Remembering Rajesh Khanna on his 6th death anniversary

Born in Punjab's Amritsar on December 29 1942, Rajesh entered Hindi films in 1965 when he began shooting for Raaz and did 180 films - 163 feature films and 17 short films.

By 2011, he held record for maximum number of films as the solo lead hero and least number of multi star cast films in Hindi Cinema.

He first tasted success as an actor with 3 consecutive hit films like 'Aakhri Khat', 'Raaz' and 'Aurat'.

Rajesh Khanna achieved super-stardom with Shakti Samantha's 'Aradhana' (1969).

He also made the world record of having 17 successive super-hits in 3 years from 1969-71 which included 15 consecutive solo super-hit films.

The actor won Filmfare Best Actor Awards for three occasions and was nominated 14 times for the same.