Rajesh Khanna was 31 when he married a a lot youthful, 16-year outdated Dimple Kapadia in 1973. Their marriage left everybody stunned nonetheless, he didn’t need her to proceed performing after marriage and that led to leaving motion pictures regardless of an enormous hit like ‘Bobby’. Nonetheless, quickly, after having two daughters – Twinkle and Rinkle Khanna, the duo separated. Although, they by no means formally acquired divorced. Years later, Dimple mirrored on that turbulent part with uncommon honesty. Chatting with Pritish Nandy in a 1994 interview, she admitted how ill-prepared she had been for the life she stepped into. She mentioned, “I feel we have been two very totally different sorts of individuals. And I used to be most likely very younger to grasp what was taking place to this man who was a famous person. I imply I’ve by no means been in a position to perceive stars and their behaviour patterns in any respect as a result of I’m not one myself. It’s very troublesome for me to… I couldn’t perceive it. I simply couldn’t perceive it.”When requested whether or not that chapter of her life had been traumatic, she replied merely, “Sure it was.”Rajesh Khanna, too, spoke overtly about his emotional struggles throughout that interval. In a 1990 interview with Film journal, he recalled breaking down after enduring a string of box-office failures. He mentioned, “One after one other, seven movies had simply flopped in a row. It was raining, pitch-dark and up there alone on my terrace, I misplaced management. I yelled out. ‘Parvardigar, hum garibon ka itna sakt imtihan na le ki hum tere wajood ko inkar kar de (God, don’t take a look at my endurance to such an extent that I query your very existence).’”He went on to elucidate the second additional, saying, “After all, Dimple and my employees got here working, pondering that I had gone insane. It was as a result of success hit me a lot that I couldn’t take the failure.”Following their separation, Dimple rebuilt her profession and carved a revered house for herself within the trade as soon as once more. Rajesh, then again, was briefly linked to his co-star Tina Munim.Regardless of dwelling aside for many years, Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia by no means legally ended their marriage. Requested in 1994 if she would take into account marrying once more, Dimple responded with guarded optimism.“Sure, I might. I don’t know the way I’d be capable to regulate as a result of I’m so used to being my very own particular person, however positive, I might like to get married once more.”