Vinod Khanna
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-10-06
Day of Death
2017-04-27 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Peshawar
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.
Acting
Do Yaar
as Raju
(2016)
Downtown
as Rajdeep Oberoi
(2015)
Dilwale
as Randheer Bakshi
(2015)
(2014)
(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)
Red Alert: The War Within
as Krishnaraj
(2009)
Wanted
as Shrikant Shekhawat
(2009)
99
as JC
(2009)
Fast Forward
as Palaash
(2008)
Halla Bol
as Himself (uncredited)
(2007)
Risk
as Khalid Bin Zamal
(2007)
Godfather The Legend Continues
as Abdullah Khan/Godfather
(2005)
(2002)
Kranti
as Awadesh Pratap Singh
(2002)
Leela
as Nashaad
(2001)
(1997)
Dhaal
as Inspector Varun Saxena
(1997)
Himalay Putra
as Suraj Khanna
(1995)
Hulchul
as ACP Siddhant
(1995)
Janam Kundli
as Randhir 'Junior' Mehra
(1994)
Ekka Raja Rani
as Vishal 'Vicky' Kapoor
(1993)
Insaniyat Ke Devta
as Balbir
(1993)
Parampara
as Thakur Prithvi Singh
(1993)
Kshatriya
as Raja Jaswant Singh (Mirtagarh)
(1992)
Nishchaiy
as Ravi Yadav
(1992)
Humshakal
as Insp. Vinod / Sunil Kumar / Dadu Kaliya
(1992)
(1991)
Khoon Ka Karz
as Karan
(1991)
Farishtay
as Dheeru
(1990)
Jurm
as Inspector Shekhar Varma
(1990)
Lekin...
as Samir Yogi
(1990)
C.I.D.
as Police Inspector Veer Sehgal
(1990)
(1990)
Maha-Sangram
as Vishal
(1990)
(1989)
Chandni
as Lalit Khanna
(1989)
(1989)
Suryaa: An Awakening
as Suraj Singh "Suryaa"
(1989)
(1988)
Aakhri Adaalat
as Inspector Amar Kaushal
(1988)
Dayavan
as Shakti Velhu / Dayavan
(1988)
Akarshan
as Self
(1988)
(1987)
Satyamev Jayate
as Police Inspector Arjun Singh
(1987)
Insaaf
as Avinash Kapoor
(1982)
Rajput
as Bhanu
(1982)
(1982)
(1982)
Insaan
as Shankar
(1981)
(1981)
Ek Aur Ek Gyarah
as Jamiya
(1981)
(1981)
Jail Yatra
as Raju Verma
(1980)
The Burning Train
as Vinod
(1980)
Qurbani
as Amar
(1980)
Bombay 405 Miles
as Kanhaiya
(1980)
Garam Khoon
as Ravi and Johny 'Babloo'
(1980)
Zalim
as Prakash Khanna
(1979)
Meera
as Rana Bhojraj Sesodia
(1979)
Lahu Ke Do Rang
as Inspector Raj Singh / Gopi Lathuria
(1979)
Do Shikaari
as Satish
(1979)
Sarkari Mehman
as Anand
(1978)
Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
as Vishal Anand
(1978)
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki
as Ajay R. Chouhan
(1978)
(1978)
(1977)
Amar Akbar Anthony
as Amar
(1977)
Parvarish
as Kishan
(1977)
Chor Sipahee
as Raja Dada / Raja Khanna
(1977)
Inkaar
as Inspector Amarnath Gill
(1977)
(1977)
For Your Sake
as Sagar
(1977)
Adha Din Adhi Raat
as Gopal / Jagan
(1977)
Khoon Pasina
as Aslam Sher Khan / Shera
(1977)
(1977)
Maha Badmaash
as Ratan
(1976)
Hera Pheri
as Ajay
(1976)
(1976)
(1975)
Zameer
as Daku Suraj Singh / Chimpoo
(1975)
Prem Kahani
as Sher Khan
(1975)
Qaid
as Advocate Jai Saxena
(1974)
(1974)
Patthar Aur Payal
as Surajbhan Singh 'Sarju'
(1974)
Imtihan
as Pramod Sharma
(1974)
Aarop
as Subhash Tripathi
(1974)
Chowkidar
as Gopal
(1973)
Gaddaar
as Inspector Raj Kumar 'Raja'
(1973)
(1973)
Achanak
as Major Ranjeet Khanna
(1973)
(1973)
(1972)
Parichay
as Amit
(1972)
(1972)
(1971)
Mere Apne
as Shyam
(1971)
Guddi
as Self (shooting of "Mere Apne (1971)") (uncredited)
(1971)
Mera Gaon Mera Desh
as Jabbar Singh
(1971)
(1971)
Reshma Aur Shera
as Vijay Singh
(1971)
Rakhwala
as Shyam
(1971)
(1971)
Jaane Anjaane
as Inspector Hemant
(1971)
Preetam
as Anil
(1970)
Aan Milo Sajna
as Anil Choudhury
(1970)
Mastana
as Police Inspector Prasad
(1970)
Sachaa Jhutha
as Inspector Pradhan
(1970)
Purab Aur Pachhim
as Gopi's groom
Crew
(1997)
Himalay Putra
Producer