Rajesh Khana ... the hero who transformed Indian Cinema

Rajesh Khana was a super hero in the 1960s and 1970s when Indian Cinema was not as established and as glamourous as today. He conquered the movie Industry with a twinkle in his eye ,he was the first icon of Indian Cinema who gave the industry 15 consecutive super hit movies.Rajesh Khana was regarded as the king of emotions!

Rajesh Khana was the king of Bollywood during the time when the world was not familiar with DVDs or you tube, people used to read about the new movies in newspapers or gazed at the massive billboards around town!He gave Indian Cinema 15 consecutive super hits and was dubbed as the very first superhero of Indian Cinema.Kishore Kumar sang most of the songs for him. Rajesh Khana acted in 180 movies in his illustrious career . His most famous movie was Anand ; story of a dying cancer patient who enjoyed life until his last day. Mr Khana acted with Amitabh Bachaan in this movie and played role of the hero Anand.He worked with many actresses of his time namely Asha Parekh, Mumtaz , Sharmila Taigore and Tina Munim.

Mr Khana was so famous that BBC made a documentary about him in the early 1970s:Bombay Filmstar.Rajesh Khana married the beautiful Dimple Kapadia who was only 16 yr old at the time of their wedding !They had a complicated love story but were always together for daughters Twinkle and Rinke .Dimple Kapadia was there holding his hand when he died.

Rajesh Khana is often compared to Robert Redford or Cary Grant of Hollywood for his acting style. Mr Khana had his fans all over the sub continent , everyone was shocked to learn about his death few days back! Large number of people came out on streets to bid their hero farewell . His funeral was also very grand the coffin placed on a truck which was decorated with white flowers all around !

Kakaji as he was called enjoyed acting and his fans enjoyed watching him........he will always be alive among his fans through his movies!!