She leaves her parents’ house when they disapprove of her choice of man she wants to marry, because he (Rajesh Khanna) is poor. I don’t remember the story very well now (my memory is terrible!) but I think it goes like this.
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I saw the film again a few years ago when it was on TV in India. It was during Rajesh’s superstar days and, while not being as big a hit as his Apna Desh, also released that year, did reasonably well. It’s a film I remember seeing as a young boy – and one I thoroughly enjoyed. It is from the film Joroo Ka Ghulam (1972). I will now move on to the song for today. Let’s remember him for these, if nothing else. But he also gave us a few memorable films – Anand and Amar Prem are still considered absolute classics of Hindi cinema. Everyone has his weaknesses – Rajesh had more than his share of them. But then, when you’re surrounded by sycophants, you see a very limited view of the world.Īnyway, we all know all this and there is no point repeating it. If only he had understood it too…early on, and not later, by which time much water had flown under the bridge. Success is ephemeral – strangely I, a teenager then, seemed to understand it better than Rajesh Khanna. A new Emperor had taken over, and nobody had any time for the ex-Emperor. I desperately wanted him to do well, but I could sense that times had changed. I was so disappointed by some of his mid-70s films that I deliberately stayed away from his films thereafter. The craze for Rajesh Khanna and his films had to be seen to be believed. It was a shocking decline for someone who, just 3-4 years earlier had a record string of hit films. Most of India did, as his films began flopping, one after another. I must admit that I myself “ditched” Rajesh Khanna by the mid-70s. The whole world might hate him – but my childhood connect with him doesn’t allow me to do so.
I know I don’t HAVE to – but something within me tells me this is the least I can do to repay him for those memories. That is why I feel obliged, in a strange way, to write this post today. Whatever else happened after that brief period of the late 60s/early 70s – Rajesh’s decline, the rise of Amitabh Bachchan – nobody can take away those memories of those few years of my childhood from me. I used to sing along, tilt my head like Rajesh – and everything was fine in the world, in my head. Yes, I know technically he wasn’t singing, it was Kishore Kumar – but for that little boy who knew no better, it was Rajesh Khanna singing these wonderful songs, with a smile on his lips, with that tilted head, opposite a Sharmila Tagore or Asha Parekh or Mumtaz or whoever. For I am critical of him, I sometimes wince when I see him onscreen in his later films – and I totally get why many dislike him.Īnd yet, I cannot deny that my fond memories of those early days of my life are intertwined with his overarching presence.įrom “ye jo mohabbat hai” to “ye shaam mastani” to “yahan wahan saare” to “kahin door jab din dhal jaaye” to “rona kabhi nahin rona” to “dilbar jaani, chali hawa mastaani” to “o mere dil ke chain”, he sang them all for me even as I was a little boy, not even into his teens. Just to clarify, this count does not include me, inspite of the soft corner that I have for him in my heart. Admittedly largely negative, although he does have SOME loyal, diehard fans. Suffice it to say that Rajesh Khanna evokes strong feelings in, and opinions from, many Hindi film lovers. These have been discussed umpteen times and I’ve no intention of going over these again. I will also not defend him – not his character, not his attitude, not his personal life, not even his acting. Now I’ve written about Rajesh Khanna before on this blog, so I will not repeat all that I’ve already said about him. I’m talking about Rajesh Khanna, of course.
So, friends, here therefore is a post on the death anniversary of an actor who, much-maligned though he was during his lifetime (and for understandable reasons), has a special place in my heart for one reason, and one reason alone – he was the central figure in many of my childhood memories of Hindi films. You need to write a post, however tired you are, however badly the post comes out. It is saying “Go on, you can do it, you need to do it.
I’m tired, my eyes are almost closing, I know I should be going to sleep – but the mind is rebelling and urging me on. It is well past 3.00 in the night (early hours of the 18th of July) as I start to write this post for the blog. If this article appears in sites like and etc then it is piracy of the copyright content of and is a punishable offence under the existing laws.
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This article is written by Raja, a fellow enthusiast of Hindi movie music and a contributor to this blog.
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