{"id":375729,"date":"2025-12-29T19:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T19:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/375729\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T19:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T19:36:10","slug":"rajesh-khannas-birth-anniversary-anita-advani-says-when-things-went-south-the-late-actor-came-to-terms-with-his-failure-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/375729\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajesh Khanna\u2019s birth anniversary: Anita Advani says when things went south, the late actor ‘came to terms with his failure\u2019 – Exclusive |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rajesh Some actors leave a lasting impression on the cinematic canvas, and Rajesh Khanna<\/a> was one of them. He was a great actor, the one who tasted supreme stardom. Unfortunately, as they say, every good thing comes to an end, so did his success. People believe that during his dark phase, Rajesh Khanna turned bitter, but according to Anita Advani, who took care of Kaka for 12 years until his last breath, has a different story to share. On the birth anniversary of Rajesh Khanna, she recalled all the sweet things that the actor was. In our exclusive conversation, she mentioned that Rajesh Khanna had come to peace with his failure. Of course, he had his days, but Rajesh Khanna was never bitter. <\/p>\n

Rajesh Khanna had come to terms with his failure<\/p>\n

Remincing about the late actor on his birth anniversary, Anita Advani says, \u201cI miss him every day, every moment.\u201d The former actress, who stood by Rajesh Khanna during one of his toughest times, also shares how Kaka detached himself from his failure and success.Talking on the subject, she says, \u201cI would not say bitter. He also had come to terms with his failure.\u201d Anita then adds, \u201cWe had a big picture in the hall of Kakaji, and he would always point at it and say, \u2018I have detached myself from him.\u2019\u201dAccording to her, the late actor, \u201cnever spoke about it, never bragged, in fact, he avoided the whole topic.\u201dHaving said that, she shares that there were fair shares of ups and downs. \u201cHe was difficult at times, but he was even very nice at times. I mean to say, he was one person you couldn’t leave once you got close to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rajesh Khanna had nice, lavish lunches every day with his friends<\/p>\n

Kaka spent most of his days at home during the difficult phase, but \u201cHe wasn’t restless,\u201d says Anita. She adds, \u201che had nice lunches every afternoon with his friends.\u201dThough several people posed as friends but never stood by his side, there were a few good ones like \u201cMohan Kumarji, Johnny Bakshi, Jimmy Nirula among others. So they used to drop in regularly, even when he had fallen ill.\u201d \u201cEvery day. Every day, he had a lavish lunch,\u201d she concluded.Rajesh Khanna was one of the first superstars of his time. Born on December 29, 1942, he made his cinematic debut in 1966 with \u2018Aakhri Khat\u2019 and created history with one blockbuster movie after another and stellar performances. He left the mortal world in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some actors leave a lasting impression on the cinematic canvas, and Rajesh Khanna was one of them. He…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375730,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[52211,52212,49,48,361,75,17238,160363,52210],"class_list":["post-375729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-anita-advani","tag-bollywood-superstar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-film-industry","tag-legacy-of-rajesh-khanna","tag-rajesh-khanna"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}