Rajesh Khanna and the darker shades of his life

At his peak, Rajesh Khanna was a phenomenon unlike anything Indian cinema had seen. If you read the pieces written on the film star Rajesh Khanna after his death, most of them ignored his human frailties, his weaknesses, his failings and his tragic and lonely life after the loss of superstardom. Rajesh Khanna`s worst enemies were the sycophants in his lifetime. They created the destructive genie which lurks within but is kept in leash by most of us. Not so with `Kaka`, as the actor was popularly known. He a