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Rajesh Khanna is a Actor, Scriptwriter, Producer and Thanks Indian born on 29 december 1942 at Amritsar (Inde)

Rajesh Khanna

Rajesh Khanna
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Birth name Jatin Arora
Nationality Inde
Birth 29 december 1942 at Amritsar (Inde)
Death 18 july 2012 (at 69 years) at Mumbai (Inde)
Awards Padma Bhushan, Filmfare Awards

Rajesh Khanna (About this sound pronunciation born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was a Bollywood actor, film producer and politician. He is referred to as the "first superstar" and the "original superstar" of Indian cinema. He starred in 15 consecutive solo hit films in the period 1969 to 1971.

He made his debut in 1966 with Aakhri Khat. Through his career he appeared in more than 160 feature films and 17 short films. He received the Filmfare Best Actor Award award three times and the BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) four times. In 1991, he was awarded the Filmfare Special Award and in 2005, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. He was the highest paid Indian actor from 1970 to 1987 where Amitabh Bachchan shared the same tag with Khanna from 1980 to 1987.

He was also a Lok Sabha member of the Indian National Congress from New Delhi constituency from 1992 to 1996.

He married Dimple Kapadia in March 1973, eight months before her debut film Bobby was released and had two daughters from the marriage. Their elder daughter Twinkle Khanna is married to actor Akshay Kumar, while they also have a younger daughter Rinke Khanna.

After being critically ill, Khanna died on 18 July 2012.
Khanna has been posthumously awarded India's third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan. On 30 April 2013 he was officially bestowed with the title The First Superstar of Indian cinema at Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards He has also been honored with a stamp and statue of his likeness, and a road being renamed in his honor.

Biography

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Khanna fell in love with the then fashion designer and actress Anju Mahendru. They were in a relationship for seven years. Mahendru states that the couple did not speak to each other for 17 years after the break-up. Later Khanna married the budding actress Dimple Kapadia in March 1973, before Kapadia's debut film Bobby released in November of that year. They have two daughters from the marriage; Twinkle and Rinke. Khanna and Kapadia separated in 1984 but did not complete the divorce proceedings. In the eighties Tina Munim was romantically involved with Khanna while working with Khanna in 11 movies from 1980 to 1987. Munim had been a fan of Rajesh since her school days. According to website Bollywood Mantra reporter, relation with Tina ended in 1987 when Khanna refused to marry her as their marriage would have bad impact on his daughters. Khanna and Kapadia however maintained an amicable relationship where they both were seen together at parties and family functions. Kapadia also campaigned for Khanna's election and worked in his film Jai Shiv Shankar (1990).

Khanna's elder daughter Twinkle Khanna, an interior decorator and a former film actress, is married to actor Akshay Kumar while his younger daughter Rinke Khanna, also a former Hindi film actress, is married to a London-based investment banker Samir Saran. On 17 July 2012, a woman named Anita Advani claimed that she had been Khanna's live-in partner, and sent a legal notice to his family members asking for compensation. The family denied the claims.

Usually with

Rahul Dev Burman
Rahul Dev Burman
(36 films)
Om Shivpuri
Om Shivpuri
(34 films)
Asrani
Asrani
(25 films)
Madan Puri
Madan Puri
(23 films)
Satyen Kappu
Satyen Kappu
(20 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Rajesh Khanna (141 films)

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Riyasat
Riyasat (2014)

Genres Crime
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Aryan Vaid, Raza Murad, Aryeman, Vishwajeet Pradhan
Roles Godfather Don Saheb
Rating62% 3.1308453.1308453.1308453.1308453.130845
Riyasat is a story about Saheb who has established a kingdom. He is being considered the godfather for the people of city. Saheb become aware of some unsocial people entered into the city with no good intentions. There starts a war and Saheb protects his kingdom. But, this war ends up changing Saheb's life forever.
Kambakkht Ishq
Kambakkht Ishq (2009)
, 2h22
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor, Aftab Shivdasani, Whoopi Goldberg, Amrita Arora Ladak, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Rating38% 1.903481.903481.903481.903481.90348
When Hollywood stuntman Viraj Shergill (Akshay Kumar) and medical student Simrita Rai (Kareena Kapoor) come across each other at his brother Lucky's (Aftab Shivdasani) and her best friend Kamini's (Amrita Arora) hastily planned wedding ceremony, they instantly develop a dislike for each other. They both have a very low opinion of the opposite sex, and staunchly believe marriage is not the way to go for the two newlyweds, whom they try to discourage from proceeding further.
Wafaa
Wafaa (2008)

Actors Rajesh Khanna, Sudesh Berry, Tinnu Anand
Roles Amritlal Chopra
Rating41% 2.0616652.0616652.0616652.0616652.061665
Om Shanti Om
Om Shanti Om (2007)
, 2h42
Directed by Farah Khan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Action, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Films about religion, Ghost films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Kiron Kher, Shreyas Talpade, Arjun Rampal, Javed Sheikh
Rating68% 3.400833.400833.400833.400833.40083
Om Prakash Makhija (Shah Rukh Khan) is a junior artist in the 1970s Hindi film industry, in love with film star Shanti Priya (Deepika Padukone). One evening, Om views the premiere of Shanti's film Dream Girl, posing as Manoj Kumar. Later that night, Om becomes drunk and describes his vision of himself as a famous, wealthy film star winning the Filmfare Award for Best Actor to his friend Pappu (Shreyas Talpade) and some local children. At the shooting of a later film, Om rescues Shanti from a fire scene where of the fire has escaped control, and they become friends. One day, after following Shanti, he overhears her and producer Mukesh Mehra's (Arjun Rampal) conversation, that Mukesh and Shanti have married in secret and Shanti is pregnant and expects a traditional wedding. Mukesh pretends to be happy with the news, and invites Shanti at the set of their soon-to-be-made film Om Shanti Om. Mukesh promises to cancel the film, reveal their marriage to the public, and have a grand wedding on the set; but instead traps Shanti on the set and sets it on fire to prevent a financial loss and to protect his career. Shanti tearfully begs Mukesh to release her but he leaves anyway.
Classic Dance of Love
Classic Dance of Love (2005)
, 2h25
Directed by B. Subhash
Genres Action
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Rajesh Khanna, Meghna Naidu, Navin Nischol, Dinesh Hingoo, Himani Shivpuri
Rating49% 2.4891752.4891752.4891752.4891752.489175
Guru ,Dr. Ram Gopal Acharya (Mithun Chakraborty) teaches his disciples the core difference between paap (Sin) and Punya (Goods Deeds). One of his life's thinking is that man should never succumb to Temptation and Sex to “Sinners” and only women is responsible to him to seduce men for money and ultimately destroy them.
Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa
Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa (2002)

Actors Tusshar Kapoor, Esha Deol, Raj Babbar, Neena Kulkarni, Rajesh Khanna, Smita Jaykar
Roles Siddharth (Rahul's father)
Rating30% 1.5034651.5034651.5034651.5034651.503465
U.S. settled Esha (Esha Deol) is attracted to fellow-student Rahul (Tushar Kapoor). Rahul too is attracted to Esha. Esha returns home to India and tells her parents (Raj Babbar, Nina Kulkarni) about her love for Rahul. The family is pleased, and proceeds to finalize the marriage. They accompany Esha to Rahul's house. Rahul's parents (Rajesh Khanna, Smita Jaykar) approve of Esha. But when they ask Rahul, to everyone's shock, he refuses to marry Esha under any circumstances.
Aa ab Laut Chalen
Aa ab Laut Chalen (1999)
, 2h59
Directed by Rishi Kapoor
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Akshaye Khanna, Aishwarya Rai, Suman Ranganathan, Navin Nischol, Kader Khan
Roles Balraaj Khanna
Rating53% 2.653712.653712.653712.653712.65371
Rohan Khanna (Akshaye Khanna) is a jobless graduate living with his grandfather (Alok Nath) and his mother (Moushumi Chatterjee). Rohan has been tirelessly looking for a decent job without success. One day, Rohan's neighbour, Ranjit arrives. He lives in America, owns a motel, a perfect living and is married to an American woman. He wishes to keep his parents in America to live in peace. After listening to Rohan's desire for a job, he suggests that Rohan should also move to America. Looking at Ranjit's overnight success, Rohan is immediately persuaded. He tells his mother and grandfather of his wish and they are abruptly reminded of Rohan's late father, Balraj Khanna (Rajesh Khanna) who left his wife and son for America after a bitter argument with his father. In a bus accident, Balraj had died leaving Rohan orphaned and his mother widowed. To avoid the same fate for Rohan as his father's, Rohan's grandfather prepares Rohan's visa for America.
Khudai
Khudai (1994)

Genres Drama
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Madhavi Alladurgam, Deepika Chikhalia, Gulshan Grover, Arun Bakshi
Roles Raj Anand
Rating60% 3.0455653.0455653.0455653.0455653.045565
Raj Anand is director of many popular hit movies of Hindi Cinema and lives in India with his wife Padmini and his 22-year-old son Varun. Raj decides to launch Varun in a film named "Nagar Vadhu" (Prostitute) and pair him opposite actress Sakhi. Recently most of Raj Anand's movies starring actress Sakhi Swami have been declared as epic films. Raj Anand considers Sakhi Swami as one of his best finds and believes that his find can do any role offered to her. In return even Sakhi is very grateful to Raj Anand and respects Raj and treats him as her Guru. But the media portrays the relation between the director-actress as a man deeply in love with his muse. The age difference between the handsome director and the actress is above 20. It has been the wish of Raj Anand since years that his son Varun should become an actor and that his debut film will be directed by Raj Anand himself. But Varun dislikes acting and therefore Raj persuades Varun to take up acting as a profession. During the making of the debut film of Varun, Sakhi and Varun both fall in love with each other. Reading the rumors an affair between Raj Anand and Sakhi disturbs Varun, but Padmini has strong faith in her husband and is very confident that her husband does not have any affair with his find and thus their relation remains strong as ever. Padmini gives roses to her husband daily as a ritual whenever Raj leaves for shooting location from home. So the couple's relation never gets spoiled. But after getting to know that his son Varun wants to marry Sakhi, Raj Anand stops the shooting of the film Nagar Vadhu. Its then that Varun comes to believe that his father has been having an illicit relationship with Sakhi for years now and this results in misunderstandings between the father-son duo.Rest of the story is about what happens to Raj and Varun's relation and whether Sakhi and Varun ever get together and how Raj Anand's career and life and the making of the debut film gets affected due to all these incidents.
Rupaye Dus Karod
Rupaye Dus Karod (1991)

Genres Drama, Action
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Chunky Pandey, Amrita Singh, Sonu Walia, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Deepika Chikhalia
Rating56% 2.819062.819062.819062.819062.81906
Chamanlal, Aatmaram were partners with Jamuna Das and Babubhai but Atmaram discovers that the core business is selling women abroad for prostitution, he breaks away from this partnership and tells the wife of Chamanlal. Chamanlal's wife confronts him but Chamanlal is steadfast and decides not to leave the business. In an extreme reaction his wife leaves the house along-with her son and clothes to start a living on her own. Chamanlal keeps thinking about this matter and decides to meet his other two partners to convey he feels this business is unethical and that he cares for his family's sentiments more and asks for his final share before parting ways. But because of a conspiracy masterminded by his wicked business partners (Kiran Kumar and Sadashiv Amrapurkar), Chamanlal presumes he killed Babubhai(Kiran Kumar) and the prime witness to this supposedly murder - Vakil Jamuna Das(Sadashiv Amarpurkar), asks Chamanlal to flee but at the same time informs the police to search for him. Chamanlal searches for his wife and son but cannot locate them and so informs Atmaram that now he has reformed and that he needs to search for his son and wife who have left him.He also tells Atmaram that he is innocent and wants to escape. Meanwhile after reading in newspapers about police searching for Chamanlal and that Chamanalal has died in an accident, his wife considers herself a widower and brings up her only child by tailoring.
Begunaah
Begunaah (1991)
, 2h30
Actors Rajesh Khanna, Farah Naaz, Sadashiv Amarapurkar, Ashok Kumar, Jeetendra, Raza Murad
Roles Jeevanlal 'J.V.'
Rating61% 3.0791053.0791053.0791053.0791053.079105
Widower Jeevanlal lives with his 5-year-old daughter in small house. One day he meets with an accident and is unable to return home as he is admitted in hospital. Meanwhile due to heavy rains, an ill Guddu starts searching for her dad at the night time and gets giddy due to hunger and falls on the road. Jeevanlal returns home and sees she has fever. Then Jeevanlal gets arrested for assaulting a Pharmacist as he is unable to afford medicines suggested by doctor to treat his ill daughter, Guddu. Subsequently Jeevanlal gets jailed, his repeated and vain attempts to escape from prison to meet his daughter only end up increasing his sentence, leaving Guddu to fend on her own. 8 years pass by. Guddu went to a school as while she was searching for her dad, a Marathi woman saw her and started to allow Guddu grow up in her house. Meanwhile during transfer from one jail to another, some prisoners die due to an accident, where Qaidi No. 8 Jeevanlal is presumed to be dead. Meanwhile Jeevanlal manages to escape successfully from that accident but due to his hunger for food he goes into a bunglow and when he is about to pick food, the owner of the bunglow comes to the room but Jeevanlal shows knife at him but the owner of the bunglow just by glancing at Jeevanlal, says this man is not a thief for sure and introduces himself as Judge Dindayal. Jeevalal says do not send me to prison back as I have escaped only to meet my daughter and says he will kill Dindayal if he raises an alarm. Owner Dindayal asks his servant Bhola to give Jeevanlal food properly and says "Let him eat and sleep in our house in the same room where my deceased son used to sleep". The same night again Jeevanlal tries to run and steals a golden idol from the house. Bhola informs his owner that the guy who came last night has stolen the golden idol of God and ran away from the room. But the police of that city catch him while trying to sell that idol to a merchant and police inform the owner that the thief confessed that idol was stolen from his house only. Then the owner of Bunglow and the idol - Judge Dindayal - says this person is my friends's son named J.V. and has not stolen the idol but in fact the owner of idol. Dindayal, though aware that escaped convict is at his home, decides to let Jeevanlal not get caught in hands of police. Dindayal asks him why he is angry at god and then Jeevanlal narrates his sad story which happened in recent days. Dindayal says since his only son has already died and since he feels he can trust Jeevanlal, though he is a judge he is ready to give Jeevanlal a new lease of life, with the new name J.V as he felt that fate was actually playing the game in life of both himself and Jeevanlal as he though old is forced to live in the world whereas his young son died a premature death and on the other hand Jeevanlal was forced by fate to commit a crime which was ultimately to take care of his daughter but now even that daughter has got separated from him. Dindayal lets Jeevanlal stay in his house and take care of his assets and advices him not to stop praying to God and gives him a bag full of cash for Jeevanalal to start a new life.
Dushman
Dushman (1990)

Directed by Shakti Samanta
Genres Drama
Actors Mithun Chakraborty, Mandakini, Alok Nath, Ranjeet, Deepa Sahi, Sadashiv Amarapurkar
Roles Guest Appearance
Rating59% 2.971432.971432.971432.971432.97143
Drama history of the father and the son separated because of frauds of the leader of a local gang those years when the son was the child. The young man by name of Rakesh (a nickname "Bullet"), appeared the tool in hands of experienced gangsters, rises, not knowing that, on a way of the father which has decided to take justice in own hands and to revenge for family tragedy.