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Vinod Khanna (Hindi: बिनोद खन्ना, born 6 October 1946, Peshawar) is a reputed Indian actor, film producer and politician.
[edit] Early lifeKhanna was born to Kamla and KC Khanna, a businessman who dealt in textiles, dyes and chemicals. He was one of five children, with three sisters and a brother and grew up in a joint family. He attended Queen Mary’s School till class II and then shifted to St Xavier’s High School. He did his graduation from Sydenham College.[1] [edit] CareerVinod Khanna debuted in Sunil Dutt'sh 1968 film Man Ka Meet as a villain. He acted in multi-starrer films often playing supporting and negative roles in hit films such as Purab Aur Paschim (1970), Sachaa Jhutha (1970) and Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971). His big break was in the 1971 film Mere Apne directed by Gulzar. His performance as an army officer facing death row in another Gulzar scripted and directed 1973 film Achanak was critically acclaimed. The songless film echoed the true life story of K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra and Khanna portrayed Kawas Nanavati, the real life Navy officer. He went on to star in many hits throughout the mid 1970s and early 1980s, including Parvarish (1977), Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Khoon Pasina (1977), Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1978), The Burning Train (1980) and Qurbani (1980). Having peaked in Bollywood, he became a follower of the spiritual teacher Osho (Rajneesh) and left the film industry in 1979 for eight years. At this time, he was the most successful actor in the Bollywood, competing with Amitabh Bachchan. He rejoined the industry, eight years later in mid 1980s. He continued to appear in many notable films from the mid 1980s to the 1990s such as Dayavan (1988), Chandni (1989), Kshatriya (1993) Eena Meena Deeka (1994) and Ekka Raja Rani (1994). In 1997 he introduced his son Akshaye in the film Himalay Putra which he produced and also starred in. In 1999 he received a Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the film industry for over three decades. He has since acted in fewer films playing character roles. His most recent films were Deewaanapan (2002) and Risk (2007). He is currently acting as the lead in the Hindi serial Mere Apne produced by Smriti Irani which airs on the new channel 9x. He plays the role of the male lead Kashi Nath and is paired with producer Smriti Irani who also acts as the female lead in the serial. [edit] PoliticsIn 1997, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was nominated from Gurdaspur, Punjab in the next year's Lok Sabha poll. The star-factor helped him out three times Lok Sabha member Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder. Bhinder's perceived inability to develop the area outweighed the "outsider" tag applied to Khanna. The latter became union minister for culture and tourism in July 2002. Six months later he was moved to the more important ministry of external affairs (MEA) as minister of state. In 2004 he won re-election from Gurdaspur. He was the highest taxpayer in Mumbai in 1990-91.[citation needed] Presently, he continues to participate in the film business based out of Dubai. [edit] Personal lifeKhanna married Geetanjali, and has two sons with her, Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna; both are Hindi film actors. In 1975, Khanna became a disciple of Osho (Acharya Rajneesh).[2] In the early 1980s, he moved to Rajneeshpuram, Osho's commune in the United States, for four years, cleaning dishes and working as Osho's gardener.[2] His absence from his family, who remained behind in India, caused stresses with his wife, and the marriage ended in divorce.[2] In 1990, he married his second wife, Kavita.[2] They have a son, Sakshi, and a daughter Shraddha.[2] [edit] Awards and nominations
[edit] Selected Filmography1* 99 (2009) 2* Wanted (2009) 3* Ek Rani Aisi Bhi Thi (2008) 4* Risk (2007) 5* Deewaanapan (2002) 6* Kranti (2002) Rati Agnihotri 7* Dus (1997) (Incomplete) 8* Himalay Putra (1997) Hema Malini 9* Eena Meena Deeka (1994)Juhi Chawla 10* Ekka Raja Rani (1994) Ashwini Bhave 11* Kshatriya (1993) Meenakshi Sheshadri 12* Insaniyat Ke Devta (1993) Jayaprada 13* Farishtay (1991) Sridevi 14* Parampara (1992) Ashwini Bhave/Ramaya 15* Khoon Ka Karz (1991) Dimple Kapadia 16* Jurm (1990) Meenakshi Sheshadri/Sangeeta 17* Chandni (1989) Sridevi/Juhi Chawla 18* Dayavan (1988) Madhuri Dixit 19* Insaaf (1987) Dimple Kapadia 20* Satya Mev Jayate (1987) Meenakshi Sheshadri 21* The Burning Train (1980) Parveen Babi 22* Rajput(1980)Tina Munim 23* Qurbani (1980) Zeenat Aman 24* Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978) Neeta Mehta 25* Daku Aur Jawan (1978) 26* Muqaddar Ka Sikander (1978) Raakhee 27* Aakhri Daku (1978)Reena Roy 28* Parvarish (1977) Shabana Azmi 29* Amar Akbar Anthony (1977) Shabana Azmi 30* Khoon Pasina (1977)Rekha 31* Hera Pheri (1976) Sulakshana Pandit 32* Zameer (1975)Saira Banu 33* Haath Ki Safai (1974) Simi Garewal 34* Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971) Laxmichhaya 35* Reshma Aur Shera (1971) Raakhee 36* Mere Apne (1971) Yogeeta Bali 37* Sachaa Jhutha (1970) Faryal 38* Aan Milo Sajna (1970) Indrani Mukherji 39* Purab Aur Paschim (1970) Bharti 40* Man Ka Meet (1968) Leena Chandavarkar [edit] References[edit] External links
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