Rajesh Khanna was astounded by the Bachchan phenomenon despite his undeniable talent and contagious charm that he exuded onscreen. He wasn t a pushover or a fluke, but he faded into obscurity when Amitabh Bachchan s angry young man image in Prakash Mehra s Zanjeer (1973) announced the birth of a new sensation.
Rajesh Khanna, who was fondly called Kaka, also made the world record of having 17 successive super-hits in three years from 1969-71 which included 15 consecutive solo super-hit films. The actor won the Filmfare Best Actor Awards on three occasions and was nominated 14 times.