Rajesh Khanna was destined to be a superstar: Dimple Kapadia

New Delhi: For the first time after Rajesh Khanna's death, his estranged wife Dimple Kapadia opened up about the time she spent with him. She said he was special and destined to be a superstar.

"I spent my life with him as I was 16 when I got married. He was not a normal man, he was a very special man," Dimple said on the sidelines of the inauguration of 'Retrospective of Rajesh Khanna-Superstar Forever' at the Siri Fort auditorium Saturday.

"There are so many things I can say about him but what is very very special about him is that his DNA was that of superstar," she added.

Aamir Khan with Kiran Rao at late superstar Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Amithab Bachchan with wife Jaya Bachchan and daughter Shweta Nanda at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Actor Gurpreet Ghuggi at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha to pay homage to the late superstar.
Rajesh Khanna's daughter Twinkle Khanna at superstar's chautha held in Mumbai.
Actress Sonakshi Sinha at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Actor Mithun Chakraborty with Hrithik Roshan and Suzanne Roshan at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Actor Ranbeer Kapoor at superstar's Chautha.
Rajesh Khanna's co-actor from 'Anand', Amitabh Bachchan arrives at former's Chautha.
Actor Vinod Khanna at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Comedian Neeraj Vora arrives at superstar's Chautha.
Actor Shakti Kapoor at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Yesteryear actor Randhir Kapoor at superstar's Chautha.
Actor Prateek arrives at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Actress Deepika Padukone at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Filmmaker Sajid Khan at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Director Farah Khan at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Actor Vivek Obroi arrives at superstar's Chautha.
Actor Asrani at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Yesteryear actor Ranjit at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Actor Rishi Kapoor with his wife Neetu Kapoor at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Actor Sanjay Kapoor and actress Neelam Kothari arrive at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna's son, Aarav Bhatia at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Filmmaker Praksh Jha arrives at superstar's Chautha.
Filmmaker David Dhavan arrives at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Actor Sunil Shetty at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Filmmaker Yash Chopra arrives at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Suresh Oberoi at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Lyricist Gulzar at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Actor Jeetendra at superstar's Chautha.
Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Yesteryear actor Shashi Kapoor at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Parmeshwar Godrej at superstar's Chautha.
Filmmaker Zoya Akthar at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Actor Jackie Shroff arrives at superstar's Chautha.
Actress Tabu at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Actor Kirron Kher at Rajesh Khanna's Chautha.
Rajiv Kapoor at superstar's Chautha.

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For the first time after Rajesh Khanna\'s death, Dimple Kapadia opened up about the time she spent with him.

Recalling the last few days she spent with Rajesh Khanna, Dimple said: "In the last few days he said to me 'Pack up, the show is over'. He also said that 'I lived my life with lot of grace and please make sure that it lives forever'."

The retrospective is being organized by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF) and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as a tribute to the cinema legend, who died July 18 at his Bandra residence after a prolonged illness. He was 69.

The three-day event starts Saturday and will screen ten of the actor's landmark films. These are 'Aap Ki Kasam', 'Aradhana', 'Aakhri Khat', 'Amar Prem', 'Kati Patang', 'Ittefaq', 'Avishkaar', 'Bawarchi', 'Safar' and 'Anand'.

The 55-year-old Dimple, who was accompanied by daughter Rinke, thanked the ministry for organising the retrospective and help Rajesh Khanna fans relive the memories.

"I like to salute his each and every fan for having made this possible. I think the one thing that he would have said if alive today to his fans is - 'humein tumse pyar kitna yeh hum nahi jaante, magar jee nahi sakte tumhare bina'."

"I would like to thank DFF and the information and broadcasting ministry for having this retrospective. Thank your for giving a chance to relive his memories," she said.

Also present at the opening ceremony was producer-director Om Prakash, who worked with Kaka, as Rajesh Khanna was fondly called, in 'Aap Ki Kasam'.

"It's the great gesture to remember Kaka with his films including 'Aap Ki Kasam', in which I had the privilege to cast him. Rajesh and I had an association for so many years. He was a very warm-hearted person and a great actor. I think he was an asset and rather pride of any filmmaker he worked with," said Om Prakash.