An afternoon in early 1970, the winter sunlight a song, my newfound friend, David, and I cycle from Jagadhri to Yamunanagar, through the fields, through the late afternoon, through time itself. We are young and lean and angled and the sun touches us with colour; the world is ours, we are the worlds in those days, there was a ten kilometre gap between Jagadhri and Yamunanagar and as we took...
06:04 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is unhappy with the way crowd behaved during Rajesh Khanna's funeral procession. Tweeting his anger, Big B wrote: "The funeral of Rajesh Khanna was poignant and crowded... the crowds were in throngs, with scant respect for the situation... pity !!" While one would expect the crowd to comprise of fans of Rajesh Khanna who had come to pay last respects to the late superstar, Big B...
05:08 PM, Jul 20, 2012
With the passing of the iconic superstar Rajesh Khanna, Aashirwad, his residence in Carter Road, has been swiftly transformed into a shrine for mourning fans, and there is even talk of its conversion into a museum. But dispelling the air of romance and nostalgia surrounding the palatial mansion are reports that the Bandra plot is at the heart of a bitter conflict raging between the Khanna clan and Kaka's lady...
01:06 PM, Jul 20, 2012
Mumbai: Late superstar Rajesh Khanna's bungalow will reportedly be converted into a museum as per his daughters' wish. "Yes, there are plans to convert Aashirwad into a museum, but nothing has been finalised yet. The family members will take the decision after Rajesh Khanna's 'chautha'. It's his daughters Twinkle and Rinke's wish to do so," a source close to Rajesh Khanna's family told IANS on condition of anonymity. "It will...
10:31 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Popular singer Abhijeet pays tribute to the original superstar singing his evergreen songs. ...
11:34 PM, Jul 19, 2012
From the dizzying heights of fame to quiet shadows behind the arclights, Rajesh Khanna's life had a theatrical sweep, almost like one of his films. Bollywood's original superstar - simply the phenomenon to some - died in Mumbai on Wednesday, leaving behind memories cast in celluloid of that famous crooked smile and head tilt. He was only 69. ...
06:28 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: If there was one person continuously guarding Rajesh Khanna's health during his last days, it was Dimple Kapadia. Though Dimple didnt prefer to come into the limelight much, she remained the force behind Kaka. Raj Kapoor discovered Dimple Kapadia at the age of 13 and signed her for Bobby. The film later went on to become a hit but Dimple (16) took a strange decision of marrying the...
04:56 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and Rajya Sabha MP K Chiranjeevi expressed grief over the death of Bollywood star Rajesh Khanna today. "Rajesh Khanna ruled the Hindi film industry in the 1970s through a series of blockbusters and endeared himself to the audience across the country," the Chief Minister said in a statement. Reddy extended sympathies to the bereaved family. The 'romantic era' in Indian films has...
04:09 PM, Jul 19, 2012
The 69-year-old actor, who died at his Bandra residence on Wednesday, is considered to be Bollywood's first superstar. He is also considered to be Bollywood's greatest romantic hero ever. ...
02:59 PM, Jul 19, 2012
And finally on July 18, 2012, it's pack up time, lifes great leveller. Rajesh Khanna had arrived five flops later in his career. (Late coming was to become a permanent feature about him). But then his next 20 odd films, barring a few hiccups, make it look as if his was the land of the midnight sun. Forget the P&L impact of the Box Office or the fact that distributors...
02:52 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Chennai: He may not have done a Tamil movie, but Rajesh Khanna was a celebrity in his own right in Chennai, which he visited frequently, and its film industry. In his heyday, the actor is said to have even had a room reserved for himself at the Chola Sheraton here. Khannas Red Rose, Masterji, Dil-E-Nadaan and Aaina were remakes of blockbusters in Tamil. Another set of his flicks, including Humshakal,...
02:05 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Director R Balki, who recently shot an advertisement with Rajesh Khanna, says that the superstar was passionate about acting. ...
01:51 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Film critic Bhavna Somya remembers the time she spent with superstar Rajesh Khanna. ...
01:49 PM, Jul 19, 2012
The veteran singer says she didn't have much interaction with Rajesh Kumar but whenever she had a duet with Kishore Kumar, Rajesh Khanna would often come to hear the recording. ...
01:45 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Mumbai: Hundreds of emotional fans and industry professionals bid their last adieu to Bollywood's greatest romantic hero Rajesh Khanna whose last rites were performed by his family at Mumbai's Vile Parle crematorium amid pouring rain on Thursday. In a nostalgic flashback to the 70s when Khanna was at the top of his career, weeping fans, most of them women, lined up outside his bungalow 'Aashirwad' on Carter Road from 10 ...
01:24 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Mumbai: Hundreds of emotional fans and industry professionals bid their last adieu to Bollywood's greatest romantic hero Rajesh Khanna whose last rites were performed by his family at Mumbai's Vile Parle crematorium amid pouring rain on Thursday. In a nostalgic flashback to the 70s when Khanna was at the top of his career, weeping fans, most of them women, lined up outside his bungalow 'Aashirwad' on Carter Road from 10...
01:24 PM, Jul 19, 2012
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 Khannas 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...
12:38 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: Rajesh Khanna, or Kaka as he was popularly known, was one of the highest paid actors of his time, his record of consecutive solo super hits still unbroken. Who can forget the years between 1970-1979 when he starred in mega hits like 'Safar', 'Kati Patang', 'Sachaa Jhutha', 'Aan Milo Sajna', 'Anand', 'Amar Prem' and 'Mere Jeevan Saathi'. Glory and fame galore came his way with the two 1969...
12:32 PM, Jul 19, 2012
New Delhi: In an unexpectedly deep and thoughtful comment, Jatin Khanna once described himself as the custodian of his own movie screen avatar Rajesh Khanna."I am Jatin (his real name). I am the sole custodian of Rajesh Khanna. He works for me," he told me in 1990 sitting in his permanent suite at the Ashok Hotel in New Delhi. For someone who had been past his prime by then for...
12:09 PM, Jul 19, 2012
