Bollywood filmmaker Farah Khan is all set to direct a film based on Gautam Chintamani’s bestseller, Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna. On the 79th birth anniversary (December 29) of India’s first superstar Rajesh Khanna, the director-choreographer announced the film which will be backed by producer Nikhil Dwivedi. Lovingly called Kaka, who made his place as the most iconic star of the country, entertained the world as the first superstar in the true sense. Finally, someone is making a biopic on the Hindi cinema stalwart who delivered 17 big blockbusters in a row and was widely liked especially among women. Producer Nikhil Dwivedi has acquired the rights to Gautam Chintamani’s book, Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna, which earlier topped the bestseller lead.
The love that Rajesh Khanna received from the audience and fans was quite different and one that came as a surprise, something that had never been seen before nor seen since. Fans were so obsessed with him that female fans used to write him letters with blood, marry his pictures, and even more so when he married Dimple Kapadia (in March 1973), he broke millions of hearts.
The actor, who made his debut with Aakhri Khat (1966) created by Chetan Anand, had a similar set of failures as well as never-before-seen success. And of course, let’s not forget that his recovery was equally dramatic.
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