{"id":15591,"date":"2025-08-22T06:38:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/15591\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T06:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T06:38:07","slug":"rajesh-khanna-was-quite-a-foodie-alleged-partner-anita-advani-reveals-he-wanted-at-least-ten-dishes-at-the-table-i-would-also-cook-for-him-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/15591\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajesh Khanna was \u2018quite a foodie\u2019; alleged partner Anita Advani reveals he wanted at least ten dishes at the table: \u2018I would also cook for him\u2019 | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rajesh Bollywood\u2019s first superstar, Rajesh Khanna<\/a>, was adored by millions on screen, but at home, he was a big foodie carried himself like royalty too. Recently, his alleged partner Anita Advani opened up about the late actor\u2019s unusual food habits and how he always demanded a royal spread, whether it was a feast of \u2018chhole-bhaturas\u2019 or just simple paranthas.<\/p>\n

Rajesh Khanna treated dining like royalty<\/p>\n

Speaking on the YouTube<\/a> channel Reel Meets Real with Pooja Samant, Anita<\/a> recalled how Khanna enjoyed good food and expected variety every day. \u201cHe had about 6-7 staff members and a cook was always there in the house. I would also cook for him sometimes. Like he really enjoyed \u2018chhole\u2019 so I learnt to make that with \u2018bhaturas\u2019. He really liked all of that. He enjoyed eating such dishes. He was quite a foodie,\u201d she shared.<\/p>\n

Superstar insisted on at least ten dishes<\/p>\n

Anita revealed that the late superstar\u2019s dining table always looked like a mini-buffet. \u201cHe wanted dosa every day. He wouldn\u2019t like it if there were less than 10 items on the table. Me and the staff of the house wouldn\u2019t understand what to do,\u201d she remembered.<\/p>\n

When Rajesh Khanna was accused of misconduct by his 15-year-old co-star Sabeeha<\/p>\n

Paranthas always came in many flavours<\/p>\n

His love for paranthas came with another twist. He did not settle for one type. \u201cLike when he wanted paranthas, he would ask us to make one each of aloo, mooli, gobhi. He would take a bite from each of the paranthas,\u201d Anita said.<\/p>\n

All the food was shared with staff<\/p>\n

With such large spreads daily, one might wonder if food went to waste. Anita explained that was not the case. \u201cEven the staff would eat the same thing. The staff wouldn\u2019t eat separately,\u201d she clarified.<\/p>\n

Rajesh Khanna showed humour at meals<\/p>\n

Khanna was known for his charm and sense of humour, and it showed even during meals. If his table was not loaded with dishes, he would jokingly snap. \u201cIf you didn\u2019t serve him food with so many options, he would ask \u2018Hum refugee hain kya? Khana nahi dete (Are we refugees? That there\u2019s no food\u2019)\u2019,\u201d Anita revealed.<\/p>\n

Rajesh Khanna\u2019s personal life beyond screen<\/p>\n

Rajesh Khanna married Dimple Kapadia<\/a> in 1973, but within a decade the marriage ran into trouble. They chose to live separately without legally divorcing. Years later, Khanna reportedly began living with Anita Advani, and she stayed by his side until his demise in 2012 at the age of 69 after battling cancer.”Get the latest updates on Times of India, including reviews of the movie Coolie <\/a> and War 2<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bollywood\u2019s first superstar, Rajesh Khanna, was adored by millions on screen, but at home, he was a big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[14094,14089,14090,434,14092,14095,14093,18,117,14091,19,17,14088,14096,121],"class_list":{"0":"post-15591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-anita","9":"tag-anita-advani","10":"tag-bollywood-superstar","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-celebrity-food-preferences","13":"tag-dimple","14":"tag-dimple-kapadia","15":"tag-eire","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-food-habits-of-rajesh-khanna","18":"tag-ie","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-rajesh-khanna","21":"tag-rajesh-khanna-personal-life","22":"tag-youtube"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}