Vinod Khanna
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.
Acting
Movie
Dilwale
as Randheer Bakshi
2015
Movie
Dabangg
as Prajapati Pandey
2010
Movie
Wanted
as Shrikant Shekhawat
2009
Movie
Dabangg 2
as Prajapati Pandey
2012
Movie
Amar Akbar Anthony
as Amar
1977
Movie
Players
as Victor Braganza
2012
Movie
Ramaiya Vastavaiya
as Station Master Shankar
2013
Movie
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
as Vishal Anand
1978
Movie
99
as JC
2009
Movie
The Burning Train
as Vinod
1980
TV
Comedy Nights with Kapil
as Self
2013
Movie
Halla Bol
as Himself (uncredited)
2008
Movie
Chandni
as Lalit Khanna
1989
Movie
Qurbani
as Amar
1980
Movie
Guddi
as Self (shooting of "Mere Apne (1971)") (uncredited)
1971
Movie
Hera Pheri
as Ajay
1976
Movie
Parampara
as Thakur Prithvi Singh
1993
Movie
Risk
as Khalid Bin Zamal
2007
Movie
Hulchul
as ACP Siddhant
1995
Movie
Kshatriya
as Raja Jaswant Singh (Mirtagarh)
1993
Movie
Reshma Aur Shera
as Vijay Singh
1971
Movie
Purab Aur Pachhim
as Gopi's groom
1970
Movie
Mera Gaon Mera Desh
as Jabbar Singh
1971
Movie
Dayavan
as Shakti Velhu / Dayavan
1988
