Sudesh Bhosale recounted Rajesh Khanna's reverence for R.D. Burman, emphasizing Khanna's plea to preserve Pancham's original compositions during an event in Hyderabad. Bhosale also criticized ...

Before Rajesh Khanna became a household name and earned the title of Hindi cinema's first superstar, he had already made history. Known affectionately as 'Kaka', Rajesh Khanna's stardom in the late ...

Long before Hindi cinema became the glitzy, star-driven industry it is today, power often rested elsewhere. As recalled in an excerpt from Rajesh Khanna’s biography, film distributors once played a ...

Naseeruddin Shah criticized Rajesh Khanna's influence on Hindi cinema. He said Khanna brought mediocrity to Bollywood in the 1970s. Shah believed Khanna was a limited actor whose taste negatively ...

In Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna, now in a new edition published by Rupa, Gautam Chintamani takes on the ambitious task of chronicling the life and stardom of India’s first true ...

In the 112-year history of Hindi cinema, many great stars have emerged, and many have become superstars. But the crown of being the first superstar of the Bollywood film industry was on the head of ...

He is described as the first Indian "superstar", and has appeared in 163 films since his acting debut in 1966. Actress Divya Dutta tweeted: "Rip rajesh khanna! t very endearing superstar of indian ...