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Mahesh Bhatt recalled meeting Rajesh Khanna at the height of his career, noting his arrogance during 'Do Raaste'. Years later, Bhatt asked the former superstar about his decline, to which Khanna poignantly replied he knew his stardom had faded "the day the flowers stopped coming," a stark contrast to the truckloads he once received.

There was a time when Rajesh Khanna was not just a star but a national obsession. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he reigned with a hysteria never witnessed before in Hindi cinema. But like all meteoric rises, his too came with an inevitable fall. Mahesh Bhatt recently revealed how he witnessed both shades of the legend, the untouchable superstar and the man coming to terms with fading glory.

Rajesh Khanna, a superstar at 32, married 16-year-old Dimple Kapadia in 1973. A veteran journalist revealed Khanna expected Dimple to prioritize household duties over her career, leading to their separation in 1984, despite his immense popularity among women. Dimple later made a comeback in movies after their separation, while Khanna passed away in 2012.