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Rajesh Khanna ( born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was a Bollywood actor, film producer and politician. He is referred to as the "first superstar" and the "original superstar" of Indian cinema.〔http://www.bollyvision.in/c-birthday?detail=3444〕 He starred in 15 consecutive solo hit films in the period 1969 to 1971.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The best of Rajesh Khanna | The National )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=19 people we will miss - IBNLive )〕 He made his debut in 1966 with ''Aakhri Khat''. Through his career he appeared in more than 160 feature films and 17 short films.〔 He received the Filmfare Best Actor Award award three times and the BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) four times. In 1991, he was awarded the Filmfare Special Award and in 2005, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.〔 He was the highest paid Indian actor from 1970 to 1987 where Amitabh Bachchan shared the same tag with Khanna from 1980 to 1987.〔(Rajesh Khanna: 10 facts only a real fan would know ). NDTV.com (18 July 2012).〕 He was also a Lok Sabha member of the Indian National Congress from New Delhi constituency from 1992 to 1996.〔"ZINDAGI KAISI HAI PAHELI", The Times of India, Delhi edition, 19 July 2012, p14〕 He married Dimple Kapadia in March 1973, eight months before her debut film ''Bobby'' was released and had two daughters from the marriage. Their elder daughter Twinkle Khanna is married to actor Akshay Kumar, while they also have a younger daughter Rinke Khanna. After being critically ill, Khanna died on 18 July 2012. Khanna has been posthumously awarded India's third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan. On 30 April 2013 he was officially bestowed with the title ''The First Superstar of Indian cinema'' at Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards He has also been honored with a stamp and statue of his likeness, and a road being renamed in his honor. ==Early life== Born on 29 December 1942, in Amritsar in the state of Punjab, as Jatin Khanna,〔 Khanna was adopted and raised by foster parents – Chunni Lal Khanna and Leela Wati Khanna, who were relatives of his biological parents after his father had migrated from pre-partitioned Pakistan to ''Gali Tiwarian'' in the city of Amritsar.〔 His biological parents were Lala Hiranand and Chandrani Khanna and Lala worked as headmaster of the MC High School in Burewala (in present day Pakistan), Vehari District, Punjab, Pakistan.〔(Pakistan's Burewala city mourns Rajesh Khanna's death ). Indian Express.〕〔(Pakistan's Burewala city mourns Rajesh Khanna's death – Entertainment – DNA ). Dnaindia.com.〕 His adopted parents belonged to a family of railway contractors who had moved from Lahore to Bombay in 1935. Khanna lived in Saraswati Niwas〔(Rajesh Khanna: School remembers superstar alumnus ). Indian Express (19 July 2012).〕 in Thakurdwar near Girgaon, Mumbai. He attended St. Sebastian’s Goan High School there, along with his friend Ravi Kapoor, who later took the stage name Jeetendra. Khanna gradually started taking interest in theatre and did a lot of stage and theatre plays in his school and college days and won many prizes in the inter college drama competitions. In 1962 Khanna played a wounded dumb soldier in the play 'Andha Yug' and impressed with his performance the chief guest suggested him to get into films soon. Khanna became a rare newcomer who struggled in his own MG sports car to get work in theatre and films in the early sixties. Khanna did his first two years of Bachelor of Arts in Nowrosjee Wadia College in Pune from 1959 to 1961.〔(Rajesh Khanna's mother could not stand even his on-screen death ). Movies.ndtv.com (21 July 2012).〕 Both friends later studied in K. C. College, Mumbai. Khanna also tutored Jeetendra for his first film audition. Khanna's uncle KK Talwar changed Khanna's first name to Rajesh when Khanna decided to join films.〔 His friends and his wife called him ''Kaka''(meaning baby faced boy in Punjabi). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rajesh Khanna」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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