Veteran Bollywood actor-turned-politician Vinod Khanna died here on Thursday morning after a prolonged illness.
The former union Minister of BJP was hospitalized over a month ago.
The 70 year- old actor was is survived by his wife and two actor sons.
He featured in some of the biggest Bollywood hits like “Mere Apne”, “Insaaf”, “Parvarish”, “Muqaddar Ka Siqandar”, “Qurbani”, “Dayavaan”, “Mera Gaon Mera Desh”, “Chandni”, “The Burning Train” and “Amar Akbar Anthony” among many others.
Khanna was also the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of the Lok Sabha from Gurdaspur in Punjab. He was into his fourth term as MP from the seat.
Khanna was first elected from Gurdaspur in 1998. He was re-elected in the 1999 and 2004 general elections. He lost narrowly in 2009 to Pratap Singh Bajwa (Congress).
Khanna avenged his defeat in 2014 by winning from Gurdaspur for the fourth time.
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