
On Rajesh Khanna's birth anniversary today, let's talk about the movies that borrowed the germ of their concepts from these Rajesh Khanna films. But inspirations have been drawn by many.


Guess that could be a reason why, barring Ittefaq, none of his films were remade. Bollywood has seen even bigger superstars but none like Kakaji, as he was fondly referred to. We lost him in 2012 and since then, that's one void that has never been filled. We were all a team.Rajesh Khanna had delivered 15 hits in a row, he was considered the first Superstar of Indian Cinema, letters in blood were written to him.Rajesh Khanna was a phenomenon! He was someone for whom the term superstardom was coined, the one who inspired millions to become an actor. Pancham came on the sets twice because the choreographer Suresh Bhatt was also his buddy. It was a great compliment.įor the song Dil Dena Khel Hai Dildar Ka in Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai. On the sets of Nasir Hussain's films like Hum Kissise Kam Nahin and Zamane Ko Dikhana Hai he'd have lunch with Nasir saab and then watch me dance. He told my directors, 'Chintu perform kar rahaa hai mera gaana? I want to see him do it.' I'd get nervous. Pancham loved watching me shoot his songs. Picture chale na chale, RD's music was damn good. I vibed with him much better than with Laxmikant-Pyarelal, who did Bobby. These had evergreen songs like O Hanseeni and Khullam Khulla Pyar. At the start of my career, RD did music in my films, Zehreela Insaan and Khel Khel Mein. Like me, he was very fond of eating and drinking.

"He used to come home and I used to visit him. Rishi once spoke to Subhash K Jha about his close association with the master composer: R D Burman's music played a huge hand in shaping Rishi Kapoor's career.
