Veteran Actor Vinod Khanna Dies Of Cancer at 70
Vinod Khanna, one of the best looking Heros of the Hindi Cinema is now no more with us. Not only acting he was a good politician too. He was the MP from Gurdaspur.
Vinod Khanna was born in Peshawar, Pakistan on 6th October, 1946 and died on 27th April, 2017 while battling with Cancer in Mumbai.
He was born in a Punjabi film and after partition he was brought to Mumbai from Peshawar. For few years he was in Delhi also and did his schooling from Delhi Public School, Mathura Road and then his family again moved to Mumbai.
He did his debut in Hindi Cinema in 1968 in Sunil Dutt’s Man Ka Meet with some small second lead or negative roles. After that he did many films which received tremendous applause from his fans and the film industry as well. His best performance in the superhit film Mere Gaon Mera Desh will always be remembered.
Apart from this his many other films like Mere Apne, Jail Yatra, imtihaan, Gaddar, Muqqadar Ka Sikander, Inkar, Rajput, Amar Akbar Anthony, Kuchhe Dhaage, Dayavan, Jurm, Kudrat, Qurbani , etc. were the most turning point films of his career. Apart from leading roles he also did some villainous roles like in Purab Aur Paschim, Aan Milo Sajna, Sachha Jhootha, Mastana, etc.
Vinod Khanna was hailed as one of the most Handsome actors of his time along with Rajesh Khanna and Dharmendra. In 1982 when his career was on peak, he left the film industry and went to follow his spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh and then he returned after 5 yrs. back to the industry. He did films like Chandni, Deewanapan, Dabang and many other films after returning from his spiritual guru.
In 1997 he joined politics and was elected from Gurdaspur, Punjab and was also active with his political career.
He has 4 kids. Two from his first wife Geetanjali with whom he got separated when he returned from his guru. With Geetanjali he had two sons Rahul Khanna and Akshay Khanna. In 1990 he married Kavita and had two kids Sakshi and Shraddha.
He has severe hydration and was admitted to hospital on April 27, 2017 but was later discharged. Also he was suffering from Cancer and after a long battle with the disease he passed away on the morning of 27th April, 2017. In last days and time he was surrounded by his family and kids.
RIP Vinod Khanna