever SUPER STAR of Indian Cinema Early Life Adult Life Early Success The Period of Decline Later Career Television And Political Career Awards honours and recognition Filmography Famous Dialogues

The First ever SUPER STAR of Indian Cinema

Born on 29th December 1942 Appeared in over 180 films Won the Film fare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. From 1969 to 1972, the Rajesh Khanna phenomenon swept Bollywood off its feet

He had "the biggest and the maddest fan following, especially his female fans. He was the only actor who moved around in his mercedes during his struggling days One of the greatest ironies occoured and The Down-fall began in 1977

Early Life
Jatin, an orphan, was born on 29 December 1942 in Amritsar, Punjab, India Khanna attended St. Sebastians Goan High School in Girgaum, along with his friend Ravi Kapoor Both friends later studied in Kishinchand Chellaram College Jatin Khanna's uncle changed Khanna's first name to Rajesh when Khanna decided to join films

Adult life
In the early 1970s, Khanna fell in love with fashion designer and actress Anju Mahendru Later Khanna married Dimple Kapadia in 1973 and has two daughters from the marriage In the eighties Tina Munim was romantically involved with Khanna Later the distance brought about mutual understanding between Khanna and Dimple kapadia

Early Success
He won All India Talent Contest He made his film debut in the 1966 film Aakhri Khat directed by Chetan Anand Through Aradhana he rose to "instant national fame" and the film critics started calling him the first superstar of India The Kishore Kumar-Rajesh Khanna combination worked miracles and it was almost impossible to see them as separate identities

 Rajesh acted alongside Mumtaz in eight successful films When she left films Khanna felt very loss During the peak of his career he would be mobbed during public appearances Actor Mehmood parodied him in his film Bombay to Goa Rajesh Khanna had 15 consecutive hits between 1969 to 1972, which is still an unbroken record in Indian film history

The Period Of Decline

Between1976 and 1978, Khanna acted in a number of films that were not commercially successful A Change in the trend aroused which was the main reason for the down fall However, Khanna continued basically in solo hero social sober household meaningful films

Later Career (1979till Present)

After 1978, Khanna starred in critically acclaimed films Tina Munim and Rajesh Khanna became the leading couples of 80s on and off screen He has performed in the least number of multistar films in comparison to his contemporaries He shared a very close relationship with R.D. Burman and Kishore Kumar

 In 1985 it was khanna who supported burman when his songs were not doing so well His Working team Consisted of many of his friends. Khanna would always request music directors to fit in Kishore Kumar wherever possible Bhandarkar says that he takes at least three or four turns in Carter Road even today only to see Khanna

 Akshay Kumar was a fan of Khanna since his childhood and later as he became son in law "The word superstar in the Indian film industry was for the first time coined for him.. Amitabh Bachchan

Television and Political Career

He is a life member of the International Film And Television Research Centre, the International Film And Television Club In 2001 and 2002, Rajesh played the lead in two television serials: Aapne Parai and Ittefaq He also endorsed Star se Superstar tak - a talent hunt programme in 2007

 From the early nineties onwards he stopped acting and served as M.P. of New Delhi Constituency from 1991 to 1996 Khanna and a group of foreign investors have bought land in Shirdi on which they plan to build a religious resort for disciples of Sai Baba of Shirdi

Awards, honours and recognitions

1971 Filmfare Award for Best Actor for Sachaa Jhutha 1972 Filmfare Best Actor Award for Anand 1975 Filmfare Best Actor Award for Avishkaar 1990 - Special Award for twenty-five years in the film industry 2005 Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (Golden Jubilee function)

Awards, honours and recognitions

2008 Dada Saheb Phalke Legendary Golden Actor Award at Mumbai on the occasion of Dada Saheb Phalke Birth day celebration. International Pune Film Festival Award 2010 Life Time Achievement Award 2004 Lifetime of Glamour award at the Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Awards 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Bollywood Awards held in US

Filmography
Co-Producer Mehboob Ki Mehndi (1971) Roti (1974) Playback Singer Raja Rani (1973) (Released) Amar Prem (1972) (Released) Daag (1973) (Released) Ajnabee Souten (1983) (Released)

Filmography
Producer 1985 Alag Alag 1989 Police Ke Peeche Police 1990 Jai Shiv Shankar

Memorable dialogues
Arrey oh baabu mushoy hum to rangmanch ki kathputliyan hain jiski dor us upar wale ke haathon main hai kab, kaun kahan uthega ye koi nahin jantaAnand " Arri oh Pushpa, Arrey i hate tears re..Amar Prem Ramesh, me marne se pehle mar na nahi chahtaAvtaar Ek ne seene pe vaar kiya aur ek ne pith peAvtaar

Taqdeer me likha tha engineer BANNA Warna ham bhi hote RAJESH KHANNA

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