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Vinod Khanna

Acting Born Oct 6, 1946 Peshawar 24 credits

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

Comedy Nights with Kapil

as Self
Film

Ramaiya Vastavaiya

as Station Master Shankar
Film

Dilwale

as Randheer Bakshi

Full filmography

  • Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013) as Self
  • Ramaiya Vastavaiya (2013) as Station Master Shankar
  • Dilwale (2015) as Randheer Bakshi
  • Wanted (2009) as Shrikant Shekhawat
  • Chandni (1989) as Lalit Khanna
  • Dabangg (2010) as Prajapati Pandey
  • Dabangg 2 (2012) as Prajapati Pandey
  • Nishchaiy (1992) as Ravi Yadav
  • Players (2012) as Victor Braganza
  • Halla Bol (2008) as Himself (uncredited)
  • 99 (2009) as JC
  • Batwara (1989)
  • Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) as Amar
  • Kshatriya (1993) as Raja Jaswant Singh (Mirtagarh)
  • Hulchul (1995) as ACP Siddhant
  • Prem Kahani (1975) as Sher Khan
  • Parampara (1993) as Thakur Prithvi Singh
  • Nehle Pe Dehla (1976)
  • Dhaal (1997) as Inspector Varun Saxena
  • Kranti (2002) as Awadesh Pratap Singh
  • Lahu Ke Do Rang (1979) as Inspector Raj Singh / Gopi Lathuria
  • Deewaanapan (2001) as Ranveer Choudhary
  • Aan Milo Sajna (1970) as Anil Choudhury
  • Dayavan (1988) as Shakti Velhu / Dayavan