Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India's First Superstar - Softcover

A very well researched book on superstar Rajesh Khanna which deals with all aspects of the actor's life and traces the childhood, meteoric rise and the sudden downfall of the actor. The author provides insightful information about the events which took place in the actor's life and also delves into the actor's psyche to offer explanations about his behaviour at different stages of stardom. Like Salim Khan mentions in the foreword, the book reads much like the script of one of Rajesh Khanna's films and makes us cry and smile at places. The book will definitely bring the reader very close to the actor and help us in understanding his amazing and unique journey in the film industry. --By Sharada Iyer on 22 April 2018

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.