Bollywood's
Pasha
of
Passion
-
Rajesh
Khanna
is
no
more,
but
he
will
continue
to
rule
the
minds
of
his
diehard
female
fans.
Khanna
was
possibly
the
only
superstar
of
Bollywood
for
whom
women
were
even
ready
to
bleed.
Khanna
was
one
of
the
very
few
stars
who
was
blessed
with
inherent
enigma
to
induce
fan
hysteria.
Believe
it
or
not,
but
Khanna's
impact,
especially
on
his
lunatic
female
fans
was
indescribable.
Khanna
was
coined
as
the
romantic
icon
during
his
times.
He
had
many
female
followers
who
were
crazy
just
to
get
a
glimpse
of
his
car
passing
by.
In
fact,
one
of
the
fans
revealed
her
craze
for
Khanna
to
a
leading
daily.
She
confessed,
"I
was
so
crazy
about
him
that
I
cut
my
finger
with
a
blade
after
watching
Aradhana.
As
the
blood
oozed
out,
I
stood
near
one
of
his
many
pin-ups
in
my
room
and
applied
sindoor
in
Rajesh
Khanna's
name."
Actress
Sharmila
Tagore
said,
"Elderly
woman
would
want
to
mother
him.
Younger
women
wanted
to
fall
in
love
with
him.
And
the
men
also
liked
him
because
he
had
a
lot
of
energy
and
style.
He
brought
together
people
from
nine-year-olds
to
ninety-year-olds."
It
is
also
believed
that
the
day
Khanna
married
Dimple,
many
of
his
female
fans
were
so
upset
that
they
fasted
for
a
whole
day.
It
is
so
believed
that
there
were
quite
a
few
other
crazy
fans,
who
had
also
committed
suicide.