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India’s first superstar worked as salesman, factory worker; battled alcoholism, gave 12 superhits, died at 42 when…
The term superstar was a Western concept for most of the 20th century. Indian cinema did not use it up until the rise of Rajesh Khanna and eventually Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth. But retroactively, many actors have been dubbed superstars because of their stature during their peak. The first of them was a star of…