Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia Rajesh Khanna’s love story with Dimple Kapadia is no less than a fairytale. But that is how most beginnings go. This was when the much rumoured Rishi- Dimple love affair came to an end. Rajesh and Dimple, fresh after their respective breakups, met on a flight to Ahmedabad for a film function .They got talking and it took less than a brief courtship for Rajesh to know he had certainly met the one. But Devyani Chaubal had a different story to tell. This famous columnist told BBC reporter, Jack Pizzy that Rajesh had called her at 3 a.m, to announce about his proposal to 15 year old Dimple Kapadia after he had supposedly saved her at the ocean. He was drunk that night and had a different story in the morning. While some believe that it was just to satisfy his hunger or rather his greed for publicity, his fans went on to believe that the star had finally found his starlet. The wedding was a grand affair and Mr and Mrs Khanna were on the news for many public appearances. It was during this time that He had his first bitter taste of failure when he pinned his last hopes on Daag, which went on to be a flop and had the actor branded.
His young wife however stood like a rock beside him. They went on to have two children, Twinkle and Rinki Khanna. Life as they call it, was good. However, The poster perfect family soon began to disintegrate with Rajesh’s failing career graph and Dimple’s decision to return to films. The couple parted ways and Rajesh was once again, spiralling in change. Rajesh Khanna and Tina Munim After a heartbreak and a failed marriage, one would not expect to find love. But Rajesh Khanna did in his leading lady, Tina Munim. Munim and Rajesh had a great on-screen chemistry and this continued beyond celluloid. From public appearances to announcements, this couple had no qualms about declaring their love and even claimed that they used the same toothbrush! This time around, Tina was the lady in need of commitment and Rajesh was not ready because he worried it may affect his two children. Not one to go with an uncertain future, Munim left the film industry and with that went Rajesh. Once again, alone.
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