| Name(s) |
Rajesh Khanna
(Birth name: Jatin Khanna) |
| Date of
Birth |
December 29, 1942
– Amritsar, Punjab, India |
| Date of
Death |
July 18, 2012 |
|
Identity |
Indian Bollywood
actor, film producer and politician |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- He married Dimple
Kapadia in March 1973, 8
months before Dimple's debut film
Bobby was released
and had two daughters from the
marriage.
- Their elder daughter
Twinkle Khanna is married
to actor Akshay Kumar.
- He earned the title ‘First
Superstar’ following
15 consecutive solo hit
films in the 1970s, a record that
remains unbroken.
- He made his debut in
1966 with Aakhri
Khat.
- He had 73 Golden Jubilee
Hits (which means the films
ran for more than 50 weeks in
theatres across India) in the period
1967–1991.
- He also had 22 silver
jubilee hits (that is films
ran in theatres for more than 25
weeks) in the period 1966–1991.
- He was the highest paid Indian
actor from 1970–79 and shared the
same honour with Amitabh Bachchan
from 1980–87.
- He was also a Lok Sabha
member of the Indian National
Congress from New Delhi
constituency from 1992 to 1996.
|
| Awards
and Accolades |
- He won three Filmfare
Best Actor Awards and was
nominated for the same
fourteen times.
- He received the most
BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi)
– four times and nominated 25 times.
- In 1991, he was awarded the Filmfare Special Award
for completing 25 years in the
industry, appearing in a record 101
films as the single lead hero in a
span of 25 years.
- In 2005, he was awarded the
Filmfare Lifetime
Achievement Award.
- 2013 – Padma Bhushan
(awarded posthumously).
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