7 producers reached the set to sign Rajesh Khanna, lottery drawn!
rajesh khanna was the first superstar of Bollywood. The craze of fans for him would hardly have been there for any other actor. No one has been able to break the actor's record of giving 17 consecutive hit films in bollywood till date. rajesh khanna created a sensation in bollywood with the 1969 film 'Aradhana'. This one film made him a star overnight.
After the huge success of 'Aradhana', the actor never looked back and in the 70s he became a demanding star. Every director and producer started wishing to do films with him. But do you know that once 6 to 7 producers reached his film set to sign films with him?
7 directors had come to sign Rajesh Khanna
In dozens of superhit films like 'Aradhana', 'Anand', 'Do Raaste', 'Haathi Mere Saathi', 'Kati Patang', 'Roti', 'Amar Prem', 'Aap Ki Kasam', 'Namak Halal' and 'Bawarchi', rajesh khanna made the audience crazy with his strong acting. Recently, the story of Rajesh Khanna's stardom was shared by Aruna Irani, which is attracting everyone's attention at this time. Actually, Aruna Irani had recently joined indian idol 13 as a guest. In the show, the veteran actress shared an interesting story about Rajesh Khanna's stardom. She said, "Only Rajesh Khanna's charisma was famous in that era. Once I was shooting a film with rajesh khanna when seven producers came there to sign Kaka. rajesh khanna could not understand whom to refuse and whose film to agree to.''
A lottery was drawn
Aruna Irani told that the actor told everyone, "All of you come to Chembur in the evening. I am shooting there. We will decide it there, all the producers reached on time and Aruna Irani herself was also present there. Then rajesh khanna said, "I do not want to upset anyone. In such a situation it will be very difficult to decide whose film should be made. Therefore I will draw the name through lottery. After this the names of all the people were written on slips and the slips were tossed. By chance Bappi Lahiri's name came out in the lottery and rajesh khanna agreed to do his film. Aruna Irani finally said that she herself was present there and was surprised to see Rajesh Khanna's stardom."