Samanta later teamed up Tagore with Rajesh Khanna for movies such as "Aradhana" (1969) and "Amar Prem" (1972). Other directors paired them together in "Safar" (1970), "" (1973) and "Maalik" (1972). The Khanna-Tagore pair yielded 7 box office hits – "Aradhana", "Safar", "Amar Prem", "Chhoti Bahu", "Daag", "Raja Rani" and "Avishkaar". As per the review of the film "Raja Rani" made in 2014 by the "Hindu" newspaper, the film did well at the box office and taking into consideration, the inflation, as of 2014, the film would have grossed more than 1 billion.