Rajesh Khanna was my favourite actor once upon a time. I would never miss any of the film in which he played the lead role. He is the best romantic actor of all times. Only other Bollywood actor who can give him a tough fight for the position of 'Best romantic actor of all times' is Rajendra Kumar and nobody else. There are many movie goers who are unable to decide whether it is Rajesh Khanna or Rajendra Kumar who is the best romantic actor. Of course, Rajendra Kumar too had his own typical style of playing his romantic roles. What makes Rajesh Khanna score over Rajendra Kumar is his style of deliviering dialogues, his superb voice quality and the way he modulates his voice while delivering romantic dialogues. Rajesh Khanna, for your infomation, was the first actor who was referred to as super duper star. He had many female fans who simply adored him and even worshipped him. He would receive those days love letters from his fans written with their blood. To that extent Rajesh Khanna was admired and loved. Rajesh Khanna-Mumtaz pair was very popular those days, and so also Rajesh Khanna-Sharmila Tagore pair. There were two films in which Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan played the role of best friends. One was the film 'Anand' in which Rajesh Khanna portrayed a character who was suffering from terminal ailment, while Amitabh Bachchan played the role of his doctor. Another film in which the two were included was 'Namak Haram' in which Amitabh was shown as the son of a rich industrilaist, whilae Rajesh Khanna portrayed a character who is poor and yet Amitabh's best friend. The film 'Namka Haram', I remember, had one beautiful song which was 'Diye jalte hai, phul khilte hai, badi mushkil se magar duniya mein dost milte hai'. What a way Rajesh Khanna had sung it! I like many songs which were picturized on Rajesh Khanna. Some of them are 'Mere naseeb mein hain dost, tera pyar nahi', 'Ye reshmi zulfein, ye sharbati aankhen, inhe dekhkar jee rahe the kabhi', 'Dil ko dekho, chehra na dekho, chehrone lakhonko loota, dil sacha aur chehra Jhoota', 'Yeh jo mohabat hai, unka hai kaam, mehboob ka jo bus lete hue naam, mar jaaye, mit jaaye, ho jaaye badnaam', 'Yeh kya hua, kaise hua, kab hua, kyon hua, jab hua, tab hua, O chodo ye na socho', 'Kuch to log kahenge, logon ka kaam hai kehna', 'Zindagi Ka Safar, hai ye kaisa safar, koi samjha nahi, koi Jaana nahi', 'Jeevan se bhari, teri aankhen, majboor kare jeene ke liye', 'Rup tera mastana, pyar mera deewana', 'Maine tere liye hi saat rang ke sapne choone', 'Kahi door jab din dal jaaye, saanj ki dulhan badan churaye, chupke se aaye, mere khayalo ke aangan mein kohi sapno ke deep jalaye', 'Ek Ajnabee Haseena se jo mulakat ho gayi', "Nadiya se dariya, dariya se saagar, saagar se gehra jaam', 'Bye bye miss good night', Zindagi ek safar hai suhana, yaha kal kya ho kisne jaana and so on. There are many popular duets too which were picturized on Rajesh Khanna along with heroines like Mumtaz, Sharmila Tagore, Zeenat Aman and so on. Rajesh Khanna era was indeed one of the best eras in the history of Bollywood. If there is anyone who intends to be a top romantic hero in Bollywood films, he should do thorough study of all the works of Rajesh Khanna since there is no better romantic hero than Rajesh Khanna. Bye!
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