Amitabh Bachchan Touch Rajesh Khanna Feet: Whenever Hindi cinema is mentioned, the names of Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan come first. Both these great actors have made an indelible contribution to the history of Bollywood. Both have given one great film after another to Bollywood.
Rajesh Khanna made his debut in Bollywood before Amitabh Bachchan. Rajesh Khanna also became a superstar before Amitabh. When Big B debuted in Bollywood, ‘Kaka’ started becoming a superstar. Even though ‘Kaka’ is called the first superstar of Bollywood, Big B later surpassed ‘Kaka’ in terms of stardom.
Kaka and Big B also worked together
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Both Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan had become superstars in the 70s. There was a lot of competition between the two but they worked together during this time. This iconic pair first appeared in the 1972 film ‘Anand’. After this, both of them worked together in the 1973 film ‘Namak Haram’.
Rajesh-Amitabh’s relationship deteriorated again
Initially, Amitabh and Rajesh’s relationship was good. But with time, things started deteriorating between them. Rajesh Khanna was already a superstar. Big B not only shook his stardom but he also overtook Kaka in that race.
Rajesh Khanna had also used abusive language for Amitabh Bachchan. In Virendra Kapoor’s book ‘Excellence: The Amitabh Bachchan Way’, it is mentioned that Kaka had called Big B ‘jinhoos’. While he had also compared Big B to a clerk.
‘Big B’ cried on the death of ‘Kaka’
No matter what the relationship was between Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan, Big B’s eyes were filled with tears on the death of ‘Kaka’. Let us tell you that Rajesh Khanna died in July 2012 at the age of 69. Big B arrived with his son Abhishek Bachchan to bid final farewell to Kaka.
He had touched Kaka’s feet and had asked this question to Dimple
Amitabh started crying after seeing Rajesh Khanna’s dead body. He touched ‘Kaka’s’ feet and consoled the family members in this hour of grief. Big B stayed near Kaka’s dead body for a long time. He also asked Dimple Kapadia who all were with Rajesh Khanna during his last moments.
