Vinod Khanna
- Acting
- October 6, 1946 · Peshawar
- April 27, 2017
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 · Self
- 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, Producer
- 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
- Ustaad
- Chandni · Lalit Khanna
- Batwara
- Mahaadev
- Suryaa: An Awakening · Suraj Singh "Suryaa"
- Dayavan · Shakti Velhu / Dayavan
- Rihaee · Amar
- Faisla · Birju
- Aakhri Adaalat · Inspector Amar Kaushal
- Akarshan · Self
- Insaaf · Avinash Kapoor
- Satyamev Jayate · Police Inspector Arjun Singh
- Insaan · Shankar
- Rajput · Bhanu
- Daulat
- Taaqat
- Ek Aur Ek Gyarah · Jamiya
- Khuda Kasam
- Jail Yatra · Raju Verma
- Kudrat
- Qurbani · Amar
- Bombay 405 Miles · Kanhaiya
- The Burning Train · Vinod
- Zalim · Prakash Khanna
- Garam Khoon · Ravi and Johny 'Babloo'
- Yuvraaj · Gajendra / Prince Vikram Dev
- Lahu Ke Do Rang · Inspector Raj Singh / Gopi Lathuria
- Meera · Rana Bhojraj Sesodia
- Sarkari Mehman · Anand
- Do Shikaari · Satish
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar · Vishal Anand
- Daku Aur Jawan
- Khoon Ki Pukaar
- Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki · Ajay R. Chouhan
- Khoon Ka Badla Khoon
- Inkaar · Inspector Amarnath Gill
- Parvarish · Kishan
- Hatyara
- For Your Sake · Sagar