Vinod Khanna
Born: 1946-10-06 in Peshawar
Died: 2017-04-27
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2016
- Downtown as Rajdeep Oberoi
2014
2013
- Comedy Nights with Kapil as Self
- Ramaiya Vastavaiya as Ashwini (Ram's Mom)
2011
- Tell Me O Kkhuda as Abhay Rana Pratap Singh
2010
- Dabangg as Prajapati Pandey
- Red Alert: The War Within as Krishnaraj
2009
- Wanted as Shrikant Shekhawat
- 99 as JC
- Fast Forward as Palaash
2008
- Halla Bol as Himself (uncredited)
2007
- Godfather The Legend Continues as Abdullah Khan/Godfather
- Risk as Khalid Bin Zamal
2001
1997
- Dhaal as Inspector Varun Saxena
- Himalay Putra as Suraj Khanna
1995
- Hulchul as ACP Siddhant
- Janam Kundli as Randhir 'Junior' Mehra
1994
- Ekka Raja Rani as Vishal 'Vicky' Kapoor
- Eena Meena Deeka as Deeka
1993
- Parampara as Thakur Prithvi Singh
- Kshatriya as Raja Jaswant Singh (Mirtagarh)
- Insaniyat Ke Devta as Balbir
1992
- Humshakal as Insp. Vinod / Sunil Kumar / Dadu Kaliya
- Nishchaiy as Ravi Yadav
- Waqt Ka Badshah
1991
- Khoon Ka Karz as Karan
- Farishtay as Dheeru
1990
- Maha-Sangram as Vishal
- Jurm as Inspector Shekhar Varma
- Kaaranama
- C.I.D. as Police Inspector Veer Sehgal
- Pathar Ke Insan
- Lekin... as Samir Yogi
1989
- Chandni as Lalit Khanna
- Batwara
- Suryaa: An Awakening as Suraj Singh "Suryaa"
- Mahaadev
1988
- Dayavan as Shakti Velhu / Dayavan
- Rihaee
- Aakhri Adaalat as Inspector Amar Kaushal
- Akarshan as Self
- Faisla as Birju
1987
- Insaaf as Avinash Kapoor
- Satyamev Jayate as Police Inspector Arjun Singh
1981
- Jail Yatra as Raju Verma
- Kudrat
- Ek Aur Ek Gyarah as Jamiya
- Khuda Kasam
1980
- Qurbani as Amar
- The Burning Train as Vinod
- Garam Khoon as Ravi and Johny 'Babloo'
- Zalim as Prakash Khanna
- Bombay 405 Miles as Kanhaiya
1979
- Sarkari Mehman as Anand
- Meera as Rana Bhojraj Sesodia
- Lahu Ke Do Rang as Inspector Raj Singh / Gopi Lathuria
- Do Shikaari as Satish
1978
- Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki as Ajay R. Chouhan
- Khoon Ki Pukaar
- Daku Aur Jawan
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar as Vishal Anand
- Khoon Ka Badla Khoon
1977
- Parvarish as Kishan
- Khoon Pasina as Aslam Sher Khan / Shera
- Amar Akbar Anthony as Amar
- Maha Badmaash as Ratan
- Inkaar as Inspector Amarnath Gill
- Adha Din Adhi Raat as Gopal / Jagan
- Chor Sipahee as Raja Dada / Raja Khanna
- Jallian Wala Bagh
- For Your Sake as Sagar
- Hatyara
1976
- Shaque
- Hera Pheri as Ajay
- Nehle Pe Dehla
1975
- Zameer as Daku Suraj Singh / Chimpoo
- Prem Kahani as Sher Khan
- Qaid as Advocate Jai Saxena
1974
- Kunwara Baap
- Imtihan as Pramod Sharma
- Haath Ki Safai
- Patthar Aur Payal as Surajbhan Singh 'Sarju'
- Aarop as Subhash Tripathi
- Chowkidar as Gopal
1973
- Kuchhe Dhaage
- Anokhi Ada
- Achanak as Major Ranjeet Khanna
- Ek Kunwari Ek Kunwara
- Gaddaar as Inspector Raj Kumar 'Raja'
1972
- Parichay as Amit
- Ek Hasina Do Diwane
- Ek Bechara
- Do Yaar as Raju
1971
- Guddi as Self (shooting of "Mere Apne (1971)") (uncredited)
- Preetam as Anil
- Jaane Anjaane as Inspector Hemant
- Elaan
- Reshma Aur Shera as Vijay Singh
- Mera Gaon Mera Desh as Jabbar Singh
- Mere Apne as Shyam
- Hum Tum Aur Woh
- Rakhwala as Shyam
1970
- Sachaa Jhutha as Inspector Pradhan
- Mastana as Police Inspector Prasad
- Purab Aur Pachhim as Gopi's groom
- Aan Milo Sajna as Anil Choudhury