Bollywood was yet to overcome the grief over the loss of Dara Singh, when yet another superstar left Bollywood this Wednesday. Fighting with prolonged illness, Rajesh Khanna, 69, met with death and left for his heavenly abode.
His son-in-law Akshay Kumar said, "I regret to inform everybody my father-in-law Mr. Rajesh Khanna is no more. He has gone to a nice and heavenly place, we are happy about that. I hope everybody who is watching this can just say a small little prayer for him." Akshay told reporters here.Kaka, as he was popularly known, has an array of superhits to his credit including the likes of "Safar", "Kati Patang", "Sachaa Jhutha", "Aan Milo Sajna", "Anand", "Amar Prem", "Mere Jeevan Saathi", "Aradhana", "Do Raaste", "Bawarchi" and "Namak Haram".
Bollywood celebrities expressed their grief over his death as:
Madhuri Dixit-Nene: Another of Hindi cinema's giants passes, Rajesh Khanna. Our sincere condolences to his family. We will miss him dearly.
Karan Johar: The magic, the mannerism, the mania of RAJESH KHANNA is inscribed in every archive of Indian cinema…forever…RIP SIR!!!
Kunal Kohli: The word superstar was used first for Rajesh Khanna. His style. His ada. His charm. His smile. His songs. His films. He. Will always live on
Madhur Bhandarkar: The epitome of superstardom is no more amongst us. There was none, there is none and there won't be any like you Kakaji. You will be missed.
Bipasha Basu: "Loss of a Superstar! Iconic Actor! RIP Rajesh Khanna!"
Sonam Kapoor: "Rip Rajesh Khanna."
Shabana Azmi: He was d SUPERSTAR like no other Did 10 films with him Met him last at Apsara awards Pale shadow of himself but smile as winsome RIP RajeshK. I have seen old women embrace him with tears in their eyes and young girls actually swoon in his presence.hysterical and manic. Rajesh K.
Mahesh Bhatt: When we lose a loved one, something within us dies. Our generation loved Rajesh Khanna. Today, a bit of us dies with this enigmatic star.
Several celebrities including Amitabh Bachchan, Yash Chopra, Rishi Kapoor, Prem Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan, Anu Malik, Vindu Dara Singh, Sajid Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora Khan turned up at the actor's Bandra residence Ashirwad.
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