Vinod Khanna-Star of the 70's

Born on October 6,1946, Vinod Khanna is a well known and reputed Bollywood actor, film producer and politician.Vinod Khanna was born to KC and Kamla Khanna in Peshawar.His father KC Khanna was a businessman who dealt in textiles,chemicals and dyes.He was one of the five children of a large family.

He initially studied in Queen Mary's School but later shifted to St. Xavier's High School.The actor completed his graduation from Sydenham College.

Vinod khanna took his first step in Bollywood with the movie Man Ka Meet playing the role of a villian.He was considered for many supporting and negative roles after that. He starred in Sachcha Aur Jhoota and Purab Aur Paschim in the year 1970, Mera Gaon Mera desh in 1971. Though his performance was remarkable in all these films,he got his first big break in the Gulzaar directed film Mere Apne in 1971. His next movie, again directed by Gulzaar was titled Achcanak where he played the role of an army officer facing a death row.His performance in the movie was critically acclaimed.The film Achanak told the real life story of a Navy Officer.

The actor from then on starred in superhits like Parvarish and Amar Akbar Anthony,khoon Pasina in 1977. His other notable films include Muqqadar Ka Sikander, The Burning Train and Qurbaani in the year 1980. What is interesting is that the actor having reached the peak of his career ,left the industry for eight long years and became the follower of Spiritual teacher Osho in the year 1979. During his mega success in the industry he was compared with a star like Amitabh Bachchan.

Vinod Khanna re entered the film industry in the mid 80's. He continued his excellent work in movies like Dayavaan,Chandni,Kshatriya and Eena Meena Dika. The actor launched his son Akshay Khanna in Bollywood under his own production "Himalaya Putra". In the year 1999,the star recieved the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his superb and skillful contribution to the Hindi Film Industry. He has ever since, appeared in very few films in supporting roles which have not yearned a lot of success despite his excellent acting abilities.