Vinod Khanna

Vinod Khanna

1946-10-06 – 2017-04-27 (age 70) Peshawar
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Biography

Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor and producer of Bollywood films. He was the recipient of 2 Filmfare awards. He was also an active politician. He was the sitting MP from Gurdaspur (between 1998-2009 and 2014-2017). He had advanced cancer of the bladder.

Vinod Khanna acted in lead roles in many superhit films and is best remembered for his performance in films like Mere Apne, Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Gaddaar (1973 film), Jail Yatra, Imtihaan, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Inkaar, Kuchhe Dhaage, Amar Akbar Anthony, Rajput, Qurbani, Kudrat, Dayavan, Kaarnama, Suryaa: An Awakening and Jurm.

After making his debut in 1968, Khanna first acted in small second lead roles or negative roles. His angry young man role in the movie Mere Apne, his negative role as the main villain in the superhit movie Mera Gaon Mera Desh and his role in the crtically acclaimed movie Achanak based on K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra, as the military officer turned fugitive.

In 1982, at the peak of his film career, Khanna temporarily quit the film industry to follow his spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh. After a 5 year hiatus, he returned to the Hindi film industry giving two back to back hit films Insaaf and Satyamev Jayate.

Khanna is popularly hailed as one of the most handsome lead actors ever in Bollywood.

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Known For

Koyelaanchal
Dilwale
Dilwale

2015

as Randheer Bakshi

Parvarish
Parvarish

1977

as Kishan

Wanted
Wanted

2009

as Shrikant Shekhawat

Deewaanapan
Deewaanapan

2001

as Ranveer Choudhary

Dayavan
Dayavan

1988

as Shakti Velhu / Dayavan

Players
Players

2012

as Victor Braganza

Batwara
Dabangg
Dabangg

2010

as Prajapati Pandey

Chooriyan
Humshakal
Humshakal

1992

as Insp. Vinod / Sunil Kumar / Dadu Kaliya

Dabangg 2
Dabangg 2

2012

as Prajapati Pandey

Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Ramaiya Vastavaiya

2013

as Station Master Shankar

Hera Pheri
Hera Pheri

1976

as Ajay

Nishchaiy
Nishchaiy

1992

as Ravi Yadav

The Burning Train
The Burning Train

1980

as Vinod

99
99

2009

as JC

Chandni
Chandni

1989

as Lalit Khanna

Qurbani
Qurbani

1980

as Amar

Halla Bol
Halla Bol

2008

as Himself (uncredited)