Rajesh Khanna born on 29 December 1942
turns 69, he is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician. During his career,
he appeared in 163 films of which 105 had him as the solo lead hero and 21 were two hero projects. He won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards and was nominated for the same fourteen times. He received the maximum BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) – four times and nominated 25 times. He was awarded the
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. Khanna is referred to as the “First Superstar” of Hindi cinema
Fondly addressed as
‘Kaka’; Rajesh Khanna boasts of a unique record; an exclusive milestone that is yet to be surpassed by actor/actors of the succeeding generations. He happens to be the lone actor to have delivered fifteen successive super hits and that too as the lead protagonist.
Possessing a trademark style of delineation and dialogue delivery; Kaka made a significant switchover from
romantic genre to those which were socially inclined during the concluding phases of the seventies. Following the relatively unsuccessful days of the late seventies, Rajesh Khanna also made his presence felt in multi studded action oriented potboilers. The much acclaimed superhero made his comeback with a series of critically significant films such as ‘
Amardeep’, ‘
Dard’ & ‘
Kudraat’ besides several others
