Veteran Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passed in Mumbai on Thursday. He was 70.
Khanna, who worked in 141 films and was a sitting MP from Gurdaspur, Punjab, was hospitalised and later discharged from HN Reliance Foundation and Research Centre in Girgaum, Mumbai due to severe dehydration. He was also reportedly battling cancer for years.
Born on October 6, 1946 in a Punjabi family to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna in Peshawar, Khanna studied commerce at Mumbai's Sydenham College before moving into acting.
Khanna was married to Geetanjali between 1971 and 1985 and has two sons with her, Rahul Khanna and Akshaye Khanna. He married Kavita with whom he has two children, Sakshi and Shraddha.
He appeared in 141 films between 1968 and 2013 and also forayed into politics by joining the BJP. He was minister of state for tourism and culture in 2002.
(With ANI inputs)
