Actor, BJP Lok Sabha MP, former minister Vinod Khanna passes away

Mumbai: Veteran actor and member of parliament elected to Lok Sabha from Gurdaspur seat in Punjab, Vinod Khanna passed away today at the age of 70. He was suffering from cancer.

Born on 6 October 1946 in Peshwar(now in Pakistan) Khanna was married to Smt Kavita Khanna on 15 May 1990. He has three sons and one daughter.

Khanna was first elected to 12th Lok Sabha in 1998. He was reelected to Lok Sabha in 1999. He was made minister of state for Tourism and Culture between 1 July 2002 and 28 January 2003. Khanna was made minister of External Affairs between 29 January 2003 and May 2004. He was reelected to Lok Sabha in 2004 and 2014.

Khanna acted in over 140 films. He was conferred Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film—Haath Ki Safai, 1974. He was also conferred Film Fare Life Time Achievement Award, 2000.

He was Chairman of Film and Television Institute in Pune during 1998-2002.

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