Thursday, October 8, 2009

The living legend Rajesh Khanna

Rajesh Khanna was born on December 29, 1942 in Amritsar. Rajesh Khanna is the Dada Saheb Phalke Legend Golden Actor Award and the IIFA 2009 Life Time Achievement Award winner.

Rajesh Khanna joined the film industry after winning an All India Talent Contest. Numerous songs sung by Kishore Kumar in the 1970s were based on Rajesh Khanna and were mostly composed by R.D.Burman.

Rajesh Khanna

Rajesh Khanna had 15 hits between 1969 to 1972, which is still an unbreakable record in Indian film. The late-1970s and early-1980s caused the decline of Rajesh Khanna's career in terms of box office ratings to some extent.

Rajesh Khanna met with more success in challenging roles with critically acclaimed box office hits such as Amardeep, Thodi Si Bewafai, Dard, Dhanwaan, Avtaar, Agar Tum Na Hote, Souten.

In the early 90's Rajesh Khanna stopped acting and served as an M.P. of New Delhi Constituency from 1991 to 1996. The actor made a come back in films with Aa Ab Laut Chalen in 1999, and Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa in 2002.

Rajesh Khanna is now the life member of International Film And Television Club and International Film and Television Research Center of Asian Academy Of Film and Television.

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