Articles tagged: Rajesh Khanna

Big B writes in his blog. “Time ho gaya hai, pack up” were Rajesh Khanna’s last words

Amitabh wrote that a close functionary told him Rajesh’s last words in a choked voice Wednesday when he gone to condole the death of India’s first superstar at his home Ashirwad.

Amitabh recalled his long experience with Rajesh whom he first saw as the winner of the Filmfare-Madhuri Talent Contest. It was the same contest for which Amitabh also applied the following year but was rejected.

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Rajesh Khanna, the legendary actor and the first superstar of Bollywood, passed away today.

He leaves behind a wide array of epic films and songs that will still keep playing after his passing.

Paired best with Sharmila Tagore and Mumtaz, here is presenting Rajesh Khanna’s top 5 movie songs of all time.

1)Chanda Hai Tu – Sharmila Tagore & Rajesh Khanna

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Bollywood’s first superstar Rajesh Khanna passed away Wednesday following a prolonged illness, a family friend said. He was 69.

“He is no more,” Vijay Zaveri, a close friend, said.

His funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, family sources said.

Kaka, as he was popularly known, is survived by wife Dimple Kapadia and daughters Twinkle and Rinke. The actor’s son-in-law Akshay Kumar has returned to India from a shooting stint abroad.

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A hospital source says that Rajesh Khanna has been admitted to the Lilavati Hospital.

“Rajesh Khanna has been admitted here today (Saturday) during afternoon,”

The news of his ill health has been doing the rounds, but the 69-year-old reassured fans that all’s well with him by stepping out onto the balcony of his Bandra house here Thursday. He even waved out to his fans with a ‘V’ for victory sign.

Rajesh Khanna’s manager Ashwin said on Wednesday that the actor had stopped food intake for the “last three or four days”.

But the very next day, his son-in-law, Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, told reporters: “He’s more than fine. He is absolutely fine. Thank you for your concern.”

Bollywood’s superstar ‘Kaka’ Rajesh Khanna, who has not been keeping well, is now more than fine, his family said Thursday.

“He’s more than fine. He is absolutely fine. Thank you for your concern,” Rajesh Khanna’s son-in-law, actor Akshay Kumar told reporters outside Khanna’s bungalow Ashirwad in Bandra here.

Akshay’s comment came after the 69-year-old veteran’s manager Ashwin told reporters that the actor had stopped food intake for the “last three or four days”.

See photos of Akshay Kumar and Dimple Kapadia visiting Rajesh Khanna in hospital.

Photo Credit: Viral Bhayani

Rajesh Khanna, who recently had a health scare is back in action with his first television ad and says he is “delighted to reconnect with fans once again”.

The actor will be seen in the new Havell’s fan ad campaign called Havells Fans Forever.

“To be approached after so many years is indeed a great honour for me and I am delighted to reconnect with my fans once again. Shooting after a gap of so many years has definitely brought back fond memories and I feel that not a lot has changed at all. It’s good to be back,” Rajesh Khanna said in a statement.

In the ad he goes down memory lane remembering how his fans used to follow him everywhere when he was a superstar.

Anil Gupta, joint managing director (JMD), Havells (India), says that the best part about Rajesh Khanna is that “even after 30 or 40 odd years, people of not only our generation but of the younger generation as well, remember him as one of the biggest stars of his time. He will be revered for ever just like our Havells Fans!”