In the 1940s, while actors like Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand were making their mark in the Hindi cinema world, on 29 December 1942, a person named Jatin Khanna was born in a Punjabi family. His parents had no idea that their son would be called the first superstar of Bollywood in the future and  would rule the hearts of fans as Rajesh Khanna .

Today, on the occasion of Rajesh's birth anniversary, we will tell you how after giving 17 hit films in 3 years, his 7 consecutive flop films eclipsed his career. 

Bad phase of Rajesh's career

On one hand, the 1970s were starting and on the other, Rajesh Khanna was making his mark as a superstar. By giving back to back hit films in the early years of his career, Rajesh proved that he had the talent of acting. 

But it is said that as soon as you get success, failure is ready to knock at your door. Something similar happened with Rajesh Khanna, which started in the year 1976 and within two years, his 7 consecutive films proved to be a huge flop, whose names are as follows-

Mehbooba - 1976

Bundle Baaz - 1976

Request- 1977

Renunciation- 1977

Chhaila Babu - 1977

Karma- 1977

Chalta Purja - 1977

Due to the failure of these films, Rajesh Khanna's career was eclipsed and these two years were the worst phase of his acting career. 

Kaka had gone into depression

Rajesh Khanna was also known as Kaka in the film industry. In the book The Untold Story of India's Superstar by journalist and author Yasir Usmani, it has been informed that due to these back to back flop films, Rajesh went into depression and for a moment, he even thought of suicide. 

17 hit films within 3 years

Rajesh Khanna is considered the first superstar of Hindi cinema because he brought a new revolution in the industry by giving 17 successful films between 1969 and 1972. Rajesh's 17 films started with Aradhana, which continued till Amar Prem, the list of which is as follows-

Worship

Coincidence

Two ways

bond

Silence

doli

Journey

come meet sajna

the train

True False

Cut kite

Style

Pleasure

Mehboob's Mehndi

Elephant my friend

Enemy

Eternal Love

These films laid the foundation of Rajesh Khanna's stardom and gave him the status of Hindi cinema's first superstar.