
Om Prakash, Mohan Saigal, Shakti Samanta and Subodh Mukherji and others had created this organisation and were judges of the contest) and Filmfare.Īs a result of winning the talent contest, he won acting in Chetan Anand’s 1966 movie Aakhri Khat and Ravindra Dave’s Raaz. However, during his days, in 1965, Rajesh Khanna was one of eight finalists from more than 10,000 contestants in the 1965 All India Talent Contest, organised by United Producers (BR Chopra, Bimal Roy, GP Sippy, HS Rawail, Nasir Husain, J.

Nowadays talent contests are in hundreds.

His interest in theatre during his school and college days (in Mumbai) led to his joining Hindi films. He was born to Lala Hiranand and Chandrani Khanna but was adopted and raised by Chunnilal Khanna and Leelawati Khanna, relatives of his biological parents. Millions of his fans were saddened by his death. Rajesh Khanna was born as Jatin Khanna in Amritsar on.

Remembering Rajesh Khanna on His Birth Anniversary, 29th Dec (Pic courtesy: The Hindustan Times) Raaga Based Song of the Day: Kuchh to log kahenge….
