Rajesh
Khanna
On
Success
He
had
said,
"I
still
remember
the
exact
moment
when,
for
the
first
time,
I
became
aware
of
how
mind-blowing
success
can
be.
It
psyches
you
totally-
or
you
are
not
human?
It
was
just
after
Andaaz
(1971),
at
a
lottery
draw
held
at
the
Vidhan
Sabha
in
Bangalore.
I
remember
because
Andaz
ka
premiere
tha
wahan."
'I
Am
Not
A
Superhuman
Being'
He
further
added,
"One
couldn't
see
anything
but
heads
bobbing
down
the
whole
road,
which
was
almost
10
miles
long.
And
there
was
just
one
echo
of
the
voices
-
'Haaaaa'
You
know,
it
was
like
a
stadium
from
the
time
of
the
Romans.
I
wept
like
a
baby.
I
am
still
very
surprised,
that
how
success
and
failure
leave
you
untouched.
I
mean,
I
am
not
a
superhuman
being."
Rajesh
Khanna
On
Facing
Failure
After
Becoming
A
Superstar
Speaking
about
how
he
couldn't
take
the
failure
after
becoming
a
superstar
and
shared
that
once
at
three
in
the
morning,
when
he
was
pretty
high
on
spirits,
he
was
yelling
at
God
while
standing
on
his
terrace.
He
said,
"It
was
too
much
for
me
to
stomach
because
it
was
my
first
taste
of
failure.
One
after
another,
seven
films
had
flopped
in
a
row.
It
was
raining,
pitch
dark
and
up
there
alone
on
my
terrace,
I
lost
control.
I
yelled
out,
Parvardigar,
hum
gareebon
ka
itna
sakht
imtihaan
na
le
ki
hum
tere
vajood
ko
inkar
kar
de,'
(Don't
test
my
patience
to
such
an
extent
that
I
question
your
existence.)"
'I
Couldn't
Take
The
Failure'
Later,
his
wife
Dimple
Kapadia
and
his
staff
came
running
to
him,
thinking
that
he
had
gone
insane.
The
Anand
actor
had
concluded
by
saying,
"It
was
because
success
hit
me
so
much
that
I
couldn't
take
the
failure.
I
remember
the
next
day,
Balaji
(a
South
producer)
offered
me
Amar
Deep
(1958)
out
of
the
blue.
It
gave
a
second
lease
to
my
career."
Khanna
breathed
his
last
on
July
18,
2012,
after
a
period
of
illness.