Rafi and Dharmendra's superhit song ruined the career?
The first actor to get the tag of superstar in bollywood was Rajesh Khanna. He gave the industry 15 back to back superhit films and made a big record which no one has been able to break till now. Rajesh Khanna's career graph went down when dharmendra was rising after giving many hits and amitabh bachchan had just entered.
Mohammad Rafi has sung songs in Rajesh Khanna's films but after a time only kishore kumar used to sing for him. Most music directors started working with kishore Da and Mohammad Rafi's career started to falter, but a song came in Dharmendra's film which changed the whole game.
Mohammad Rafi became famous again with this song of 'Loafer'
The superhit film Loafer was released in 1973, whose song 'Aaj Mausam Bada Beimaan' was released which became a superhit. This song was filmed on dharmendra and mumtaz and this song broke all the records. From that time till today, this song is included in the list of top romantic evergreen songs. This song made a tremendous comeback for Mohammad Rafi, while other music directors also started signing him.
Kaka lagged behind dharmendra and amitabh Bachchan
In 1975, the film Sholay was released in which amitabh bachchan and dharmendra were seen in the lead roles. This became a historical film of hindi cinema and after this, the career of dharmendra and amitabh bachchan reached such heights that the graph of Rajesh Khanna's career started going down. vinod khanna and rishi kapoor also came in the same period. rajesh khanna ruled hindi cinema for almost two decades. However, later his other films were also hits but the graph of his career did not rise like it did in the 70's. Still, no one has got stardom like rajesh khanna till date and even today Kaka is alive in the hearts of fans.
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