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Rajesh Khanna's Blockbuster Streak: 6 Hits with This Actress, One Ran Houseful for 350 Days.
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News18•28-09-2026, 20:01
Rajesh Khanna's Blockbuster Streak: 6 Hits with This Actress, One Ran Houseful for 350 Days.
- •Rajesh Khanna had many superhit films with Hema Malini, Mumtaz, and Sharmila Tagore during his career.
- •He worked in 7 films with Shabana Azmi, with 6 of them becoming blockbusters.
- •One of their films, 'Avtaar', was such a massive hit that it ran houseful for 350 days in some cinemas.
- •Rajesh Khanna and Shabana Azmi starred together in films like 'Amar Deep', 'Thodi Si Bewafai', 'Avtaar', 'Aaj Ka MLA Ram Avtaar', 'Ashanti', 'Karma', and 'Nasihat'.
- •Only one of their collaborations, 'Aaj Ka MLA Ram Avtaar', was a flop, while the rest were successful at the box office.
Key Questions Answered
Superstar Rajesh Khanna worked in seven films with Shabana Azmi, out of which six turned out to be major blockbusters at the box office.
Directed by Mohan Kumar, the blockbuster film Avtaar was such a massive hit that it successfully ran in some cinema halls for 350 days.
Released in 1984 and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao, Aaj Ka MLA Ram Avtaar was the only film featuring Rajesh Khanna and Shabana Azmi that turned out to be a flop.
