Khanna and Kapadia separated in 1984, but did not complete the divorce proceedings. Khanna and Kapadia have two daughters from the marriage Twinkle and Rinke. Later Khanna married the budding actress Dimple Kapadia in March 1973, before Kapadia's debut film Bobby released in November of that year. Mahendru states that the couple did not speak to each other for 17 years after the break-up. Khanna's sudden stardom and his insistence that Mahendru quit her acting career eventually ended their relationship. They were in a relationship for seven years. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Khanna fell in love with the then fashion designer and actress Anju Mahendru. A textbook prescribed by the Mumbai University contained an essay, 'The Charisma of Rajesh Khanna!' In the video it can be noticed that Khanna was shooting for Aap Ki Kasam. Shooting began when he got married and his film Daag premiered.

In 1973, BBC also made a documentary on him named as Bombay Superstar as a part of their Man Alive series. Rajendra Prasad in 1973, which was a hit at the box office. He made a guest appearance in a Telugu movie called Bangaru Babu, directed by V.B. The film Maalik released in end of 1972 was unsuccessful. His other films of 1972 such as Dil Daulat Duniya, Bawarchi, Joroo Ka Ghulam and Shehzada earned more than Rs.4.5 crores. That year, his films, Amar Prem, Apna Desh and Mere Jeevan Saathi earned more than Rs.5 crore together. In 1972, Khanna acted in 11 releases including the Telugu film Bangaru Babu. He told us that if we could set right the script, he would make sure we got both money and credit.' Rajesh bought Rajendra Kumar's bungalow named Dimple in Carter Road Promenade for 31 lakhs in 1970 and renamed it Ashirwaad.īadnam Farishte in 1971 was unsuccessful at the box office. But the film's script was far from being satisfactory. Devar had given him a huge signing amount with which he could complete the payment for his bungalow Aashirwad. Javed Akhthar accepted and said in an interview: 'One day, he went to Salimsaab and said that Mr. Khanna is credited with giving Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar their first chance to become screenplay writers by offering them work in Haathi Mere Saathi.

In 1971, he acted in Haathi Mere Saathi, which became that year's highest-grossing film and the biggest grosser ever till then.

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