Meet actress who used to call Rajesh Khanna 'uncle', his girlfriend 'aunty', one meeting ruined everything and then…, she is...

India.com

25-04-2025

Rajesh Khanna, who was a superstar of the Hindi film industry, used to be in the news for his personal life. Apart from marrying Dimple Kapadia, who was 15 years younger than him, he was also in the news for his love story with Anju Mahendru. They met in 1966 and their relationship created a stir. This relationship remained in the news until the actor's death in 2012. Let us know an interesting story. Let us tell you an incident related to this, which you might not know. When Anju did not invite Dimple, Rajesh got very angry at her and Dimple also taunted Anju!
Rajesh Khanna and Anju Mahendru's relationship started with a theatre play. Rajesh had won a talent hunt and Anju was already an emerging model. As Rajesh became famous, Anju's career did not take off. Rajesh bought a house named Aashirwad. Anju used to take care of everything from the programs to the parties held there. Some people also said that Rajesh had gifted this house to Anju.
Well. While Rajesh's career was on the rise, he had reportedly started interfering in Anju's acting projects. It is said that he had become possessive in their relationship. He would create such a situation that Anju had to leave the project even after working on it for several weeks. It is said that in 1971, Rajesh proposed to Anju, but Anju turned him down to focus on her career. This soured their relationship. Around the same time, Anju's name was also linked to West Indies cricketer Gary Sobers, whom she met at a friend's house. Gary proposed and Anju accepted his proposal.
In an interview with Stardust, Anju recalled the first time she met Dimple Kapadia. Dimple used to call her 'Uncle' and 'Aunty', but later her attitude changed. Anju said, 'When Rajesh and I met her for the first time, Dimple called us uncle and aunty and then I suddenly saw a change in her attitude. She pretended to be innocent, but she used to taunt me behind my back.'
There was talk of Rajesh Khanna's affair with Dimple Kapadia. Meanwhile, Rajesh organized a big party and asked Anju to invite guests. Anju invited everyone except Dimple. This made Rajesh very angry and he called her to the party to apologize. This created tension between Dimple and Anju.
Dimple taunted Anju and asked her if she could come inside. Anju said, 'I also lost my temper and told her 'If you are invited then definitely, if not then please go back.' Then Rajesh proposed to Dimple and they got married in 1973. At that time Dimple was only 15 years old. Half the age of Rajesh. They have two daughters- Twinkle and Rinke Khanna.