5 things you didn't know about Rajesh Khanna

New Delhi: Rajesh Khanna tried his hand at direction with Jai Shiv Shankar in 80s. His wife Dimple was paired opposite Kaka in the film, which never saw the light of the day.Here are some more interesting facts about Rajesh Khanna's life.

1. Rajesh Khanna’s cheerful Punjabi character in Anand was based on actor-filmmaker Raj Kapoor, while his Bengali friend Bhaskar Banerjee (played by Amitabh Bachchan) was modelled on director Hrishikesh Mukherjee himself.

2. The superstar’s debut was Aakhri Khat and it led to a spate of hits like Aaradhna, Amar Prem, Aan Milo Sajna, Aap Ki Kasam, Anurodh, Avtaar, all starting with A.

Bollywood's ultimate romantic hero, Rajesh Khanna, passed away on July 18 at the age of 69. With many hit films behind him, Khanna was not only Hindi cinema's first superstar but an inimitable style icon. What was his family life like? Here's a family tree.
Rajesh Khanna was married to actress Dimple Kapadia and has two daughters Twinkle and Rinke with her. He married Dimple six months before her film Bobby was released.
Khanna himself came from a foster family and the people who raised him were related to his biological parents.
It was his uncle who suggested he take the screen name of Rajesh. His original name was Jatin.
Quite a sensation among women at his time, Khanna symbolized a romantic love, the flavour of his time. He had women lining up on the road for a glimpse of his car passing by.
He was reportedly in a 7-year-old relationship with designer-turned-actor Anju Mahendru which ended on a sour note.
It is said Khanna was also seeing Tina Munim, now Ambani, during a time in his life. But the relationship did not last and Tina went ahead and married businessman Anil Ambani.
His marriage with Dimple Kapadia lasted for 11 years until they separated in 1984, without filing for divorce. They have two daughters.
Rajesh Khanna's elder daughter Twinkle was an actress till she quit the industry after her marriage.
Twinkle married actor Akshay Kumar in 2001.
She started her own interior designing company The White Window store and completely quit the industry. Theirs is a happy marriage.
Rajesh Khanna's younger daughter Rinke also started her career in Bollywood.
Twinkle and Rinke grew up with their mother Dimple after she separated from Rajesh Khanna.
Rinke is married to London-based investment banker Samir Saran.
The family is seen together on many occasions and Dimple and Rajesh's breakup did not leave lasting bitterness among the children and other members of the family.
Dimple and Rajesh used to be seen together at parties even after their separation and she even campaigned for his election.
Rajesh Khanna is said to share a bond with his son-in-law Akshay who was an outsider to the film fraternity and had to work his way up the ranks over the years.
Rajesh Khanna's house in Mumbai sees fans camping out and is witness to many occasions of both joy and bitterness.
Twinkle and Akshay have a son Aarav together.
Aarav Bhatia is the youngest member of the family. But he will soon have to give up that privilege to his sibling as Twinkle is pregnant with her second child.

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$5 things you didn\'t know about Rajesh Khanna$

His uncle, who disapproved of his acting aspirations, asked him to change his name from Jatin if he wanted to act.

3. Jeetendra and Rajesh went to the same school in Girgaum and then later to KC College too. In fact it was Khanna who inspired and supported Jeetendra to get into movies.

4. He was earlier slated to play the lead in Deewar.

5. His uncle, who disapproved of his acting aspirations, asked him to change his real name from Jatin if he wanted to act.