Vinod Khanna was an Indian actor, film producer, director and politician.After making his film debut in 1968, Khanna first acted in supporting and antagonistic roles; as an angry young man in the movie Mere Apne, as the main villain in the super-hit movie Mera Gaon Mera Desh,and as the military officer turned fugitive in the critically acclaimed movie Achanak, which was a film based on the events of K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra.
Khanna played lead roles in many films and is best remembered for his performances in Kuchhe Dhaage, Gaddaar, Imtihan, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Inkaar, Amar Akbar Anthony, Rajput, The Burning Train, Qurbani, Kudrat, Parvarish, Khoon Pasina, Dayavan, Chandni and Jurm.In 1982, at the peak of his film career, Khanna temporarily quit the film industry to follow his spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh.
After a 5-year hiatus, he returned to the Hindi film industry with three hit films; Insaaf and Satyamev Jayate, and Dayavan. Khanna met his first wife Gitanjali Taleyarkhan in college.Khanna married Gitanjali in 1971and had two sons with her, Rahul and Akshaye; both became Bollywood actors.
In 1975, he became a disciple of Osho and in the early 1980s, moved to Rajneeshpuram.Khanna and Gitanjali settled for a divorce in 1985.In 1990, upon returning to India, Khanna married Kavita Daftary, daughter of industrialist Sharayu Daftary.They had a son, Sakshi and a daughter, Shraddha.
Vinod Khanna All Movie List :
Title | Roles | Year |
Man Ka Meet | Pran | 1968 |
Nateeja | Vinod Singh | 1969 |
Sachaa Jhutha Mastana Aan Milo Sajna Purab Aur Paschim | CID Inspector Pradhan Inspector Prasad Anil Thakur Shamu | 1970 |
Jane-Anjane Elaan Reshma Aur Shera Preetam Hungama Rakhwala Mere Apne Mera Gaon Mera Desh Memsaab Hum Tum Aur Woh Dost Aur Dushman Guddi | Inspector Hemant Ram Singh Vijay Anil Preetam Shyam Shyam Jabbar Singh Arjun Dev Vijay Himself | 1971 |
Ek Hasina Do Diwane Parichay Anuraag Sub Ka Saathi Parchhaiyan Ek Khiladi Bawan Pattey Ek Bechara Do Yaar | Prakash Amit Arun Rai Amar Dilip Khanna / Rakesh Michael Shekhar Raju | 1972 |
Kuchhe Dhaage Dhamkee Pyaar Ka Rishta Gaddaar Anokhi Ada Achanak | Thakur Lakhan Singh CBI inspector Anil CBI Inspector Raj Kumar / Raja Gopal Major Ranjit Khanna | 1973 |
Aarop Imtihan Patthar Aur Payal Haath Ki Safai Kunwara Baap Sauda Farebi Chowkidar | Subhash Pramod Sharma Surajbhan Singh Shankar Kumar Inspector Ramesh Sunil Ranjit Gopal | 1974 |
Zameer Qaid Sewak Prem Kahani | Daaku Suraj Singh/Champoo Advocate Jai Saxena Mohan Sher Khan | 1975 |
Shankar Shambhu Hera Pheri Shaque Nehle Pe Dehla Lagaam | Shambhu Ajay Vinod Joshi Rahim Bheema | 1976 |
Khoon Pasina Amar Akbar Anthony Aap Ki Khatir Hatyara Parvarish Maha Badmaash Jallianwala Bagh Inkaar Chor Sipahee Adha Din Adhi Raat | Aslam Sher Khan Inspector Amar Khanna Sagar Vijay D. Singh/Inspector Ajay Singh Kishan Singh Ratan Amar Choudhary Inspector Amarnath ‘Amar’ Gill Raja Khanna/Dada Gopal | 1977 |
Aakhri Daku Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki Muqaddar Ka Sikandar Khoon Ki Pukaar Khoon Ka Badla Khoon Daaku Aur Jawan | Mangal Singh Ajay R. Chouhan Advocate Vishal Anand Amrit/ Sher Singh Amar Ramu | 1978 |
Sarkari Mehmaan Meera Lahu Ke Do Rang Yuvraaj Do Shikaari | Inspector Anand Rana Bhojraj Sesodia Inspector Raj Singh/ Gopi Lathuria Gajendra/ Prince Vikram Dev Satish | 1979 |
Zalim The Burning Train Qurbani Garam Khoon Bombay 405 Miles | Prakash Khanna Vinod Verma Amar Ravi/ Johny ‘Babloo’ Kanhaiya | 1980 |
Kudrat Jail Yatra Khuda Kasam Ek Aur Gyarah | Dr. Naresh Gupta Raju Verma Sumer Singh Jamiya | 1981 |
Rajput Insaan Raaj Mahal Taaqat Daulat | Bhanu Shankar Prince Vikram Singh Shakti Singh Kunwar Dilip Singh | 1982 |
Daulat Ke Dushman | Vinod | 1983 |
Insaaf Satyamev Jayate Zameen | Avinash Kapoor Police Inspector Arjun Singh Unreleased | 1987 |
Rihaee Dayavan Faisla Aakhri Adaalat Akarshan | Amarji Shakti Velhu/Dayavan Birju Inspector Amar Kaushal Himself | 1988 |
Ustaad Suryaa: An Awakening Batwara Chandni Mahaadev | Shankar Suraj Singh Vikram Singh Lalit Khanna Arjun Singh | 1989 |
Maha-Sangram Lekin… C.I.D. Jurm Pathar Ke Insan Muqaddar Ka Badshaah Kaarnama | Vishal Samir Niyogi C.I.D Inspector Veer Sehgal Inspector Shekhar Verma Arjun Naresh Suraj | 1990 |
Farishtay Khoon Ka Karz Dharam Sankat Garajna | Dhirendra Kumar ‘Dheeru’ Karan Birju Unreleased | 1991 |
Nishchaiy Humshakal Waqt Ka Badshah Police Aur Mujrim Maarg | Ravi Yadav Inspector Vinod DSP Vishal Khanna Suraj Singh | 1992 |
Insaniyat Ke Devta Kshatriya Parampara | Balbir Raja Jaswant Singh Thakur Prithvi Singh | 1993 |
Pyar Ka Rog Eena Meena Deeka Ekka Raja Rani | Army Officer Deeka Vishal ‘Vicky’ Kapoor | 1994 |
Janam Kundli Hulchul | Randhir ‘Junior’ Mehra ACP Siddhant | 1995 |
Muqadama | Captain Ajit Singh | 1996 |
Maharana Pratap Himalay Putra Dhaal Dus | Maharana Pratap ACP Suraj Khanna Inspector Varun Saxena | 1997 |
Deewaanapan | Ranvir Choudhary | 2001 |
Kranti Leela | Awadesh Pratap Singh Nashaad | 2002 |
Bhola in Bollywood | Himself | 2004 |
Pehchaan: The Face of Truth | Advocate Deepak Khanna | 2005 |
Risk Godfather | Khalid Bin Jamal Abdullah Khan/ Godfather | 2007 |
Mere Apne | Kashinath Pandey (TV serial) | 2007-2009 |
Halla Bol | Himself | 2008 |
99 Red Alert: The War Within Wanted Fast Forward | JC Krishnaraj Shrikant Shekhawat Palaash | 2009 |
Dabangg | Prajapati Pandey | 2010 |
Tell Me O Kkhuda | Abhay Rana Pratap Singh | 2011 |
Players Dabangg 2 | Victor Braganza Prajapati Pandey | 2012 |
Ramaiya Vastavaiya Ek Thi Rani Aisi Bhi | Station Master Shankar Maharaja Jiwajirao Scindia | 2013 |
Koyelaanchal | Saryu Bhaan Singh | 2014 |
Chooriyan Dilwale Downtown | Basant Singh Randhir Bakshi Rajdeep Oberoi | 2015 |
The Accidental Prime Minister | Subbu | 2019 |
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