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Tribute to Rajesh Khanna through film memorabilia

Tribute to Rajesh Khanna through film memorabilia

"He was a superstar who ruled over the hearts of the people. He was Bollywood's first superstar. From him the craze of super stardom arrived in the industry," says Sumant Batra, a museum curator and philanthropist who has put together the collection,.The showcase at the India Habitat Centre here tomorrow portrays the many shades of Khanna as a Bollywood actor, film producer and politician who starred in 15 consecutive solo hit films in the period 1969 to 1971. "During that period a lot of effort was put into promoting a movie. Since it was not the digital age film posters used to be hand painted by eminent artists like M F Husain and Babu Lal.