Vinod Khanna Stardom: Rajesh Khanna is called the first male superstar of Hindi cinema. After Rajesh Khanna, this tag was given to Amitabh Bachchan but when both of them were active in films, they were afraid of one actor. The name of that actor is Vinod Khanna who was a veteran actor of Hindi cinema and it is impossible to forget him.
Vinod Khanna gave back to back films in the beginning which were superhits. When his career started reaching its peak, he took a decision which shocked the fans and gave relief to Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna. Let us tell you what is this interesting story of Bollywood?
Were Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna scared of Vinod Khanna?
In 1968, Vinod Khanna made his Bollywood debut with the film Mann Ka Geet. A year later, Amitabh Bachchan made his Bollywood debut with the film Saat Hindustani. Rajesh Khanna had become a superstar at that time. Vinod Khanna’s films became back to back hits from 1974 onwards, including ‘Hum Tum Woh’, ‘Mere Apne’, ‘Achanak’, ‘Imtihan’. However, apart from this, there were some films in which Amitabh Bachchan or other actors were there, but still Vinod Khanna’s work was highly appreciated.
Those films include ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Parvarish’, ‘Muqaddar Ka Sikandar’. By the year 1982, Amitabh Bachchan’s career was at its peak and so was Vinod Khanna’s. It is said that Vinod Khanna was removed from films, his scenes were cut, yet his popularity was increasing.
According to media reports, even when Amitabh Bachchan or Rajesh Khanna gave interviews during that period, they would not talk about Vinod Khanna. However, his friendship with Amitabh Bachchan remained till the end.
Many producers had accepted that the big stars were seeing their stardom wavering, including actors like Kaka and Big B. Everyone knew that Vinod Khanna was the only one who was becoming popular at that time, but after 1982 Vinod Khanna decided to retire. This news shook the entire industry.
Why did Vinod Khanna take retirement?
Vinod Khanna had announced in the year 1982 that he was renouncing all worldly desires and going to Osho’s refuge. At that time he had a wife and two sons (Akshay Khanna and Rahul Khanna). At that time Vinod Khanna’s family, friends and many producers tried to stop him but he did not listen and went to USA to meet Osho.
Vinod Khanna had told in an interview that when he went there and told about himself, Osho asked him to return. He had said that Vinod Khanna has a family from whom he should not turn away now. However, after many years Vinod Khanna remembered his family and returned in the year 1986.
vinod khanna comeback movies
Vinod Khanna returned in 1986 and his first film after his comeback was Insaaf in 1987 in which Dimple Kapadia was opposite him. After this, he did films like ‘Qurbani’, ‘Dayavan’, ‘Chandni’, ‘Khoon Ka Karz’, ‘CID’, ‘Jurm’, ‘Eena Meena Deeka’ and most of them were successful. Vinod Khanna’s last film was ‘Dilwale’ in 2015 in which he Shahrukh Khan He became the father of . After this, he started falling ill and on 27 April, he died at the age of 70.
