With 17 blockbuster hits in succession and mass adulation rarely seen before or since, the world was at KhannaРІР‚в„ўs feet. РІР‚СљThe exhibition will consists of about eighteen of the РІР‚Сљoriginal superstarРІР‚в„ўsРІР‚Сњ film posters, two dozen lobby and show cards, two dozen song booklets and two dozen of vinyl records,РІР‚Сњ says Batra.Р”Р„n actor, a film producer and a politician, Rajesh Khanna starred in as many as 163 feature films and 17 short films. On his first death anniversary, a bronze statue of Rajesh Khanna was unveiled at Bandra Bandstand in Mumbai.

On April 30, 2013, the actor was officially bestowed with the title - РІР‚ВThe First Superstar of Indian CinemaРІР‚в„ў at Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards.Р”Р„ postage stamp, bearing his face, was released by India Post to honour him on May 3, 2013. By the time he won the Filmfare United Producers Combine Talent Hunt, he was already famous for being the struggler who drove an imported sports car. Born Jatin Khanna to middle-class parents, the actor was adopted by rich relatives who brought him up like a prince. The event РІР‚ВRemembering Rajesh KhannaРІР‚в„ў is being co-organised by HarperCollins publishers of the actorРІР‚в„ўs biography, РІР‚СљDark Star: The Loneliness of being Rajesh KhannaРІР‚Сњ, by Gautam Chintamani, which was brought out in 2014.Р”Р„t a time when film stars were truly larger than life, Khanna was even more: the one for whom the term РІР‚ВsuperstarРІР‚в„ў was coined. Iconic yesteryear film posters, lobby cards, show cards besides song booklets and some long play vinyl records feature in the exhibition. Lobby cards and show cards with spectacular art work have been displayed in lobby of cinema halls and film song booklets sold outside the movie hall as memorabilia,РІР‚Сњ says Batra. Since it was not the digital age film posters used to be hand painted by eminent artists like M F Husain and Babu Lal. РІР‚СљDuring that period a lot of effort was put into promoting a movie. The showcase at the India Habitat Centre here tomorrow portrays the many shades of Khanna as a Bollywood actor, film producer and politician who starred in 15 consecutive solo hit films in the period 1969 to 1971. From him the craze of super stardom arrived in the industry,РІР‚Сњ says Sumant Batra, a museum curator and philanthropist who has put together the collection. РІР‚СљHe was a superstar who ruled over the hearts of the people. Three years after BollywoodРІР‚в„ўs first superstar Rajesh Khanna passed away, a collection of memorabilia comprising film posters, lobby cards featuring films he starred in are being put together in a grand show that pays tribute to the late hero.

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