VINOD KHANNA

'Vinod Khanna' (born 6 October, 1946) is an Indian actor, film producer and politician.

Contents

Early life

Career

Politics

Awards & Nominations

Selected Filmography

References

External links

Early life

Vinod Khanna was born in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, British India (now in Pakistan). After Partition, his family migrated to Punjab, India. His family first settled in Amritsar, then moved to Ludhiana. He schooled at Barnes School, Deolali and graduated from Mumbai's Sydenham college. He married in the late 1960s and his first son Rahul Khanna was born in 1972. His second son Akshaye Khanna was born in 1975.

Career

Vinod Khanna debuted in Sunil Dutt's 1968 film ''Man Ka Meet'' as a villain. He acted in multi-starrer or negative roles until his big break in the 1971 film ''Mere Apne'' directed by Gulzar. His sensitive performance as an army officer facing death row in another Gulzar scripted and directed film ''Achanak'' (1973) 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 1970s and early 1980s, including ''Parvarish'' (1977), ''Amar Akbar Anthony'' (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 films from the mid 1980s to the 1990s such as ''Dayavan'' (1988), ''Chandni'' (1989), ''Eeena 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. He has since acted in fewer films playing character roles. His most recent films were ''Deewaanapan'' (2002) and ''Risk'' (2007).

Politics

In 1997, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was nominated from Gurdaspur, East Punjab in the next year's Lok Sabha poll.
The star-factor helped him oust five time 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. Presently, he continues to participate in the film business based out of Dubai. His sons Akshay Khanna and Rahul Khanna are Hindi film actors.

Awards & Nominations

★ 1974 - Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Haath Ki Safai

★ 1976 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actor for Hera Pheri (1976 film)

★ 1977 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actor for Shaque

★ 1980 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actor for Qurbani

★ 1999 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

★ 2007 - Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement

Selected Filmography

★ ''Risk'' (2007)

★ ''Deewaanapan'' (2002)

★ ''Kranti'' (2002)

★ ''Dus'' (1997) (Incomplete)

★ ''Himalay Putra'' (1997)

★ ''Eena Meena Deeka'' (1994)

★ ''Ekka Raja Rani'' (1994)

★ ''Kshatriya'' (1993)

★ ''Insaniyat Ke Devta'' (1993)

★ ''Farishtay'' (1991)

★ ''Parampara'' (1992)

★ ''Khoon Ka Karz'' (1991)

★ ''Jurm'' (1990)

★ ''Chandni'' (1989)

★ ''Dayavan'' (1988)

★ ''Insaaf'' (1987)

★ ''Satya Mev Jayate'' (1987)

★ ''The Burning Train'' (1980)

★ ''Qurbani'' (1980)

★ ''Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki'' (1978)

★ ''Muqaddar Ka Sikander'' (1978)

★ ''Amar Akbar Anthony'' (1978)

★ ''Parvarish'' (1977)

★ ''Khoon Pasina'' (1977)

★ '' Hera Pheri'' (1976)

★ ''Zameer'' (1975)

★ ''Haath Ki Safai'' (1974)

★ ''Mera Gaon Mera Desh'' (1971)

★ ''Reshma Aur Shera'' (1971)

★ ''Mere Apne'' (1971)

★ ''Sachaa Jhutha'' (1971)

★ ''Aan Milo Sajna'' (1970)

★ ''Purab Aur Paschim'' (1970)

★ ''Man Ka Meet'' (1968)

References

★ The actor who renounced success

External links

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