Rajesh Khanna became a superstar but failed to handle superstardom. There was a time when Rajesh was worshipped like a 'God' by his fans. The problem started when Rajesh actually started considering himself as the God of all.
Rajesh started his career with the film "Akhari Khat" which failed at the box office. But "Aradhana" became a superhit film and Rajesh became a superstar overnight. But success went to his head.
The first victim of Rajesh's bad behaviour was his first girlfriend Anju Mahendru. Rajesh left Anju and married Dimple Kapadia. Rajesh wanted to torment Anju, so he took out his wedding procession in front of Anju's house.
Those close to Rajesh kept telling him that he was the "biggest superstar". He used to hold a regular darbar at his bungalow Ashirvad which was attended by a few special people like producers Mohan Kumar and Johnny Bakshi, writer VK Sharma and villain Roopesh Kumar.
Rajesh, who was full of ego, used to arrive late on the film sets. Working with Rajesh was a big challenge for the directors as Rajesh used to behave harshly with his co-actors.
After four years of stardom, Rajesh's arrogance was brought down to earth by a young actor Amitabh Bachchan. Amitabh was an angry-young-man who instantly won people's hearts. Amitabh became a very professional, polite and always available actor for producers and directors. As Amitabh started appearing in more films, people forgot Rajesh Khanna.
Jobless, defeated, but still stubborn, Rajesh stopped going out of his house and started drinking heavily. His wife, daughter and family members left him alone. Only one person was present with Rajesh during his old age, actress Anita Advani. When Rajesh passed away, only Anita was present with him.
Rajesh earned everything because he was a wonderful artist, but lost everything because he went wrong as a person.