Not for the ebullient Mumtaz, nor the quietly underplayed role by Sanjeev Kumar. Yet Aap Ki Kasam is remembered for Rajesh Khanna. Maybe only Feroz Khan who was his co-star in Safar failed to equal or surpass him as a co-star in a film. Amitabh Bachchan, in his first cameo in Anand, had more screen presence. Or he could be righteously angry as in Namak Haram and take the audience with him.Д¬oldly speaking, Sanjeev Kumar, with whom he acted with in Aap Ki Kasam was a better actor.

Yet there were films when he laughed and made others laugh, Anand being one of them, as was Bawarchi, or even Haathi Mere Saathi. Anand, Safar, Andaz.he would die in them all, and in other films like Aap Ki Kasam, Roti, Amar Prem, Avatar, he would suffer for long cinematic years, singing songs that wrenched the heart. Like his idol Dilip Kumar, Rajesh Khanna made a fine art out of dying on screen. Rajesh Khanna's body being taken for last rites. Hearts were won, sighs of relief went through the hall, more songs, and an icon was born. The women wept with Sharmila over her beloved's death and the 'sinful' state she was in, but quickly dried their tears when the unborn child presented himself as his dead father's spitting image. Besides, Rajesh Khanna died half way through the film, and any actor's on screen death makes the Indian audience teary-eyed. But the magic of the film, the locales, the music, the romance that seemed to sizzle between Sharmila and him, and the double role did their bit. with similar results.Д®ven in Aradhana, the film that put stardom within his grasp, he still looked rather callow, his expressions somewhat masked by makeup. Other films followed, Do Raaste, Baharon Ke Sapne. Akhri Khat his launch film did not mark him out as a star, definitely not one who would streak across the filmi sky leaving a trail of swooning fans gasping for breath.

But despite the backing of the magazine which had вЂњdiscoveredвЂќ him, choosing him over many others, Rajesh Khanna did not make serious waves at first. Look at the facts: he had talent, and some kind of looks: nice eyes, an expressive face. That film did not star Rajesh Khanna but those words were definitely true of him. Gulzar wrote вЂњ Meri awaaz hi pehchan hai.вЂќ Lata sang those words in Kinara.

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