Are you an expensive surgeon, Rajesh Khanna asked

Highlights

• "I hope you are not a very expensive heart surgeon, I may need your services some day!"
• "I hope you are not a very expensive heart surgeon, I may need your services some day!"
• These were Rajesh Khanna's words to cardiologist Mukesh Hariawala when the superstar called legendary composer R.D. Burman after the latter had been operated upon in a London hospital.
• It was the fifth day after the now US-based Hariawala's bypass surgery of Burman at London's Princess Grace Hospital. Rajesh Khanna trooped in with Aradhana director Shakti Samanta.
• The year was 1989, Hariawala recalled to IANS in an interview from Boston.
• On seeing Pancham, as R.D. Burman was known, in hospital, Rajesh Khanna remarked: "I was looking for you in the recording studio, but they told me you are in a London hospital."
• "Toh pehli flight lee, aur seedha yahan chala aya. (So I took the first flight and came here straight)."
• Burman died in 1994, and Rajesh Khanna, aka Kaka, breathed his last on July 18.
• 'This dialogue made me a film star': Rajesh Khanna's recorded message
• "I firmly believe that Rajesh Khanna and R.D. Burman were destined to be soul mates. The affectionate bonding between Pancham and Kaka was visibly touching," said Hariawala.
• The two have given evergreen hits together. While Pancham composed melodies like Zindagi ke safar mein guzar jaate, O mere dil ke chain and Yeh shaam mastani, the actor added his spark on the silver screen.
• Hariawala recalled how Rajesh Khanna wanted to take Burman out of the hospital to a nearby pub for a beer, but the doctor declined to give the permission.
• "Rajesh Khanna was disappointed but in a gentlemanly manner apologised for suggesting to break hospital rules," the doctor said.
• "As an alternative, he then spoke of plans to celebrate the success of the surgery," said Hariawala.
• In the hospital, Burman boasted to Rajesh Khanna that Hariawala had observed that his (Burman's) heart was physically larger than most people's.
• The superstar immediately responded with a smile: "Puri duniya jaanti hai ki Pancham bade dilwale hain. (The world knows that Pancham is a large-hearted man)."
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• words to cardiologist Mukesh Hariawala when the superstar called on legendary composer R.D. Burman after the latter had been operated upon in a London hospital.
• It was the fifth day after the now US-based Hariawala's bypass surgery of Burman at London's Princess Grace Hospital. Rajesh Khanna trooped in with Aradhana director Shakti Samanta.
• The year was 1989, Hariawala recalled to IANS in an interview from Boston.
• On seeing Pancham, as R.D. Burman was known, in hospital, Rajesh Khanna remarked: "I was looking for you in the recording studio, but they told me you are in a London hospital."
• "Toh pehli flight lee, aur seedha yahan chala aya. (So I took the first flight and came here straight)."
• Burman died in 1994, and Rajesh Khanna, aka Kaka, breathed his last on July 18.
• 'This dialogue made me a film star': Rajesh Khanna's recorded message
• "I firmly believe that Rajesh Khanna and R.D. Burman were destined to be soul mates. The affectionate bonding between Pancham and Kaka was visibly touching," said Hariawala.
• The two have given evergreen hits together. While Pancham composed melodies like Zindagi ke safar mein guzar jaate, O mere dil ke chain and Yeh shaam mastani, the actor added his spark on the silver screen.
• Hariawala recalled how Rajesh Khanna wanted to take Burman out of the hospital to a nearby pub for a beer, but the doctor declined to give the permission.
• "Rajesh Khanna was disappointed but in a gentlemanly manner apologised for suggesting to break hospital rules," the doctor said.
• "As an alternative, he then spoke of plans to celebrate the success of the surgery," said Hariawala.
• In the hospital, Burman boasted to Rajesh Khanna that Hariawala had observed that his (Burman's) heart was physically larger than most people's.
• The superstar immediately responded with a smile: "Puri duniya jaanti hai ki Pancham bade dilwale hain. (The world knows that Pancham is a large-hearted man)."
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