--- title: "who wrote the Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna and When?" description: "who wrote the Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna and When?" author: "Deepak Aiyappa" published: 2018-08-27 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48471/who-wrote-the-dark-star-the-loneliness-of-being-rajesh-khanna-and-when category: "books & novels" tags: ["books and literature"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # who wrote the Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna and When? who wrote the Dark [Star](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1950/spellbinding-new-image-had-captured-an-extraordinary-phenomenon-in-space): The [Loneliness of Being Rajesh](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48489/when-was-the-dark-star-the-loneliness-of-being-rajesh-khanna-written) Khanna and When?\ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by Harshal Vispute Few people could make a greater case that their life was supposed to be a book. **[Rajesh Khanna](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47225/what-is-the-actual-height-of-rajesh-khanna)** spent the larger part of his career in the shadow of his own popularity, like a shooting star condemned to darkness after a spectacular run. Despite the fact that Khanna's last enormous smash was **forty years ago**, he remains the bar by which every **Bollywood star** is judged. \ **[Rajesh Khanna](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47225/what-is-the-actual-height-of-rajesh-khanna), the original superstar,' is the subject of the first-ever biography.** \ Khanna, during a period when movie stars were actually larger than life, was the one who created the term '**superstar**.' **[Jatin Khanna](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47225/what-is-the-actual-height-of-rajesh-khanna)** was born to middle-class parents but was adopted by wealthy cousins who raised him as a prince. He was already well-known as the struggler who drove an exotic sports vehicle when he won the **Filmfare-United Producers Combine Talent Hunt**. \ The world was at Khanna's feet, with **seventeen consecutive blockbuster singles** and widespread devotion never witnessed before or since. Everything he came into contact with turned to gold. People bringing sick children for his 'healing' touch after **Haathi Mere Saathi**, ladies penning him messages in blood, marrying his portrait, and donning white when he married **Dimple Kapadia** - the panic he aroused was unsurpassed. Then everything changed in a span of months. Just **three years after Aradhana (1969)**, Khanna's career went into a tailspin as stunning as his dizzying climb, and he never fully recovered. \ **Dark Star** examines the phenomena of a performer who redefined the term **'film star.'** The compelling tale of **Gautam Chintamani** seeks to make sense of what made **[Rajesh Khanna](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47225/what-is-the-actual-height-of-rajesh-khanna)** who he was and what led to his astonishing collapse. A one-of-a-kind narrative of a remarkable life. \ **Harper Collins Publishers India published the book in 2014**. **Gautam Chintamani is the author of 'Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being [Rajesh Khanna](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/47225/what-is-the-actual-height-of-rajesh-khanna)' 2014.** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/48471/who-wrote-the-dark-star-the-loneliness-of-being-rajesh-khanna-and-when Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.