Name Rajesh Khanna
Nick Name Jatin Khanna (Real Name)
Kaka
Birth Date 29 December 1942
Birth Place Amritsar - Punjab - India
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Debut Film Aakhri Khat (1966) as Govind
Actor Biography Profile
Rajesh Khanna joined the film industry in 1966 after winning an All India Talent Contest jointly organized by United Producers and Filmfare. His film debut was in Aakhri Khat which went unnoticed. He achieved overnight stardom with Shakti Samantha's 'Aradhna" (1969). He became the craze of the nation, the first no. 1 superstar of Hindi films and remained so for next 6 years.
Some of his most successful films in this period included Do Raaste (1969), Anand (1970), Kati Patang (1970), Amar Prem (1971), Andaaz (1971), Bawarchi (1972) and Namak Haraam (1973). During his heyday he would be mobbed during public appearances. Fans kissed his car, which would be covered with lipstick marks, and lined the road, cheering and chanting his name. Female fans sent him letters written in their own blood.
During the 1970s, He left Anju Mahendru and married Dimple Kapadia, a Bollywood actress who had just made her film debut in Bobby. At the time of Kapadia's film debut, she was sixteen years old; Khanna was thirty-four. They became the parents of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke Khanna, who would also become Bollywood actresses. Khanna and Kapadia separated in the early 1980s.
Rajesh Khanna won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004. Khanna was also a Member of Parliament for the New Delhi constituency (1991-96).
Height 5' 10.5''
Eyes Color Black
Hair Color Black
Religion Hindu
Spouse Anju Mahendru (Divorced)
Dimple Kapadia (Seperated)
Children/s Twinkle Khanna (Daughter)
Rinke Khanna (Daughter)
