Bhubaneswar, Jan. 4 -- Rajesh Khanna, India's first true superstar, lived a life shaped by thunderous adulation and silent heartbreaks. His sea-facing Carter Road bungalow, Aashirwad, was never just a residence- it symbolised his unmatched reign. As chronicled in Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna by Gautam Chintamani, the house functioned as the famed "durbar" of a "monarch" who delivered 15 back-to-back hits, a feat no one has replicated.

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After buying Aashirwad from Rajendra Kumar for Rs. 3.5 lakh in the early 1970s, Khanna transformed it into a cinematic court. Producers waited endlessly outside for a glimpse of ...