Lost support of parents and spent childhood in poverty, how ‘Kaka’ became the first superstar

Rajesh Khanna’s real name was Jatin Khanna. His childhood was spent in great poverty. Rajesh Khanna’s father used to work as a teacher before partition. After partition, his family came to Amritsar and due to loss of job, the financial situation at home had deteriorated. Seeing the condition of the house, his father had handed over the responsibility of Rajesh Khanna to his relatives living in Mumbai.

When Rajesh Khanna left this world in July 2012, crores of fans were disappointed. But the characters played by Rajesh Khanna are still keeping him alive among the fans.

How famous Rajesh Khanna was can be gauged from the fact that he had to hire a separate employee to open fan letters. Rajesh Khanna maintained his rule over the industry for twenty consecutive years.

In the first three years of his career, Rajesh Khanna had set a record with 15 superhit films back to back. Only after this he started being called the first superstar of Bollywood.

Rajesh Khanna was passionate about acting since childhood and he joined theater at the age of just ten years. Rajesh Khanna’s family did not want him to adopt acting as a career but he listened to his heart and changed his name from Jatin to Rajesh Khanna for his film career.

In the year 1966, Rajesh Khanna made his Bollywood debut with the film ‘Aakhri Khat’ and after this, he dominated the screen with the film ‘Raaz’ in such a way that no one could achieve as much stardom as him.

This film of Rajesh Khanna had made many records at the box office. The budget of Rajesh Khanna’s film ‘Raaz’ was Rs 65 lakh and the film earned more than one crore.