Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 06, 1946
Died
Apr 27, 2017
Place of Birth
Peshawar
Credits
118 titles
Vinod Khanna
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.
Known For
Filmography
Downtown
Rajdeep Oberoi
Dilwale
Randheer Bakshi
Chooriyan
Koyelaanchal
Ramaiya Vastavaiya
Station Master Shankar
Comedy Nights with Kapil
Self
Dabangg 2
Prajapati Pandey
Players
Victor Braganza
Tell Me O Kkhuda
Abhay Rana Pratap Singh
Dabangg
Prajapati Pandey
Red Alert: The War Within
Krishnaraj
Fast Forward
Palaash
Wanted
Shrikant Shekhawat
99
JC
Halla Bol
Himself (uncredited)
Godfather The Legend Continues
Abdullah Khan/Godfather
Risk
Khalid Bin Zamal
Pehchaan: The Face of Truth
Kranti
Awadesh Pratap Singh
Leela
Nashaad
Deewaanapan
Ranveer Choudhary
Dhaal
Inspector Varun Saxena
Himalay Putra
Suraj Khanna
Janam Kundli
Randhir 'Junior' Mehra
Hulchul
ACP Siddhant
Eena Meena Deeka
Deeka
Ekka Raja Rani
Vishal 'Vicky' Kapoor
Parampara
Thakur Prithvi Singh
Kshatriya
Raja Jaswant Singh (Mirtagarh)
Insaniyat Ke Devta
Balbir
Humshakal
Insp. Vinod / Sunil Kumar / Dadu Kaliya
Nishchaiy
Ravi Yadav
Waqt Ka Badshah
Khoon Ka Karz
Karan
Farishtay
Dheeru
Maha-Sangram
Vishal
Kaaranama
Jurm
Inspector Shekhar Varma
C.I.D.
Police Inspector Veer Sehgal
Lekin...
Samir Yogi
Pathar Ke Insan
Chandni
Lalit Khanna
Batwara
Mahaadev
Suryaa: An Awakening
Suraj Singh "Suryaa"
Dayavan
Shakti Velhu / Dayavan
Rihaee
Faisla
Birju
Aakhri Adaalat
Inspector Amar Kaushal
Akarshan
Self