The 69-year-old Rajesh Khanna (born Jatin Khanna) , who was not keeping well, was recently hospitalised for exhaustion and weakness and was kept on ventilator. The actor discharged from the Lilavati hospital just yesterday.

He is survived by his estranged wife Dimple Kapadia and daughters Twinkle and Rinke. Married to star Akshay Kumar, Twinkle Kapadia is expecting their second child.

Rajesh Khanna’s Bollywood journey His rise to Bollywood superstar reads like a movie script. As a struggler in Mumbai, Rajesh Khanna won the All India Talent Contest organised in association with Filmfare, beating over 10,000 contestants.

The actor got his first break in Chetan Anand’s ‘Akhri Khat’ in 1966, following with a Asit Sen’s ‘Khamoshi’, it wasn’t until his double role in the 1969 ‘Aradhana’ opposite Sharmila Tagore, a star was born. Through the early 1970s films like ‘Kati Patang’, ‘Safar’, ‘Ittefaq’, ‘Aan Milo Sajna’ and ‘Haathi Mere Saathi’ consolidated his superstardom.

During this phase Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s ‘Anand’ remains one of the actor’s most memorable performances. He married a very young Dimple Kapadia while still riding his success wave in 1973, but the two separated a few years later.

He eventually moved on to do older and character roles. In the 1990s the actor took a break from films and joined politics having won the 1992 by elections on a Congress ticket from Delhi.

Last appeared in C-grade films and then slowly slipped into oblivion, the original superstar was leading a isolated life. Posted in (less)