: Deepti Naval at the movies: Single-screen theatres, Rajesh Khanna and ‘Mera Naam Joker’ #IndiaNEWS When Aradhana came in the September of 1969, all hell broke loose! The female gender went bonkers

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Deepti Naval at the movies: Single-screen theatres, Rajesh Khanna and ‘Mera Naam Joker’ #IndiaNEWS
When Aradhana came in the September of 1969, all hell broke loose! The female gender went bonkers over Rajesh Khanna, man for all seasons. We were not surprised when Sharmila Tagore in the film got pregnant and became an unwed mother. By now, we knew exactly how babies were made and how we all came into being. And getting pregnant with a Rajesh Khanna was perfectly understandable – he was the dream man of every girl. Nonu and I fell crazily in love with him. We loved the way he tilted his head and smiled, a mannerism that would become a craze with the public. I felt no other actor could have done ‘Roop tera mastana ...’ like Rajesh Khanna. Treading a fine line between forbidden love and desire, the crackling chemistry between the actors set alight a passion that blazed across the screen. Aradhana released at Adarsh Talkies, and we went to see the movie a second time during the same week to celebrate Didi’s birthday. But that wasn’t the end of it. Nonu and I, we saw that film thirteen times. The fact that Rajesh Khanna belonged to the interiors of the walled city of Amritsar and was born in Gully Tiwarian inside Lohgarh Gate thrilled the...Read more

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