Overview
- News18 highlights a colleague’s recollection from the 1983 Avtaar shoot, describing Khanna queueing for a public restroom and sharing basic facilities as a sign of a humbler phase.
- Coverage reiterates Khanna’s unprecedented early‑1970s run of consecutive hits that cemented him as Hindi cinema’s first superstar.
- The industry pivot beginning with Zanjeer and peaking with Sholay and Deewaar is cited as the moment Bachchan overtook Khanna at the box office.
- Accounts from contemporaries describe later professional and personal struggles, including a faltering image and a failure to successfully reinvent on screen.
- Articles marking his birth anniversary also spotlight essential films in his oeuvre, while noting a brief revival with Avtaar and his death in 2012 at age 69.