Search results
New Delhi | By Asian News International. Jun 05, 2017 06:14 PM IST. Born in a Punjabi family to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman in Peshawar, Vinod...
- 2 min
- Asian News International
Vinod Kishanchand Khanna. He is the sitting MP from Gurdaspur. He represents Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) In 1997, Khanna joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was elected from Gurdaspur constituency in Punjab in the next year's Lok Sabha poll. In 1999, he was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from the same constituency.
- vinodkhanna108@gmail.com
- October 8, 1946
- Before he became popular for the cop roles, Khanna, who is known for his distinct style and persona, made quite an impression as a scowling dacoit in many flicks.
- For Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971), Dharmendra revealed, that Khanna literally bled to infuse realism into the role.
- Khanna finally got the opportunity to expand his repertoire when Gulzar noticed his ability to meld brute force with emotional vulnerability and cast him in leading roles in Mere Apne (1972) and Achanak (1973).
- In the songless Achanak (1973), he won rave reviews for his performance, wherein he had to kill his adulterous wife.
Apr 28, 2020 · Upon hearing the big news, Mr. Kishanchand Khanna lost his cool and he got so angry that he pointed a pistol at Vinod and said: “If you went into movies, I will shoot you.” Apparently, Vinod’s father wanted him to be a businessman!
- 1946
- 1968
- 1971
- 1973
- 1975
- 1982
- 1987
- 1990
- 1997
- 1999
Born to Punjabi parents, Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna on October 6 in undivided India, Peshawar. The family moved to Mumbai after the country’s Partition. Later Khanna was enrolled in Sydenham College against his wishes. His father wanted him to study commerce and look after the family business.
A self-confessed rebel, Khanna was one of South Mumbai’s legendary party animals. At a party, the future Bollywood star met Sunil Dutt who wanted to launch his brother Som in Bollywood. Dutt offered Khanna a supporting role in Man Ka Meet which was remake of Tamil film Kumari Penn. In an interview with Times of India, Khanna recalled his father put...
After his debut, Khanna played the antagonist and small characters in films like Nateeja (1969) and Sachaa Jhutha (1970). He played the villain in the blockbuster hit Mera Gaon Mera Desh and in the same year had his first solo lead in Hum Tum Aur Woh. He married his college sweetheart Geetanjali with whom he had two sons Rahul and Akshaye.
Gained critical acclaim for the film Achanak which despite being directed by lyricist Gulzar had no songs. The actor and Gulzar would work on five films from 1971 to 1991.
Khanna became a follower of Osho (who was then known as Rajneesh) and was popularly referred to as the Sexy Sanyasi of the industry. It’s widely known that the actor would try to route shoots so he could visit the Osho ashram in Pune. He became distanced from his family as he got closer to his guru Rajneesh. He continued to act in films like Hera P...
At the peak of his career, Khanna left the film industry to devote his life to Osho/Rajneesh. At this point, Khanna and his wife divorced and he moved with Rajneesh to America. While there, the actor cleaned toilets and assumed the mantle of a gardener in a bid to aid his guru in the development of the Rajneeshpuram locality. During this time, Khan...
Rajneesh was deported in 1985 on grounds of serious crimes including an assassination attempt on the life of US Attorney Charles H. Turner. Khanna in turn decided to return to Bollywood. He made his comeback with Insaaf with Dimple Kapadia.
He got married for the second time to Kavita Datary in 1990, with whom he has two children, Sakshi and Shraddha.
Khanna joined politics as part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and was elected from the Gurdaspur constituency in Punjab in the Lok Sabha polls. During the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, he became Culture and Tourism Union Minister in 2002 and then later the Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs. Khanna was re-elected from Gur...
He received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the Hindi film industry.
Vinod Khanna was the only actor in the ’70 who could take on Amitabh Bachchan at his prime. (HT Photo) Born in a Punjabi family to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals...
People also ask
What if Khanna had a gun to his head?
Did Dutt offer Khanna a role in Man Ka Meet?
Did Sunil Dutt threaten Khanna if he entered Bollywood?
Did Khanna return to Bollywood if he married Kavita Datary?
Apr 27, 2017 · Vinod’s father, Kishanchand Khanna, was aghast at the thought of his son going into a profession as notorious as the film industry. Once his father had met Sunil Dutt personally, he let Vinod...
