Vinod Khanna

Infobox Indian politician
name = Vinod Khanna


caption = "Vinod Khanna (on the left), as pictured on the Qurbani film DVD"
birth_date =Birth date and age|1946|10|6|mf=y
birth_place =Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India
residence =Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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office = Member of Parliament
constituency = Gurdaspur
salary =1 million per year
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party =BJP
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spouse = Kavita
children = 3 sons and 1 daughter
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date = September 22
year = 2006
source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=197

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

Career

Vinod Khanna debuted in Sunil Dutt's 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 sensitive 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.

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.Fact|date=July 2008 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
* 1978 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actor for Muqaddar Ka Sikander
* 1980 - Filmfare Nomination as Best Actor for Qurbani
* 1999 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
* 2007 - Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement

elected Filmography

* "Risk" (2007)
* "Deewaanapan" (2002)
* "Kranti" (2002) Rati Agnihotri
* "Dus" (1997) (Incomplete)
* "Himalay Putra" (1997) Hema Malini
* "Eena Meena Deeka" (1994)Juhi Chawla
* "Ekka Raja Rani" (1994) Ashwini Bhave
* "Kshatriya" (1993) Meenakshi Sheshadri
* "Insaniyat Ke Devta" (1993) Jayaprada
* "Farishtay" (1991) Sridevi
* "Parampara" (1992) Ashwini Bhave/Ramaya
* "Khoon Ka Karz" (1991) Dimple Kapadia
* "Jurm" (1990) Meenakshi Sheshadri/Sangeeta
* "Chandni" (1989) Sridevi/Juhi Chawla
* "Dayavan" (1988) Madhuri Dixit
* "Insaaf" (1987) Dimple Kapadia
* "Satya Mev Jayate" (1987) Meenakshi Sheshadri
* "The Burning Train" (1980) Parveen Babi
* "Qurbani" (1980) Zeenat Aman
* "Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki" (1978) Neeta Mehta
* "Muqaddar Ka Sikander" (1978) Raakhee
* "Amar Akbar Anthony" (1978) Shabana Azmi
* "Aakhri Daku" (1978)Reena Roy
* "Parvarish" (1977) Shabana Azmi
* "Khoon Pasina" (1977)Rekha
* " Hera Pheri" (1976) Sulakshana Pandit
* "Zameer" (1975)Saira Banu
* "Haath Ki Safai" (1974) Simi Garewal
* "Mera Gaon Mera Desh" (1971) Laxmichhaya
* "Reshma Aur Shera" (1971) Raakhee
* "Mere Apne" (1971) Yogeeta Bali
* "Sachaa Jhutha" (1970) Faryal
* "Aan Milo Sajna" (1970) Indrani Mukherji
* "Purab Aur Paschim" (1970) Bharti
* "Man Ka Meet" (1968) Leena Chandavarkar

References

* [http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jan/28dinesh.htm The actor who renounced success] Police or Mujrim - DSP vishal khanna

External links

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* [http://164.100.24.209/newls/Biography.aspx?mpsno=197 Parliamentary biography]