Can Salman Khan beat Rajesh Khanna’s record of 15 consecutive hits?

Q. Sultan will be the 10th consecutive successful movie of Salman Khan if it succeeds. Do you think he has chance to break Rajesh Khanna’s record of 15 consecutive successful films. If he does that will he become biggest superstar of Bollywood of all time? – Saquib

A. Superstardom has absolutely nothing to do with consecutive hits. A star can have a few failures in between and still retain his stardom.

It’ll probably be a nice record to have, but Rajesh Khanna’s 15 back-to-back successful films came within a period of 3-4 years. There was a time when 2 or 3 of his films were running in different theatres at the same time. Let’s talk about this once the record is achieved, as Salman needs 6 more films to succeed (including Sultan) and future is never predictable.

For now, check out the list of Rajesh Khanna’s back-to-back success films

1969

• Aradhana – Blockbuster (biggest hit of the year)
• Ittefaq – Semhit
• Doli – Semihit
• Bandhan – Hit
• Do Raaste – Blockbuster (2nd biggest hit of the year)

1970

• The Train – Above Average
• Sachaa Jhutha – Superhit (2nd biggest hit of the year)
• Safar – Hit
• Kati Patang – Hit
• Aan Milo Sajna – Superhit (3rd biggest hit of the year)

1971

• Anand – Hit
• Maryada – Hit
• Haathi Mera Saathi – Blockbuster (biggest hit of the year)
• Amar Prem – Semihit
• Andaz – Hit
• Dushman – Superhit (3rd biggest hit of the year)

1972

• Apna Desh – Hit

Note: This question was answered as part of AskIndicine – Dated 12 June 2016.