July 19th 2012-- M'lore
I reached home after a 5 week USA trip....! Like always I was jet lagging, and trying to figure out whats happening in Indian television....sitting and watching and dozing...and as I read the shocking news of Rajesh Khanna's death...,I freezed! Just a day before I was in Mumbai...and if that would have been the day I surely would have not reached the airport on time..when I saw the crowd in front of his house..or on Mumbai roads! All news Channels were covering his life, his movies, and his songs were playing..and suddenly I realised tears were flowing...Zindagi Kaise hi Paheli...! I realsied I was crying over his death and it is for real! Sharukh khan i always say is my favourite actor, and I have been very faithful by going to most of his movies, and feeling bad when he is horrible in some. I like Amitabh Bachchan's movies, and feel most of them are brilliant! But Rajesh khanna? hmm...when did i last think of him? or stopped thinking about him? I remember going to Aradhna when I was in class 8, hardly 13, and had no idea what romance, or love meant! But do remember all girls in school talking about the world gonna come to an end soon, ( those days) and every one of those girls prayed that anything can happen to any one, but nothing should happen to Rajesh Khanna! Girls in class 9,10 use to go crazy looking at his pix, and talking about him, and his movies. Aradhna, the movie in which he acts as the father and son. I remember sitting and watching the sons entry... as a cool air force pilot, walking towards me...yes every girl in the theater felt that..he is walking towards them, with that killing smile..! Roop tera Masthana Pyaar Mera Deewana...has to be watched now...and you will see the ultimate romance! No touching no showing vulgarity..just emoting love, showing the confusion,innocence, in his eyes over his female partners sexuality! It was undoubtedly the best romantic song for me and the credibility of the director but of course the award goes to the actors, especially to the hero, Rajesh khanna..! When I think about it now, I feel he is the only actor who actually taught us young girls of those days what love or romance is! Romancing with his heroines in worst of situations...he may be a sick person, he may be a cancer patient, he may be a cook, he may be a soldier, or a traitor...we just loved him, and wanted him to romance with us! Girls use to get married to his photographs, and use to write his name in their blood...not a rumour but truth..! Craziness to the extent, that people use to make special trips to Bombay to see him, if at all they get a chance to enter his studios! Amar prem, Daag, safar, Anand, Aan milo Sajana,kati patang, Namak haram... I some how managed to see most of them, and really wonder how? My dad never let us watch movies those days, and then how could I? Glad I did, as each one of them a master piece, Coz of his acting, or his songs..! ( wow..songs like mere dil me aaj kya hi, or jeevan se bhari tere ankhein, or yeh shyam masatani, or kahi door jab din dhal jaye..!!Kishore Kumar at his best and Rajesh khanna at his bestest!!)He had something in him..no one had.He was not the angry young man like Amitabh, nor good looking like Hrithik! He had no sharukhs charm..nor was he muscled like Salman! Not a great dancer, and an average looker...but he had that something in him which made him popular over night, and so when he got married to Dimple many hearts broke, but made no difference to girls who were in love with him! They just went on loving him! Media was not this big those days, since we had no Internet, TV, nor twitter, or face book! News was not glamour, so books like film fare use to give us all the spicy gossip, and those books were banned in our studious house. But some how we sisters use to manage to get to hear about Rajesh khanna..! I remember my bro going to the barber shop and getting his hair styled like his,( young boy of 10) and guys and girls use to own Guru shirts! ( me included)Lungi Kurta was a cool fashion statement when he wore, and that too in sexy colours and silks! ( i realise it now, where our heros come in tight jeans and Ts, and imagine a Lungi Kurta for an interview) Gosh...was I in love with him? where was he until now? and why did I not think about him much in all these days? was I lost or was he? AS I was watching his last journey..tears in my eyes...it stuck me..nothing but my child hood is lost! The romance I read in Mills n boons then, or the romance I have seen in Rajesh khannas movies...is what I remember even now! His songs were gems and his movies were hits...no physical vulgarity, no exposure..it was just simple actions..intense emotions which touched our hearts and stayed right there till now! That's why I was not able to put him any where so far in my list of actors..! I know now, many girls like me have grown thinking and imagining what romance is through him, his movies! I don't think any actor has experienced this kind of crazy popularity or touched the heights of super stardom! He really was a super star ..and this blog of mine is a tribute to him, his songs and his movies..each one of them which touched my heart..and made me grow! I mourned for him, on his death and felt that I saw the Ultimate romance in his movies!
I reached home after a 5 week USA trip....! Like always I was jet lagging, and trying to figure out whats happening in Indian television....sitting and watching and dozing...and as I read the shocking news of Rajesh Khanna's death...,I freezed! Just a day before I was in Mumbai...and if that would have been the day I surely would have not reached the airport on time..when I saw the crowd in front of his house..or on Mumbai roads! All news Channels were covering his life, his movies, and his songs were playing..and suddenly I realised tears were flowing...Zindagi Kaise hi Paheli...! I realsied I was crying over his death and it is for real! Sharukh khan i always say is my favourite actor, and I have been very faithful by going to most of his movies, and feeling bad when he is horrible in some. I like Amitabh Bachchan's movies, and feel most of them are brilliant! But Rajesh khanna? hmm...when did i last think of him? or stopped thinking about him? I remember going to Aradhna when I was in class 8, hardly 13, and had no idea what romance, or love meant! But do remember all girls in school talking about the world gonna come to an end soon, ( those days) and every one of those girls prayed that anything can happen to any one, but nothing should happen to Rajesh Khanna! Girls in class 9,10 use to go crazy looking at his pix, and talking about him, and his movies. Aradhna, the movie in which he acts as the father and son. I remember sitting and watching the sons entry... as a cool air force pilot, walking towards me...yes every girl in the theater felt that..he is walking towards them, with that killing smile..! Roop tera Masthana Pyaar Mera Deewana...has to be watched now...and you will see the ultimate romance! No touching no showing vulgarity..just emoting love, showing the confusion,innocence, in his eyes over his female partners sexuality! It was undoubtedly the best romantic song for me and the credibility of the director but of course the award goes to the actors, especially to the hero, Rajesh khanna..! When I think about it now, I feel he is the only actor who actually taught us young girls of those days what love or romance is! Romancing with his heroines in worst of situations...he may be a sick person, he may be a cancer patient, he may be a cook, he may be a soldier, or a traitor...we just loved him, and wanted him to romance with us! Girls use to get married to his photographs, and use to write his name in their blood...not a rumour but truth..! Craziness to the extent, that people use to make special trips to Bombay to see him, if at all they get a chance to enter his studios! Amar prem, Daag, safar, Anand, Aan milo Sajana,kati patang, Namak haram... I some how managed to see most of them, and really wonder how? My dad never let us watch movies those days, and then how could I? Glad I did, as each one of them a master piece, Coz of his acting, or his songs..! ( wow..songs like mere dil me aaj kya hi, or jeevan se bhari tere ankhein, or yeh shyam masatani, or kahi door jab din dhal jaye..!!Kishore Kumar at his best and Rajesh khanna at his bestest!!)He had something in him..no one had.He was not the angry young man like Amitabh, nor good looking like Hrithik! He had no sharukhs charm..nor was he muscled like Salman! Not a great dancer, and an average looker...but he had that something in him which made him popular over night, and so when he got married to Dimple many hearts broke, but made no difference to girls who were in love with him! They just went on loving him! Media was not this big those days, since we had no Internet, TV, nor twitter, or face book! News was not glamour, so books like film fare use to give us all the spicy gossip, and those books were banned in our studious house. But some how we sisters use to manage to get to hear about Rajesh khanna..! I remember my bro going to the barber shop and getting his hair styled like his,( young boy of 10) and guys and girls use to own Guru shirts! ( me included)Lungi Kurta was a cool fashion statement when he wore, and that too in sexy colours and silks! ( i realise it now, where our heros come in tight jeans and Ts, and imagine a Lungi Kurta for an interview) Gosh...was I in love with him? where was he until now? and why did I not think about him much in all these days? was I lost or was he? AS I was watching his last journey..tears in my eyes...it stuck me..nothing but my child hood is lost! The romance I read in Mills n boons then, or the romance I have seen in Rajesh khannas movies...is what I remember even now! His songs were gems and his movies were hits...no physical vulgarity, no exposure..it was just simple actions..intense emotions which touched our hearts and stayed right there till now! That's why I was not able to put him any where so far in my list of actors..! I know now, many girls like me have grown thinking and imagining what romance is through him, his movies! I don't think any actor has experienced this kind of crazy popularity or touched the heights of super stardom! He really was a super star ..and this blog of mine is a tribute to him, his songs and his movies..each one of them which touched my heart..and made me grow! I mourned for him, on his death and felt that I saw the Ultimate romance in his movies!
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