Rajesh Khanna made his debut with Chetan Anand’sAkhiriKhat after winning a Filmfare talent hunt competition. The term superstar was coined for Rajesh Khanna who ruled Bollywood during his peak days. Continuing from the first part of the story, here are a few more movies of Rajesh Khanna to binge-watch.
Ittefaq Directed by Yash Chopra was one of the few offbeat movies of Rajesh Khanna and its story was very different from other movies in his filmography. Ittefaq tells the story of a runaway fugitive Dilip who takes shelter in the house of Rekha (Nanda). The movie was devoid of any song but still, it was a success at the box office because of the quality content of the movie.Ittefaq was remade again in 2020 with Siddharth Malhotra, Sonakshi Sinha and Akshaye Khanna but it was not able to create magic of the original movie.
Avtaar was released in 1983 and it featured Rajesh Khanna and ShabanaAzmi as the main leads. The movie shows the journey of the couple from their younger days to their older days when their children start neglecting them. It also tells the story of the man who never gives up in his life and lives a life of dignity. The movie gave a new lease of life to Rajesh Khanna’s career. Action movies with stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, and Vinod Khanna were popular those days and Rajesh Khanna was never an action hero. The movie was one of the biggest hits of Rajesh Khanna’s later days and is regarded as his comeback movie. The movie also starred Gulshan Grover, Sachin Pilgaonkar, A.K Hangal, and Sujit Kumar in supporting roles.
Bawarchi is a typical Hrishikesh Mukherjee light-hearted movie that tells the story of the Sharma family which is going through some hardship whose life changes for good after the arrival of their cook Raghu played by Rajesh Khanna. The movie featured A.K Hangal, Asrani, Jaya Bhaduri, etc along with Rajesh Khanna. It gives the message that we should be able to find happiness even in the smallest things which we miss in the search for big happiness. The movie had one of the best performances by Rajesh Khanna who played the character of charming Raghu to the T.
