Legendary actor Rajesh Khanna’s 78th birth anniversary is on Tuesday, December 29.
Known as the 1st superstar of Indian cinema, Rajesh Khanna was born in 1942, in Amritsar and created his debut with ‘Aakhri Khat’ that released in 1966. In spite of getting a poor show at the large screen, the film became a contender for India’s official entry to the Oscar’s for Best Foreign Language Film category’.
He accomplished super-stardom with Shakti Samantha’s ‘Aradhana’ (1969). The evergreen actor also created the planet record of getting 17 successive super-hits in 3 years from 1969-71 which integrated 15 consecutive solo super-hit films.
He was awarded India’s third highest civilian honour, Padma Bhushan. The star did 106 solo hero films of which 97 had been released in between 1967 and 2013. Khanna passed away on July 18, 2012.
Rajesh Khanna breathed his final on July 18, 2012 immediately after a prolonged illness. He was suffering from cancer and was admitted to hospital several instances till he passed away at his bungalow ‘Aashirwad’.
Twinkle Khanna, who shares her birthday with her father Rajesh Khanna pens heartfelt notes every single year remembering him on his birth anniversary.
Here are some adorable pics the father-daughter duo: