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Vinod Khanna

6th October 1946 Peshawar Acting

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.

111 Movies 1 TV Shows 118 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Dilwale poster
Dilwale 18th December 2015 as Randheer Bakshi
Dabangg 2 poster
Dabangg 2 21st December 2012 as Prajapati Pandey
Players poster
Players 6th January 2012 as Victor Braganza
Dabangg poster
Dabangg 10th September 2010 as Prajapati Pandey
Wanted poster
Wanted 18th September 2009 as Shrikant Shekhawat
99 poster
99 15th May 2009 as JC
Halla Bol poster
Halla Bol 11th January 2008 as Himself (uncredited)
Risk poster
Risk 18th January 2007 as Khalid Bin Zamal
Kranti poster
Kranti 27th March 2002 as Awadesh Pratap Singh
Leela poster
Leela 1st January 2002 as Nashaad
Dhaal poster
Dhaal 28th November 1997 as Inspector Varun Saxena
Hulchul poster
Hulchul 1st January 1995 as ACP Siddhant
Kshatriya poster
Kshatriya 26th March 1993 as Raja Jaswant Singh (Mirtagarh)
Humshakal poster
Humshakal 31st July 1992 as Insp. Vinod / Sunil Kumar / Dadu Kaliya
Jurm poster
Jurm 5th July 1990 as Inspector Shekhar Varma
C.I.D. poster
C.I.D. 25th May 1990 as Police Inspector Veer Sehgal
Chandni poster
Chandni 14th September 1989 as Lalit Khanna
Dayavan poster
Dayavan 19th October 1988 as Shakti Velhu / Dayavan
Insaaf poster
Insaaf 19th June 1987 as Avinash Kapoor
Zalim poster
Zalim 18th January 1980 as Prakash Khanna
Meera poster
Meera 18th May 1979 as Rana Bhojraj Sesodia
Inkaar poster
Inkaar 7th November 1977 as Inspector Amarnath Gill
Qaid poster
Qaid 21st May 1975 as Advocate Jai Saxena
Zameer poster
Zameer 21st March 1975 as Daku Suraj Singh / Chimpoo
Imtihan poster
Imtihan 31st May 1974 as Pramod Sharma
Aarop poster
Aarop 16th January 1974 as Subhash Tripathi
Achanak poster
Achanak 1st January 1973 as Major Ranjeet Khanna
Guddi poster
Guddi 24th September 1971 as Self (shooting of "Mere Apne (1971)") (uncredited)
Mastana poster
Mastana 16th October 1970 as Police Inspector Prasad