

The rest of the actors like Dev Anand, Dharmendra and Shashi Kapoor re-invented their careers as action heroes in the 1970s, and stayed here. Age factor also played an important role in deteriorating their careers to fit into romantic roles.

By that time screen presence of popular romantic screen idols like Shammi Kapoor, Joy Mukherjee, Biswajeet, Rajendra Kumar etc slowly started fading. In fact the director played an important role in making Khanna the ‘nation’s lover boy’.

With three hit films in a row, Aradhana, Katti Patang and Amar Prem, Shakti Samanta-Rajesh Khanna duo hit a hat-trick. Songs of Katti Patang followed by Amar Prem cemented the position of Kishore Kumar in Bollywood, post Aradhana success. Burman – Kishore Kumar duo became the most celebrated musical pair of Bollywood, who fully dominated the scene throughout 1970s. After the songs of Kishore Kumar became an instant hit, interestingly with three solos, R. It’s not easy to say, for which song Kishore Kumar excelled in singing. This romantic song was filmed on Rajesh Khanna and Asha Parekh. Pyar Deewana Hota Hai from Katti Patang (1971) – Playback Singers: Kishore Kumar, Lyrics: Anand Bakshi Nee Soniye is the single duet of the album, featuring the lead pair – Khanna and Nanda, who earlier worked together in suspense thriller, Ittefaq, though not as pair.ģ. Nee Soniye from The Train (1970) – Playback Singers: Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar, Lyrics: Anand BakshiĪs I told above, Burman recorded all Rajesh Khanna songs in Rafi’s voice. Ne Soniye is a very popular duet sung by Rafi and Lata from the same album, featuring the lead pair.Ģ. Gulabi Ankhein is one of the very rarest Rafi tracks recorded by Pancham da for Rajesh Khanna. Burman recorded remaining songs originally composed by his father, and Kishore Kumar-Rajesh Khanna pair became a smash hit.
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I doubt if the songs were recorded before Aradhana magic swept movie buffs across the nation, the movie released the previous year, where R. Burman and Rajesh Khanna began only in the 1970s with The Train, where he used Rafi’s voice to record all songs for Rajesh Khanna. Though they have earlier worked together in Baharon Ke Sapne, there is not even a single song lip synced by Rajesh Khanna, and hence I excluded this musical movie from this list. As far as I believe it’s the first chartbuster song of Rajesh Khanna in R. Let me begin with this dance number starring Nanda and Rajesh Khanna. Gulabi Aanken from The Train (1970) – Playback Singers: Mohammed Rafi, Lyrics: Anand Bakshi Though all these songs featured Rajesh Khanna, I excluded all these tracks from this list solely because Khanna didn’t lip-sync to those tunes. Rest of the songs were exclusively reserved for Lata Mangeshkar which include solos – Kya Janu Sajan and Aaja Piya and duet with Manna Dey – Chunari Samhal. It was the first male singer track recorded by Pancham da for any Rajesh Khanna movie. The movie had a Rafi track “ Zamane Ne Maare Jawan” filmed on Rajesh Khanna, though he didn’t sync-lipped to it.

Burman with Rajesh Khanna began in year 1967 with the film Baharon Ke Sapne. Top 25 Rajesh Khanna songs composed by R. Interestingly, Anand Bakshi became a permanent companion for most of their works together in the 1970s and 1980s, post the success of Aradhana in the last year of 1960s. In the 1980s they could deliver only a few memorable songs. Needless to say, music fans loved their combination songs most, though only a few of them are of high standards. Burman and a few evergreen hits recorded in their name, which made 1970s a musical decade. Yet it was the friendship of Khanna and R. Burman and Rajesh KhannaĮven after the super success of Aradhana in 1969, Rajesh Khanna continuously worked with Kalyanji Anandji and Laxmikant Pyarelal delivering hits at regular intervals.
