Vinod Khanna | |
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![]() Khanna in 2012 | |
Minister of State for Culture & Tourism | |
In office July 2002 – January 2003 | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Minister of State for External Affairs | |
In office January 2003 – May 2004 | |
Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 26 May 2014 – 27 April 2017 | |
Preceded by | Pratap Singh Bajwa |
Succeeded by | Sunil Jakhar |
In office 1998–2009 | |
Preceded by | Sukhbuns Kaur |
Succeeded by | Pratap Singh Bajwa |
Constituency | Gurdaspur |
Personal details | |
Born | Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, British India (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) | 6 October 1946
Died | 27 April 2017 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | (aged 70)
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouses |
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Children | 4 (including Akshaye Khanna and Rahul Khanna) |
Alma mater | Sydenham College, Mumbai |
Occupation | |
Awards | Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2017) |
Years active | 1968–2015 |
Works | Full list |
Vinod Khanna (6 October 1946 – 27 April 2017) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who is best known for his work in Hindi films;[2] while also being a notable spiritual seeker.[3] In Bollywood, he was the recipient of two Filmfare awards. Khanna was considered a style & fashion icon, often referred as 'Sexy Sanyasi' in media. After joining politics, he became the MP from the Gurdaspur constituency between 1998–2009 and 2014–2017. In July 2002, Khanna became the minister for Culture and Tourism in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet. Six months later, he became the Minister of State for External Affairs.[4]
Khanna made his film debut in 1968, and initially acted in supporting and antagonistic roles; as an angry young man in the social drama Mere Apne,[5] as the main villain[6] in the action drama Mera Gaon Mera Desh,[7] and as the military officer turned fugitive[8] in the crime drama Achanak, which was a film based on the events of K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra.[9][10]
In 1982, at the peak of his film career, Khanna temporarily took a break from the film industry to follow his spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh.[3] After a 5-year hiatus, he returned to the Hindi film industry with two successful films – Insaaf and Satyamev Jayate.[11] In his later film career, Khanna played several memorable roles as a father in blockbuster movies such as Wanted (2009), Dabangg (2010) and Dabangg 2 (2012).[12]
Khanna has been posthumously awarded India's highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2018 by the Government of India at 65th National Film Awards.
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