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 Station Master Shankar
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
- Deewaanapan as Ranveer Choudhary
1997
- Himalay Putra as Suraj Khanna
- Dhaal as Inspector Varun Saxena
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
- Nishchaiy as Ravi Yadav
- Waqt Ka Badshah
- Humshakal as Insp. Vinod / Sunil Kumar / Dadu Kaliya
1991
- Farishtay as Dheeru
- Khoon Ka Karz as Karan
1990
- Pathar Ke Insan
- C.I.D. as Police Inspector Veer Sehgal
- Jurm as Inspector Shekhar Varma
- Maha-Sangram as Vishal
- Lekin... as Samir Yogi
- Kaaranama
1989
- Batwara
- Chandni as Lalit Khanna
- Mahaadev
- Suryaa: An Awakening as Suraj Singh "Suryaa"
1988
- Rihaee as Amar
- Dayavan as Shakti Velhu / Dayavan
- Aakhri Adaalat as Inspector Amar Kaushal
- Akarshan as Self
- Faisla as Birju
1987
- Satyamev Jayate as Police Inspector Arjun Singh
- Insaaf as Avinash Kapoor
1981
- Ek Aur Ek Gyarah as Jamiya
- Kudrat
- Khuda Kasam
- Jail Yatra as Raju Verma
1980
- The Burning Train as Vinod
- Qurbani as Amar
- Bombay 405 Miles as Kanhaiya
- Garam Khoon as Ravi and Johny 'Babloo'
- Zalim as Prakash Khanna
1979
- Yuvraaj as Gajendra / Prince Vikram Dev
- Lahu Ke Do Rang as Inspector Raj Singh / Gopi Lathuria
- Meera as Rana Bhojraj Sesodia
- Sarkari Mehman as Anand
- Do Shikaari as Satish
1978
- Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki as Ajay R. Chouhan
- Daku Aur Jawan
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar as Vishal Anand
- Khoon Ki Pukaar
- Khoon Ka Badla Khoon
1977
- Khoon Pasina as Aslam Sher Khan / Shera
- Adha Din Adhi Raat as Gopal / Jagan
- Parvarish as Kishan
- Amar Akbar Anthony as Amar
- Inkaar as Inspector Amarnath Gill
- Jallian Wala Bagh
- Chor Sipahee as Raja Dada / Raja Khanna
- Maha Badmaash as Ratan
- For Your Sake as Sagar
- Hatyara
1976
- Hera Pheri as Ajay
- Nehle Pe Dehla
- Shaque
1975
- Zameer as Daku Suraj Singh / Chimpoo
- Prem Kahani as Sher Khan
- Qaid as Advocate Jai Saxena
1974
- Patthar Aur Payal as Surajbhan Singh 'Sarju'
- Kunwara Baap
- Imtihan as Pramod Sharma
- Aarop as Subhash Tripathi
- Haath Ki Safai
- Chowkidar as Gopal
1973
- Kuchhe Dhaage
- Achanak as Major Ranjeet Khanna
- Gaddaar as Inspector Raj Kumar 'Raja'
- Ek Kunwari Ek Kunwara
- Anokhi Ada
1972
- Parichay as Amit
- Ek Hasina Do Diwane
- Do Yaar as Raju
- Ek Bechara
1971
- Reshma Aur Shera as Vijay Singh
- Hum Tum Aur Woh
- Mere Apne as Shyam
- Guddi as Self (shooting of "Mere Apne (1971)") (uncredited)
- Mera Gaon Mera Desh as Jabbar Singh
- Rakhwala as Shyam
- Elaan
- Preetam as Anil
- Jaane Anjaane as Inspector Hemant
1970
- Purab Aur Pachhim as Gopi's groom
- Aan Milo Sajna as Anil Choudhury
- Sachaa Jhutha as Inspector Pradhan
- Mastana as Police Inspector Prasad