Indian movie actor Rajesh Khanna is a legendary actor who has also served as a MP in Indian politics for five long years. Rajesh Khanna came from an affluent family. His father was against his professional career. He started his career with renowned film maker Chetan Anand. But the film couldn`t bring success for him. But very soon Rajesh Khanna became one of the common name in the industry and the actor persisted and exceeded all expectations through his work. His previous theatrical background assisted him with the characterization of the personas of the cinema which he portrayed effortlessly and naturally. He is Hindi cinema`s first officially acknowledged Superstar.

The young girls used to take his name with warm heart and full of passion. In March, 1973 Rajesh Khanna married Dimple Kapadia, a Bollywood actress who had just made her film debut in Raj Kapoor`s Bobby. At that time Dimple Kapadia was sixteen years old and Rajesh Khanna thirty-one. So there was a huge difference between them. They became the parents of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke Khanna, and after some time of that they did drift apert. Dimple again resumed Bollywood career and Rajesh Khanna was still rocking. In the year 1966 Rajesh won the All India Talent Contest and just after that he joined the film media and made the debut in `Akhri Khat`. He appeared in a few more films over the next two years which did not gain him any recognition. He was in the limelight when his film `Aradhana` was hugely successful at the box office in the year 1969. In that film his ravishing heroin was Sharmila Tagore. From then on he was an extremely popular actor in the early 1970s, appearing in many romantic films and melodramas which were hugely successful at the box office as well. He was tremendously good in emotional scenes. Sometimes he was even called as a tragic hero. He was often paired with actresses Mumtaz or Sharmila Tagore. Some of his most successful films in this period included `Anand`, `Amar Prem`, `Andaaz`, `Daag` and `Namak Haraam`. After his performance in `Anand` Amitabh commented that without Rajesh Khanna he won`t be abke to come to limelight. During his peaktime he would be mobbed during public appearances. Fans kissed his car, which would be covered with lipstick marks, and lined the road, cheering and chanting his name. Female fans sent him letters written in their own blood From 1969 to 1973 he had 15 consecutive hit films. Several of the popular songs sung by Kishore Kumar in the 1970s were picturized on Khanna and helped his films become successful.

He was glamorous as well as a versatile star. His acting in `Amar Prem` and `Aap ki kasam` were unforgottable. In the late 1970s and 1980s he switched his style and shifted his image from a romantic hero to an action protagonist. But this attitude of his decline the actor`s career in term of box office rating, he continued to play central characters or guest roles in multi-starrer films as well such as `Disco Dancer`, `Kudrat`, `Rajput`, `Dharam Aur Kanoon`, `Ashanti` etc. He also took great risk and experimented with negative roles in `Red Rose` where he played a psycopath and in `Dhanwaan`, where he played an arrogant businessman . By the early 1990s he quit acting for many years and served as a M.P from 1991-96. He made his acting comeback in `Aa Ab Laut Chale` and `Kyaa Dil Ne Kahaa` where he played elderly father roles of Tushaar Kapoor, son of Jeetendra.

In 2006 he appeared in one mid line movie and in 2007 he has officially announced his second innings and has signed about ten new films and a new TV serial also. He is also participating as Celebrity Judge in a reality show at Sony Channel called K for Kishore. The serial is based on the legendary singer late Kishore Kumar Ganguly. In 2001-2002, Rajesh Khanna was very much into television and played two major roles in two television serials namely `Aapne Parai` and `Ittefaqu`. He also performed in a video album based on Tagore`s songs. But he did it free of cost. Currently he is busy in processing his own music channel viz. R.K. Music Channel. He has recently endorsed a talent hunt programme namely `Star se Superstar tak` as the First Superstar of Indian Cinema, under the banner of Red Carpet Entertainment and donated a Gold Trophy of Rs.1 Crore with Ms. Priyanka Chopra. Recently he has signed a TV serial with Creative Eye Banner. He is also going to perform in a T.V. Serial `Bhabhima` with Leena Ganguly as Lead Pair of the serial. He is the life member of International Film And Television Research Centre and International Film And Television Club Of Asian Academy Of Film & Television as well.

Indian movie actor Rajesh Khanna won a bunch of filmfare awards. It can be said that he was an icon of awards. In the year 1971 he won the filmfare best actor award for `Sachcha Jhutha`, he was winning the awards in consecutive years i.e. in 1972 he won filmfare best actor award for `Anand`. In 1973 he got special Award for Guest appearance for `Anurag`, but again in 1974 he won the filmfare best actor award for `Aavishkaar`. In 1990 he got special award for twenty-five years in the film industry and in 2005 he has won filmfare lifetime achievement award. The landmark actor was nominated for filmfare best actor award from 1969-1974 and 1979-1983 for the film `Aradhana`, `Ittefaq`, `Kati Patang`, `Amar Prem`, `Dushman`, `Daag`, `Prem Nagar`, `Amar Deep`, `Thodi Si Bewafai`, `Dard`, `Avtaar`. The actor alos got Bengal film journalists` association awards as best actor fot the films `Anand`, `Bawarchi`, `Namak Haram` and `Amrit`.

Indian movie actor Rajesh Khanna has been awarded many a times under many heads in his lifetime. In 1982 Rajesh Khanna was awarded Best Actor Award for his outstanding double role performance in `Dard` by Lions Club,New Delhi by Sri Dilip Kumar, in 1994 he was awarded Best Actor Award for `Khudai` at Ujvegistan at Russian Film Festival, in 1995 Rajesh Khanna was honoured with the `Kala Ratna` Award by Punjabi Kala Sangam at Delhi by the then Human Resource Development Minister Mr. Arjun Singh. In 2001, Khanna was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award by Sansui Film Awards. In April of 2003, he had been chosen for the Maharastra state government`s Raj Kapoor Award. He had also been chosen for his contribution to the film industry. In January of 2004, he was honoured with the Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award as well. In March of 2004, he has bagged the Bollywood Awards 2004`s Lifetime Achievement Award and also received the Lifetime of Glamour award at the Kingfisher Bollywood Fashion Awards at USA. He was also awarded the `Pride of Film Industry` by the Stardust Awards on February 21, 2005. He is the recipient of the "Outstanding Contribution to the Motion Picture Industry of India" Awards at the eighth annual Bollywood Movie Awards in Trinidad (Centre of Excellence) on June 10, 2006. On February 4, 2006, he was awarded with `Yugantar Gaurav Puraskar`. He is a recipient of the `Glory of India Award` by IIAF, London. Last but not the least he got the Best Actor or Life Time achievement Awards of international and national repute.