4.4
Biographies
A gripping biography of India' first superstar, translated and published in Hindi
Like a shooting star doomed to darkness after a glorious run, Rajesh Khanna spent the better half of his career in the shadow of his own stardom. Yet, forty years after his last monstrous hit, Khanna continues to be the yardstick by which every Bollywood star is measured. With seventeen blockbusters in succession and mass adulation rarely seen before or since, the world was at Khanna's feet. The hysteria he generated - women writing letters in blood, marrying his photograph, donning white when he married Dimple Kapadia - was unparalleled. Then, in matter of months, it all changed. Khanna's career hit a downward spiral just three years after Aradhana (1969) and never really recovered.Rajesh Khanna: Ek Tanha Sitara looks at the phenomenon of an actor who redefined the 'film star'. Gautam Chintamani's engaging narrative tries to make sense of what it was that made Rajesh Khanna, and what accounted for his extraordinary fall.
© 2021 HarperHindi (Audiobook): 9789354220265
Release date
Audiobook: 6 January 2021
4.4
Biographies
A gripping biography of India' first superstar, translated and published in Hindi
Like a shooting star doomed to darkness after a glorious run, Rajesh Khanna spent the better half of his career in the shadow of his own stardom. Yet, forty years after his last monstrous hit, Khanna continues to be the yardstick by which every Bollywood star is measured. With seventeen blockbusters in succession and mass adulation rarely seen before or since, the world was at Khanna's feet. The hysteria he generated - women writing letters in blood, marrying his photograph, donning white when he married Dimple Kapadia - was unparalleled. Then, in matter of months, it all changed. Khanna's career hit a downward spiral just three years after Aradhana (1969) and never really recovered.Rajesh Khanna: Ek Tanha Sitara looks at the phenomenon of an actor who redefined the 'film star'. Gautam Chintamani's engaging narrative tries to make sense of what it was that made Rajesh Khanna, and what accounted for his extraordinary fall.
© 2021 HarperHindi (Audiobook): 9789354220265
Release date
Audiobook: 6 January 2021
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TARANVIR
27 Oct 2021
A superstar who gave smiles to all the people and lived his life to full strength with full of energy and enthusiasm... Hats off to him..
Yetendra Singh
27 Aug 2022
राजेश खन्ना के साथ में आए नहीं करती है
अरुण अण्णासाहेब कागबट्टे
3 Jun 2022
बुरी सोहबत ने बिगडा दिया खन्ना को.कलाकार तो भारी था.
dhananjay
31 Dec 2022
GRT
Arcopol
27 Jan 2021
Very good
Abhijit
6 Mar 2023
Worth listening as I am witness of his era
Vishal
3 Jan 2023
शुरूवात में यह प्रतीत होता है कि लेखक राजेश खन्ना को ग्रे या डार्क लाइट में पेश कर रहे हैं... परंतु जैसे जैसे किताब खुलती जाती है... Nazariya बदलता जाता है... किताब acchi है... और सत्य के बेहद करीब होने का दावा करती है... अंत तह यही कहूंगा कि इतनी शोहरत पाना के बाद शायद ही कोई होगा जो खन्ना जितना झेल सके... लाजवाब जिंदगी जिसका आंत और भी लाजवाब होना चाहिए था... नहीं होने का मुझे अफसोस रहेगा... ओम शांती ओम
Ravindra
23 Mar 2021
Excellent overview view of my favourite superstar राजेश खन्ना
Biswajit
19 Dec 2022
Book is good..but seems to present Salim,Javed bigger than Rajesh khanna...
Atish
26 Apr 2021
Nicely written book.
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