Rajesh Khanna, Yasser Usman
Rajesh Khanna, Yasser Usman
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Rajesh Khanna
The Untold Story of India's First Superstar

Author: Yasser Usman

Narrator: Anuj Datta

Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/25/2021

Synopsis

In the 1970's Rajesh Khanna achieved the kind of fame that no film star had ever experienced before or has since. But then he saw it all vanish. They say superstardom destroyed him. But was it something else buried deep in his past? In this riveting biography, award winning journalist Yasser Usman examines Rajesh Khanna's dramatic, colourful life in its entirety from littleknown facts about his childhood to the low-down on his relationships and rivalries, from his ambitious hopes to his deep-seated insecurities.

What emerges is a tantalizingly written, meticulously researched chronicle of a fascinating and mercurial man one who was both loved and feared by those closest to him. It is a story that encapsulates the glittering, seductive, cut-throat world of Bollywood at its best and its worst.

About The Author

Yasser Usman is a journalist by tribe, a television producer by creed and a film commentator by caste. He has been a recipient of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award for excellence in journalism and the NT (News Television) Awards thrice over. A master's in environmental science, he remembers more films and songs than classroom theories. He has worked for over a decade in leading TV news organizations and is currently with ABP News (formerly Star News).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shivangi

Actual rating: 2.5 After the death of India's first 'superstar' there was a race to release his unofficial biographies to cash in on the renewed interest in Khanna. The book aims to shed a light into both the personal and professional life of Khanna so that we can get to know the person behind the su......more

Goodreads review by Civilisation ⇔ Freedom of Speech

3.5/5 What a horrible man ! Was reminded of Steve Jobs. Sorry dear Rajesh Khanna fans, but he is possibly the most self-obsessed man I have read about. He asked his baaraat to be diverted so that it passed by the house of his ex-girlfriend of 7 years. That is one example of many. Didnt like him as an......more

Goodreads review by Sanjeev

I was as much of a Rajesh Khanna fan as the boy next door in Rajouri Garden circa 1971. Too young to really adultate an actor, I was more of a fan of Anand Sehgal of Anand, or Anand Babu in Amar Prem, and cried with Kaka each time. Then, like any other boy, I grew into a teenager who always wanted to......more

Goodreads review by Singho

(Originally published on my blog - [URL not allowed]) “A king dies a king! He might not have a following. He might be dying alone, lost in a desert, but he will still be a king, whether on a throne or in exile!” – Rajesh Khanna As someone who grew up in the 90s, I never witnesse......more

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