Vinod Khanna
![Khanna in 2012](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Vinod_Khanna_at_Esha_Deol%27s_wedding_at_ISCKON_temple_11_%28cropped%29.jpg)
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'', as the main villain in the action drama ''Mera Gaon Mera Desh,'' and as the military officer turned fugitive in the crime drama ''Achanak'', which was a film based on the events of ''K. M. Nanavati v. State of Maharashtra''.
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. After a 5-year hiatus, he returned to the Hindi film industry with two successful films – ''Insaaf'' and ''Satyamev Jayate''. 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).
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. Provided by Wikipedia
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