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Vinod Khanna
Member of Parliament
ConstituencyGurdaspur
Personal details
Born (1946-10-06) October 6, 1946 (age 77)
Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
Political partyBJP
Spouse(s)Geetanjali 1971 - 85
Kavita 1990 - present
Children3 sons and 1 daughter
Residence(s)Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Salary1 million per year
As of September 22, 2006
Source: [1]

Vinod Khanna (Hindi: विनोद खन्ना, born 6 October, 1946) is an Indian actor, film producer and politician.

Early life

Khanna 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]

CAREER

VINOD KHANNA DEBUTED IN SUNIL DUTT'S'S 1968 FILM MAN KA MEET AS A VILLAIN. HE ACTED IN LOT OF MULTI-STARRER FILMS OFTEN PLAYING SUPPORTING AND NEGATIVE ROLES. THERE WERE A FEW HIT FILMS ALONG THE WAY SUCH AS PURAB AUR PANCHIM (1970), SACHAA JHUTAA (1970), MERA GAEON MERA DESH(1971). HIS BIG BREAK WAS IN 1971, WITH THE FILM MERE APNE DIRECTED BY NONE OTHER THEN GULZAR. HIS PERFORMANCE AS AN ARMY OFFICER FACING DEATH ROW WAS BRILLIANTLY RECIEVED BY THE PUBLIC AND AGAIN THIS FILM WAS SCRIPTED AND DIRECTED BY GULZAR SAHIB.

BY NOW HE WAS AN ESTABLISHED STAR WITH HITS SUCH AS PARVARISH (1977), AMAR AKBAR ANTHONY (1977), KHOON PASINA (1977), MUQADDER KA SIKANDER (1978), THE BURNING TRAIN (1980) AND THE HIT QURBANI DIRECTED BY FEROZ KHAN. SOME WHERE ALONG THE LINE HE BECAME A FOLLOWER OFFER OF A SPIRITUAL LEADER BY THE NAME OF RAJNEESH. HE LEFT THE FILM INDUSTRY IN 1979 FOR 8 YRS. AS HE BEGAIN MISSING THE FAME WHICH CAME WITH ACTING HE ONCE AGAIN RETURNED BACK TO ACTING. THIS WAS SOON FOLLOWED WITH SUCH HITS AS Dayavan(1988) Chandni(1989) Kshatriya(1993)Eena Meena Deeka(1994)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.

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 three 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.[citation needed] Presently, he continues to participate in the film business based out of Dubai.

Personal life

Khanna married Geetanjali, and has two sons with her, Akshay Khanna and Rahul Khanna are Hindi film actors. He divorced her after moving with Osho.

In 1990, he married kavitha. They have a son Sakshi and a daughter Shraddha.

Awards and nominations

Selected Filmography

References

  1. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/17277243.cms

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