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Vinod Khanna is the only star who renounced his successful career in pursuit of spiritual fulfilment. He was as famous as Amitabh Bachchan those days. The actor is knowns for his performance in 'Kuchhe Dhaage' (1973), 'Gaddaar' (1973), 'Imtihan' (1974), 'Inkaar' (1977), 'Amar Akbar Anthony' (1977), 'Inkaar' (1977), 'Khoon Pasina' (1977), 'Muqaddar Ka Sikandar' (1978), 'The Burning Train' (1980), 'Qurbani' (1980), 'Kudrat' (1981), 'Rajput' (1982), 'Dayavan' (1988), 'Chandani' (1989), 'Jurm' (1990). Khanna was the MP from the Gurdaspur constituency between 1998–2009 and 2014–2017. He became the Minister for Culture and Tourism in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet in 2002. After six months, he became the Minister of State for External Affairs. The actor was the recipient of two Filmfare awards. Khanna was posthumously awarded India's highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, in 2018 by the Government of India at the 65th National Film Awards.
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Vinod Khanna was born to Kamla and Krishanchand Khanna on October 6, 1946, in Peshawar, Pakistan. He had three sisters and one brother. Shortly after his birth, India was partitioned, and the family left Peshawar and moved to Mumbai.
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Vinod Khanna was a curious kid. He had many questions about life, religion and spirituality from the beginning. His family were quite religious. Khanna attended St. Mary's School, Mumbai, until class II.
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His family moved to Delhi, where Khanna attended Delhi Public School in 1957. They moved back to Mumbai in 1960, and Khanna was sent to Barnes School in Deolali, near Nashik. During his time at the boarding school, he watched the epics like 'Solva Saal' and 'Mughal-e-Azam' and fell in love with motion pictures.
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Vinod Khanna graduated with a commerce degree from Sydenham College, Mumbai. The actor loved cricket. "The public may think I am just another filmstar, but there was a time when I played fair cricket with Test player Budhi Kunderan. Later I played with Eknath Solkar at the Hindu Gym. I used to bat at No. 4 but settled for films the moment I realised I couldn't be a Vishwanath! Even so cricket, not films, is my first love," he said in an interview in 1979.
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