Vinod Khanna

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-10-06

Deathday 2017-04-27 (70 years old)

Place of Birth Peshawar

Also Known As विनोद खन्ना

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

Actor

Do Yaar

as Raju

2016
Downtown

as Rajdeep Oberoi

2015
Dilwale

as Randheer Bakshi

2013
Ramaiya Vastavaiya

as Ashwini (Ram's Mom)

2012
Dabangg 2

as Prajapati Pandey

2012
Players

as Victor Braganza

2011
Tell Me O Kkhuda

as Abhay Rana Pratap Singh

2010
Dabangg

as Prajapati Pandey

2010
2009
Fast Forward

as Palaash

2009
Wanted

as Shrikant Shekhawat

2009
99

as JC

2008
Halla Bol

as Himself (uncredited)

2007
Godfather The Legend Continues

as Abdullah Khan/Godfather

2007
Risk

as Khalid Bin Zamal

2002
Kranti

as Awadesh Pratap Singh

2002
Leela

as Nashaad

1997
Dhaal

as Inspector Varun Saxena

1997
Himalay Putra

as Suraj Khanna

1995
Janam Kundli

as Randhir 'Junior' Mehra

1995
Hulchul

as ACP Siddhant

1994
Ekka Raja Rani

as Vishal 'Vicky' Kapoor

1993
Parampara

as Thakur Prithvi Singh

1993
Kshatriya

as Raja Jaswant Singh (Mirtagarh)

1993
1992
Humshakal

as Insp. Vinod / Sunil Kumar / Dadu Kaliya

1992
Nishchaiy

as Ravi Yadav

1991
Khoon Ka Karz

as Karan

1991
Farishtay

as Dheeru

1990
Maha-Sangram

as Vishal

1990
Jurm

as Inspector Shekhar Varma

1990
C.I.D.

as Police Inspector Veer Sehgal

1990
Lekin...

as Samir Yogi

1989
Chandni

as Lalit Khanna

1989
Suryaa: An Awakening

as Suraj Singh "Suryaa"

1988
Dayavan

as Shakti Velhu / Dayavan

1988
1988
Aakhri Adaalat

as Inspector Amar Kaushal

1988
Akarshan

as Self

1987
Insaaf

as Avinash Kapoor

1987
Satyamev Jayate

as Police Inspector Arjun Singh

1982
Insaan

as Shankar

1982
Rajput

as Bhanu

1982
1981
1981
Jail Yatra

as Raju Verma

1981
1980
Qurbani

as Amar

1980
Bombay 405 Miles

as Kanhaiya

1980
1980
Zalim

as Prakash Khanna

1980
Garam Khoon

as Ravi and Johny 'Babloo'

1979
Lahu Ke Do Rang

as Inspector Raj Singh / Gopi Lathuria

1979
Meera

as Rana Bhojraj Sesodia

1979
1979
Do Shikaari

as Satish

1978
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar

as Vishal Anand

1978
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki

as Ajay R. Chouhan

1977
Inkaar

as Inspector Amarnath Gill

1977
Parvarish

as Kishan

1977
For Your Sake

as Sagar

1977
1977
Chor Sipahee

as Raja Dada / Raja Khanna

1977
Khoon Pasina

as Aslam Sher Khan / Shera

1977
Maha Badmaash

as Ratan

1977
Adha Din Adhi Raat

as Gopal / Jagan

1976
1976
Hera Pheri

as Ajay

1975
Qaid

as Advocate Jai Saxena

1975
Zameer

as Daku Suraj Singh / Chimpoo

1975
Prem Kahani

as Sher Khan

1974
Patthar Aur Payal

as Surajbhan Singh 'Sarju'

1974
Imtihan

as Pramod Sharma

1974
The Accused

as Subhash Tripathi

1974
Chowkidar

as Gopal

1973
Achanak

as Major Ranjeet Khanna

1973
Gaddaar

as Inspector Raj Kumar 'Raja'

1972
Parichay

as Amit

1971
Guddi

as Self (shooting of "Mere Apne (1971)") (uncredited)

1971
Mere Apne

as Shyam

1971
Rakhwala

as Shyam

1971
Preetam

as Anil

1971
Reshma Aur Shera

as Vijay Singh

1971
1971
Jaane Anjaane

as Inspector Hemant

1971
Mera Gaon Mera Desh

as Jabbar Singh

1970
Mastana

as Police Inspector Prasad

1970
Aan Milo Sajna

as Anil Choudhury

1970
Sachaa Jhutha

as Inspector Pradhan

1970
Purab Aur Pachhim

as Gopi's groom

Producer

1997
Himalay Putra

as Producer