Vinod Khanna
- Birthday: 06. October 1946
- Birthplace: Peshawar, British India
- Awards: 1975 – Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for Haath Ki Safai, 1977 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actor for Hera Pheri, 1979 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Supporting Actor for Muqaddar Ka Sikander, 1981 – Filmfare Nomination as Best Actor for Qurbani, 1999 – Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award, 2001 – Kalakar Awards Lifetime Achievement, 2005 – Stardust Awards – Role Model for the Year, 2007 – Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement
Biography
Vinod Khanna (Hindi: विनोद खन्ना; born 6 October 1946) is an Indian actor and producer of Bollywood films. He is also an active politician. He is the sitting MP from Gurdaspur. He appeared in 141 films between 1968 and 2013.
Khanna was born in Punjabi family to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman, on 6 October 1946, in Peshawar, British India (now in Pakistan). He has three sisters and one brother. Shortly after his birth, India was partitioned and the family left Peshawar and reached Mumbai.
He attended Queen Mary School, Mumbai until class II and then transferred to St. Xavier's High School, Fort. In 1957, the family moved to Delhi where he attended Delhi Public School, Mathura Road. Although the family moved back to Mumbai in 1960, he was sent to Barnes School in Deolali, near Nashik. During his time at the boarding school Khanna watched the epic Solva Saal and Mughal-e-Azam and fell in love with motion pictures. He graduated with a commerce degree from Sydenham College.