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
- Risk as Khalid Bin Zamal
- Godfather The Legend Continues as Abdullah Khan/Godfather
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
- Insaniyat Ke Devta as Balbir
- Kshatriya as Raja Jaswant Singh (Mirtagarh)
1992
- Waqt Ka Badshah
- Nishchaiy as Ravi Yadav
- Humshakal as Insp. Vinod / Sunil Kumar / Dadu Kaliya
1991
- Farishtay as Dheeru
- Khoon Ka Karz as Karan
1990
- Lekin... as Samir Yogi
- Jurm as Inspector Shekhar Varma
- Kaaranama
- Maha-Sangram as Vishal
- Pathar Ke Insan
- C.I.D. as Police Inspector Veer Sehgal
1989
- Batwara
- Chandni as Lalit Khanna
- Suryaa: An Awakening as Suraj Singh "Suryaa"
- Mahaadev
1988
- Dayavan as Shakti Velhu / Dayavan
- Aakhri Adaalat as Inspector Amar Kaushal
- Akarshan as Self
- Rihaee
- Faisla as Birju
1987
- Insaaf as Avinash Kapoor
- Satyamev Jayate as Police Inspector Arjun Singh
1981
- Kudrat
- Khuda Kasam
- Jail Yatra as Raju Verma
- Ek Aur Ek Gyarah as Jamiya
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
- Lahu Ke Do Rang as Inspector Raj Singh / Gopi Lathuria
- Meera as Rana Bhojraj Sesodia
- Sarkari Mehman as Anand
- Do Shikaari as Satish
1978
- Muqaddar Ka Sikandar as Vishal Anand
- Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki as Ajay R. Chouhan
- Daku Aur Jawan
- Khoon Ki Pukaar
- Khoon Ka Badla Khoon
1977
- Amar Akbar Anthony as Amar
- Parvarish as Kishan
- Chor Sipahee as Raja Dada / Raja Khanna
- Inkaar as Inspector Amarnath Gill
- Adha Din Adhi Raat as Gopal / Jagan
- For Your Sake as Sagar
- Khoon Pasina as Aslam Sher Khan / Shera
- Hatyara
- Jallian Wala Bagh
- Maha Badmaash as Ratan
1976
- Nehle Pe Dehla
- Hera Pheri as Ajay
- Shaque
1975
- Zameer as Daku Suraj Singh / Chimpoo
- Prem Kahani as Sher Khan
- Qaid as Advocate Jai Saxena
1974
- Haath Ki Safai
- Kunwara Baap
- Imtihan as Pramod Sharma
- Patthar Aur Payal as Surajbhan Singh 'Sarju'
- Chowkidar as Gopal
- Aarop as Subhash Tripathi
1973
- Achanak as Major Ranjeet Khanna
- Ek Kunwari Ek Kunwara
- Kuchhe Dhaage
- Gaddaar as Inspector Raj Kumar 'Raja'
- Anokhi Ada
1972
- Parichay as Amit
- Ek Bechara
- Do Yaar as Raju
- Ek Hasina Do Diwane
1971
- Mere Apne as Shyam
- Reshma Aur Shera as Vijay Singh
- Preetam as Anil
- Elaan
- Guddi as Self (shooting of "Mere Apne (1971)") (uncredited)
- Mera Gaon Mera Desh as Jabbar Singh
- Rakhwala as Shyam
- Hum Tum Aur Woh
- Jaane Anjaane as Inspector Hemant
1970
- Mastana as Police Inspector Prasad
- Purab Aur Pachhim as Gopi's groom
- Aan Milo Sajna as Anil Choudhury
- Sachaa Jhutha as Inspector Pradhan