News India Live, Digital Desk: The Dark Truth of Bollywood: The dazzling world of Bollywood looks from outside, it can be as dark from inside. The biggest example of this is Rajesh Khanna, the first superstar of Hindi cinema. A star, whose girls used to go crazy to get a glimpse, whose dust of the car used to be planted with the forehead. But there was a period in the life of this star, when success turned his face and he had made up his mind to end himself.
The success that no one saw
Rajesh Khanna was not just an actor, but a feeling. Between 1969 and 1971, he gave 17 consecutive superhit films to Bollywood. This is a record that no one has broken till date. There was only the magic of ‘Kaka’ everywhere. Success was kissing his steps and it seemed that his round would never end.
Suddenly fell on the floor with haemorrhage
But luck had something else approved. The round between 1976 and 1978 was a nightmare for Rajesh Khanna. Not one or two, but 7 consecutive films were badly beaten at the box office. The superstar that lines outside theaters to see, now his films were craving the audience. Rajesh Khanna was unable to tolerate this failure.
When the thoughts of suicide came to mind
A shock of failure is also very heavy for a person who has been at the peak of success. Rajesh Khanna’s entire phase seemed to be over. He was completely broken in this gum. Reports say that he had fallen victim to loneliness and often used to sit alone on the roof of his house and cry for hours. The pain of failure and loneliness was so deep that he started feeling terrible thoughts like suicide. He had completely defeated life.
Dimple stood with courage
In this most difficult and dark era, if someone stood with him as his courage, he was his wife Dimple Kapadia. Dimple handled him, encouraged him and made every effort to get him out of this pain.
Eventually, his courage and blessings brought color. 1979 film ‘Amardeep’ Changed his luck. The film was a superhit and Rajesh Khanna once again proved that the Suraj of the superstar may be hidden for some time, but does not drown. The film gave him a new life and he stood on his feet again. This story teaches that every star of the world of fame is a human from inside, who breaks and shatters.
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