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Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Bawarchi has Khanna playing a cheerful and well-meaning cook who not only cooks but also becomes a problem-solver of a family that hires him.
Avishkaar had Kaka shed off his romantic hero image to portray a disillusioned husband in an unhappy marriage with Sharmila Tagore's character.
Yet another Hrishikesh Mukherjee film, it had both Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna give award-winning performances in a story of friendship-turned-rivalry.
In this iconic film, Khanna plays the titular character of Anand, a cancer patient who vows to live his last days with utmost joy. The film and the performance is counted amongst classics today.
Dushmun is a deviance from Khanna's romantic films, where he plays a rugged truck driver who has to undergo a unique punishment for killing a man.
At a young age, Khanna played an elderly widower who is mistreated by his children and eventually decides to live an independent life with a widow, played by Smita Patil.
In this film that earned Khanna a Filmfare Award for Best Actor, Khanna plays a double role - one, that of a naive musician and the other, that of a small-time crook.
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