- published: 06 Aug 2013
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Vinod Khanna (Hindi: विनोद खन्ना, Punjabi: ਵਿਨੋਦ ਖੰਨਾ born 6 October 1946) is an Indian actor, film producer and politician.
Khanna was born in Peshawar to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman on 6 October 1946, in Peshawar, British India (now in Pakistan).[citation needed] He has three sisters and one brother. Shortly after his birth, India was partitioned and the family left Peshawar and reached Mumbai (then Bombay).[citation needed]
At Mumbai, he attended Queen Mary School, Bombay (Mumbai) until class II and then transferred to St. Xavier's High School, Fort. In 1957, the family again moved to Delhi where he attended Delhi Public School, Mathura Road. Although the family moved back to Mumbai in 1960, he was sent to Barnes School in Deolali, near Nashik. It was during his time at the boarding school that he watched the epic Mughal-e-Azam and fell in love with motion pictures. He graduated with a commerce degree from Sydenham College.
Vinod Khanna debuted in Sunil Dutt's 1968 film Man Ka Meet as a villain. He acted in multi-starrer films often playing supporting and negative roles in hit films such as Purab Aur Paschim (1970), Sachaa Jhutha (1970) and Mera Gaon Mera Desh (1971). His big break was in the 1971 film Mere Apne directed by Gulzar. His performance as an army officer facing death row in another Gulzar scripted and directed 1973 film Achanak was critically acclaimed. The songless film echoed the true life story of K. M. Nanavati vs. State of Maharashtra and Khanna portrayed Kawas Nanavati, the real life Navy officer.
I've been searching way too long
These legs won't carry me, these legs won't carry me
And I've been crawling my way home
And this body's way too weak, to deal with what
I've got behind me So won't you carry me like you did,
when you knew that I was lost
If I stayed at home for just one night
Would you find me on my own, and tell me just what
you gotta say Keep surrounding myself with,
this sense of confidence that I'm gonna make it home (home)
And I've seen so many things
It doesn't make me think, they'll get me where,
where I want to be Cause the weak get stronger everyday
And the lost get found, but can they be found again
Just keep breathing I don't know what else to say
Oh god won't you let me know?
We're gonna make it (home) You're gonna make it
Cause these legs weren't made, for running this race alone
And these feet weren't made, for walking this path on their own
Cause these legs weren't made, for running this race alone
And these feet weren't made, for walking this path on their own
So can we be found again