Originally posted by: atominis
Rajesh Khanna was egoistic and full of himself. He was also bitterly jealous of Amitabh and ensured 'his favs' like Mumtaz and Sharmila did not work opposite Amitabh. He was bitter when Sharmila did some film later opposite Amitabh.
And even more livid with Shakti Samanta also working with Amitabh.
He married much younger, minor Dimple when he was 35 and she was 15 or 16. He was a drunkard. He took his frustration on Dimple and would beat her with belt in drunken fits. He stopped her from working in films and resented her working. I sometimes feel Dimple did those semi sleazy roles out of desperation to get work at any cost otherwise married actresses who were moms, hardly got work in films. He is said to have molested minor sister of another actress. He would share drinks with Twinkle and Twinkle boasts of drinking together with him as a minor.
His choice of films like Wafaa at old age showed what he was. Desperate. Pervert. Dimple was victim of domestic violence but never legally separated from him, perhaps due to property reasons. Rajesh once openly spoke in an interview ki Dimple divorce deti nahi hai.
I agree on Feroze. I mean one does not need an interview to know what his mindset towards women was. The way he showed women in his crap films showed his mentality. Sheer pervert.
His brother Sanjay Khan was another crap guy who got along with his wife, beat Zeenat so badly that it permanently damaged her eye. Imagine having affair with the woman and then acting holier than thou, teaming with wife to beat the woman you had affair with!
Govinda was known to be late at sets, have a thing for younger female co stars. He went after Rani too. He also slapped a fan in front of media few years ago. He has had public fallout with Krushna and ensured Krushna gets no work anywhere now. Really bitter and full of himself yet acts humble. I also read he is damn superstitious and wears lot of rings and does various totke and blames astrology or black magic for his issues.
I have read Nana Patekar, Naseeruddin Shah and Raaj Kumar had eccentric nature, temper issues, volatile nature and loose tongue and often said anything to anyone if they got impatient or disliked someone or something.
Yeah completely agree on Rajesh Khanna. Dimple was 14 when she married Rajesh Khanna if I'm not wrong. In fact I just randomly saw that interview a few days back where he mentioned that Dimple doesn't wanna divorce him and though he doesn't deny it, its obvious when the reporter asks is it out of love.. he goes he doesn't know. I guess she didn't divorce him out of spite because she didn't want to free him and let him live freely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HJEyKCn398
4:30 onwards
Rajesh was quite competitive so he could sense that Amitabh would overtake him. I remember him mentioning in an interview something along the lines that the industry was cruel and you gotta do whatever it takes to stay on top. Devyani also hinted at something like that regarding Rajesh. I wonder why they fell out.. I refuse to believe that it was merely because they slept together or she wanted more. She seemed like a no-nonsense, bitchy, ambitious woman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJgOU7djrt8
Have you seen this BBC interview? Love how Devyani totally lets it out that Rajesh is insecure, sulking in his tent. I wish we had more interviews like this of stars back in the day. So so revealing of the workings of the film industry.
Nana Patekar was known to be violent towards Manisha Koirala when they were in a relationship. Manisha mentioned this somewhere.. can't remember where.
When I visited Nepal 4 years ago, our driver showed us a building that Govinda bought due to some superstitious baba and lost money on it HAHA
Oh yes, who can forget what Sanjay Khan did to Zeenat Aman and the fact that he continued to get work after that and live like he did no wrong. 🤢
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