A beautiful star of Bollywood, became a monk and ruined his family and career!

Mumbai. When the name of the king of Bollywood is asked, Amitabh Bachchan’s name comes to mind first. But in Amitabh’s time there was a star who was rising very fast, if he had lived longer, Amitabh might not have found stardom. The actor decided to become a monk at the peak of his career and by the time he tried to make a comeback, it was all over. It is said that one wrong decision ruined the professional and personal life of the actor.

The handsome actor we are talking about is Vinod Khanna. Vinod Khanna was born on 6 October 1946 in Peshawar. Sunil Dutt recognized Vinod’s talent and gave him an opportunity to work in the film ‘Mann Ka Meet’ in the year 1968. Vinod started his career with a negative character and then emerged as a hero. In 1971, Vinod did the film ‘Hum Tum Aur Woh’ as ​​an actor. After this, films like ‘Imtihan’, ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Mukaddar Ka Sikandar’ brought him a lot of fame.

When in 1982 everyone was shocked
Vinod Khanna created a new identity in Bollywood and had many good films to offer. He was giving stiff competition to Amitabh Bachchan and other contemporary actors. But at the peak of his career, he took a break from films in 1982 and announced to become a monk under the patronage of Osho. It was a shock to the entire industry. Becoming Swami Vinod Bharti, he started working as a gardener at the ashram. In 1986, when Osho’s ashram in America closed down, Vinod once again returned to Mumbai, but by then the whole picture had changed.

Another family at the prayer meeting

Shattered stardom, broken family
After returning from the ashram, Vinod was seen in films like ‘Insaaf’, ‘Qurbani’, ‘Dayawan’, ‘Chandni’. The audience also loved him again but he could not get the same stardom as before. On the other hand, Osho’s move to an ashram affected his first marriage. He married his college friend Gitanjali in 1971 and the marriage broke up in 1985. Vinod had two sons Akshay and Rahul Khanna from this marriage. Vinod married Kavita Daftari in 1990. Kavita and Vinod have a son and a daughter named Sakshi and Shraddha Khanna. Vinod Khanna died on 27 April 2017 at the age of 70.

All four children of Vinod have tried their luck in the world of acting. Only Akshay Khanna got fame in Bollywood, all others could not get such a name. If reports are to be believed, Sakshi has stepped into the world of production.

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