According to Pradhan, 'Once, while having dinner at his hotel suite, I was so busy talking that I didn't notice that every time a fresh hot roti was brought in, Rajesh Khanna would quietly take the cold one from my plate and put it on his own, making sure that the garam rotis came to me. At his parties Rajesh personally ensured that every plate was filled with piping hot food. Pradhan recalled that if you were his guest, you were served the best. Even on outdoor shoots, these mehfils continued, with him being the magnanimous host. He invited the best from the industry every evening and offered them the best of food and drinks. They would take him back to his theatre days where many new ideas and plans had materialized in such sessions. As the drinks flowed, the conversations and laughter deepened. This helped him to relax and unwind after a hard day's work. Under pressure, Rajesh resorted to having friends over every evening to join him for drinks. Because the expectations became too many.
It's strange, but the true struggle of an actor begins only after success. The more fan letters I received the more confused I became. My problem was that I didn't know how to say "no". I was being criticized for being overworked, for being disorganized, for being greedy. I got a sore throat telling everyone I couldn't sign more new films, but nobody cared and nobody listened. I was turning hysterical with work pressure. He recounts in an interview later, 'Nobody knows this, but Anand was shot during the busiest phase of my career. He was overworked and growing increasingly restless during shoots. He was working day and night like a machine. But Rajesh had no time even to read the script. Being the disciplined film-maker that he was, Hrishikesh wanted to finish Anand very quickly. Hrishikesh Mukherjee had talked to some other actors for the lead role in Anand, but ultimately he zeroed in on Rajesh Khanna. One of the films he signed in this phase was Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Anand.
And the queue of producers lining up to sign him on only grew longer. His charm seemed to be affecting more and more people with every passing day. Yet again, he was able to outshine Asha Parekh in the heroine centric Kati Patang. Songs like 'Yeh Shaam Mastani', 'Pyaar Deewana Hota Hai' and 'Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai' are signature Rajesh Khanna numbers. Burman and Kishore Kumar became an iconic partnership. With Kati Patang, the trio of Rajesh Khanna, R.D. His movies were not only commercial successes but also musical blockbusters. His roles in Kati Patang, The Train and Aan Milo Sajna were greatly loved by his fans. This was turning out to be a grand year for him.
He monopolized almost all theatres throughout 1970 with a succession of hit films.
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