Amitabh Rajesh Throwback: When Amitabh Bachchan touched Rajesh Khanna’s feet, Big B’s tears could not be stopped

Amitabh Bachchan And Rajesh Khanna: Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan…these are two such names of Indian cinema, who do not need any identity. Both these legends of India were successful in winning the hearts of fans across the country and the world due to their acting. Both became superstars. Rajesh Khanna is called India’s first superstar, while Amitabh Bachchan is called the ‘Great Hero of the Century’. From this you can guess what position both of them achieved in cinema.

When Rajesh Khanna had started becoming a superstar in Hindi cinema, then Amitabh Bachchan had just started his career. When Rajesh Khanna had become a superstar, Big B was struggling in the industry. But, within no time, Amitabh did such a thing that he soon overtook Rajesh Khanna and went ahead of him in terms of popularity and success. It is said that there was rivalry between the two in the 70s. But, once Big B touched the feet of Rajesh Khanna and he shed tears for Rajesh Khanna.

When did Amitabh touch Rajesh’s feet?

Rajesh Khanna is no more in this world. He died on 18 July 2012 due to cancer. ‘Kaka’ breathed his last at the age of 69. His demise had shocked everyone. Lakhs of people attended his last journey, while Big also bid him farewell. Big B touched the feet of Rajesh Khanna after seeing his dead body and like millions of people, he too became emotional on the death of Rajesh Khanna. Let us tell you that Amitabh had arrived with his son Abhishek Bachchan to bid his last farewell to ‘Kaka’.

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Worked together in these films

Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna also shared the screen. For the first time, both of them were paired in the superhit film ‘Anand’ (1971). In this, Rajesh played the lead role and Amitabh played the supporting role. Whereas for the second and last time both the legends were seen together in the 1973 film ‘Namak Haram’. However, Rajesh Khanna was seen in a guest appearance in Amitabh’s film Naseeb released in 1981.