Rajesh Khanna, the Indian Bollywood actor dubbed "The First Superstar of Indian Cinema," was born in Amritsar, Punjab Province, in 1942.
Jatin Khanna, a Punjabi, was born on December 29, 1942, in Amritsar, and was adopted by parents who already had three daughters. Rajesh Khanna was an Indian Bollywood actor and laureate who received the Dada Saheb Phalke Legend Golden Actor Award in 2008 and the IIFA 2009 Life Time Achievement Award on June 13, 2009, among many other prestigious national and international awards, both Life Time Achievement awards and other high profile awards.
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