Happy Birthday Rajesh Khanna, Twinkle Khanna: Some unseen family photos of the original superstar

Bollywood's original superstar Rajesh Khanna, who was born on December 29, 1942 would have been 73 today. The superstar, who gave 15 consecutive hits from 1969-71, shares his birthday with his elder daughter Twinkle Khanna also famous as Mrs Funny Bones.

Rajesh Khanna's daughter Twinkle Khanna will celebrate her 41st birthday today. The former actress turned writer is married to actor Akshay Kumar and the couple have two children - Aarav and Nitara.

On the 73rd birth anniversary of Rajesh Khanna and 41st birthday of Twinkle, Indian Express brings you some unseen family photos of the Khanna family - Dimple Kapadia, Twinkle and Rinke from our archives. Take a look!

Seen here with daughter Twinkle as his wife Dimple Kapadia looks on. (Express archive photo)

Rajesh Khanna married the then budding actress Dimple Kapadia in March 1973, before her debut film Bobby released in November of that year.

Legendary actor Raj Kapoor, who had launched Dimple Kapadia in Bobby, assisted in the ceremonies. (Source: Express archive photo)

Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia had two daughters - Twinkle Khanna and Rinke Khanna.

Rajesh Khanna had charmed his way into the hearts of millions of swooning female fans in the 1960s and 70s. Though a romantic hero, Rajesh Khanna essayed a variety of roles with ease in his illustrious career spanning four decades. Seen here with Twinkle Khanna.

Twinkle now has a fan following of her own on Twitter thanks to her successful book 'Mrs FunnyBones' which is among the best seller of 2015. (Express archive photo)

Father daughter time – Rajesh Khanna would call winkle as Tina Baba and his younger daughter Rinki as Rinka Baba. . (Express archive photo)

Twinkle Khanna had once said: “He (Rajesh Khanna) is in my heart and he will always live there.” (Express archive Photo)

Daddy's lucky charms -- Twinkle Khanna and Rinki accompanied their father Rajesh Khanna at the first negative cutting of film 'Alag Alag' in 1985. Seen here with writer Vijay Kaul, director Shakti Samanta and editor David Dhawan. (Express archive photo)

Rajesh Khanna entered politics in the 80s. He was a Congress MP from New Delhi. (Express archive photo)

Twinkle Khanna also accompanied her father Rajesh Khanna for election campaigns. Dimple Kapadia and Rinke too accompanied them. (Express archive photo)

Twinkle and Dimple with Rajesh Khanna during one of the campaigns. (Express archive photo)

Twinkle along with her father Rajesh Khanna at the inaguration of Prithvi Soni's painting exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery in 2010. (Express archive Photo)

A bronze statue of late legendary actor Rajesh Khanna was unveiled a few years ago at Bandra Bandstand. The statue shows Rajesh Khanna carrying two balloons in his right hand, which immortalises one of his iconic poses from his film 'Anand'. (IE Photo)

Happy days - Rajesh Khanna shares a light moment with wife Dimple Kapadia during his election campaign in the 80s. (Express Archive Photos)

Couples celebrate: Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia with Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.

Dimple Kapadia chats with legendary actor Dilip Kumar as Rajesh Khanna looks on.

In this file photo: Rajesh Khanna and wife Dimple Kapadia with newlywed Gulzar and his wife Rakhee.

Twinkle Khanna with hwer family - an old pic of hers with elder son Aarav when he was young (on Left) and (Right) With her younger daughter Nitara and now teenage son Aarav.