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Bollywood actors today struggle to deliver back-to-back hits... But India's first superstar gave 17 consecutive hits and impressed the audience with his performance that his name was discussed everywhere... But this stardom did not last long... Just three years later, he had lost the tag of top star. Different reports claim that he worked in more than 180 films in his career and from 1970 to 1987 he was the highest-paid actor. His name is Rajesh Khanna.

Born on December 29, 1942, in Amritsar, Punjab, Rajesh Khanna's real name was Jatin Chunnilal Khanna. Fans used to call him by different names such as Kaka, Shahzada, Original King of Romance, India's first superstar. He is one of the most popular actors in the history of Indian cinema.

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Rajesh Khanna entered films in 1965. His first film was Raj. According to IMDb, Rajesh Khanna holds the record for making the most films and the lowest multi-star cast films as a single hero in Hindi cinema. Rajesh Khanna first tasted success when his three films Aakhri Khat, Raj, Aurat were big hits. His stardom was realized by everyone when the fans were angry at the sad ending of the film 'Baharon Ke Sapne'. Due to his displeasure, the director had to give the film a happy ending. He became a superstar after Shakti Samanta's 'Aradhana' in 1969. His craze among the people was amazing. People started calling him India's first superstar. After this, he gave 1969 consecutive hits from 1971 to 17.

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He enjoyed the tag of superstar from 1969 to 1977. After this, he had to share this tag with Amitabh Bachchan. He set a world record of giving 1969 consecutive super-hit films in 1971 years from 3 to 17. These included 15 consecutive single super-hit films and 2 two-hero films Andaz and Maryada.

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From 1976 to 1978, Rajesh Khanna had 5 box office hits as lead hero, 3 hits in guest role, 1 flop in guest role and 8 films flopped as main lead. However, his performance and music were good. The films were well liked by critics. This year was considered to be his bad phase. Rajesh Khanna also became a producer and made three films and co-produced 4 films. The actor left the film industry in 1991 to join politics and joined the Congress and became a Member of Parliament.