Wednesday, July 18, 2012

'KaKa ' Passes away


Bollywood's first superstar Rajesh Khanna fondly called 'Kaka' by his fans breathed his last on July 18 at his residence in Mumbai. He was 69. He is survived by his separated  wife Dimple Kapadia and two daughters Twinkle and Rinke. Film actor Akshay Kumar was his son-in-law.
The actor was admitted to Mumbai's Lilavati hospital just last week following reports of low blood pressure but was discharged on Tuesday and was at his Mumbai residence since then.


Earlier on June 24, he was admitted to a hospital following kidney problems.Kaka has been battling health issues since April 1, was visited by the Bollywood fraternity while he was in hospital.
Khanna was born in Amritsar on 29 December 1942. He was adopted and raised by foster parents who were relatives of his biological parents. Khanna lived in Thakurdwar near Girgaon. Khanna attended St.  Sebastian’s Goan High School in Girgaum,
He appeared in 163 feature films of which 128 as the lead protagonist including 106 as the solo lead hero films and 22 two hero projects and did 17 short films.He made his debut in 1966 with Aakhri Khat and rose to prominence with his performances in films like RaazBaharon Ke SapneIttefaq and Aradhana




Rajesh Khanna had 15 consecutive solo superhits between 1969 to 1971, which is still an unbroken record in Indian film history. In calculation of the 15 films, 2 hero films like Maryada,Andaz and films with box office result as hits were excluded -Mere Jeevan Saathi, Choti Bahu and Shehzada.



Bollywood's first superstar Rajesh Khanna'st  cremation ceremony will be held at 11 pm on on July 19,Thursday



Sadly missed along life's way,quietly remembered every day...No longer in our life to share,but in our hearts, you're always there.

Saturday, July 14, 2012

`Rustam-e-Hind` Dara Singh






Dara Singh didn't lose a single fight in his entire professional wrestling career .But in the real life he lost the battle of his life he fought like a hero but was not able to fight back in his last days. A human life is a story told by God this a perfect saying which is common for everyone.

`Rustam-e-Hind` Dara Singh died at the age of 84 in Mumbai on Thursday. His doctor RK Aggarwal said, "He died on 12 July 2012 at his home in Mumbai due to cardiac respiratory arrest at around 7:30 am.”  Surrounded by his family . He was admitted on July 7 after a cardiac arrest in Mumbai’s at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani  Hospital . He was released from hospital on 11 July in respect to the wishes of his family. 

 The wrestler turned actor has such great impact that his grim news has trembled the film industry as well as the political fraternity. Bollywood join together to pay tribute to `Rustam-e-Hind` Dara Singh, as he made his way to the blissful residence on Thursday evening leaving his fans deeply saddened.

Dara Singh Randhawa was born November 19, 1928 in Dharmchuk, Amritsar, Punjab, He started his  acting career in 1952 and was the first sportsman to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha by Bhartiya Janata Party during August 2003 – August 2009. Dara Singh was the true Macho man of Bollywood who had a amazing career on screen as  well as  off screen .

He has also worked as Hindi and Punjabi film producer, director and writer in his career.He produced and directed around 8 films most of them written by him. He has also been an Indian television actor as Hanuman in Ramanand Sagar extremely popular mythological Ramayan.. Dara Singh was last seen in Imtiaz Ali's 'Jab We Met' starring Shahid d Kareena as Kareena's grandfather.

Dara Singh was survived by his wife and six children - three sons and three daughters. One of his sons, Vindu Dara Singh, is a known name in showbiz.

“In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing”