Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Jackie Shroff Remembers Vinod Khanna on 80th Birth Anniversary
Jackie Shroff remembered his friend Vinod Khanna on Khanna’s birthday.
He shared old pictures showing Khanna at different times in his career.
A song by Kishore Kumar played with the pictures.
Khanna was born on October 6, 1946.
He began acting in films in 1968 and became a well-known Hindi-film star.
In 1982, he took a break from movies to follow his spiritual teacher, Osho Rajneesh.
He later returned to acting.
Khanna died in Mumbai in 2017, aged 70.
Jackie Shroff paid tribute to his close friend Vinod Khanna on Khanna’s birth anniversary.
Shroff shared a montage of photographs from different stages of Khanna’s career, with a Kishore Kumar song playing.
Vinod Khanna was born on October 6, 1946, and made his film debut in 1968.
He became a leading Hindi-film actor, then stepped away from Bollywood in 1982 to follow spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh before returning to films.
Khanna died in Mumbai on April 27, 2017, aged 70.
- Who
- Actor Jackie Shroff paid tribute to actor Vinod Khanna.
- What
- Shroff shared a photo montage remembering Khanna on his birth anniversary.
- When
- On Khanna’s birth anniversary; he was born on October 6, 1946.
- Where
- Shroff shared the tribute on social media; the article identifies Mumbai as Khanna’s place of death.
- Why
- To remember Khanna, whom Shroff described as always being in their hearts.
- Birth
- October 6, 1946
- Film debut
- 1968, in Sunil Dutt’s Mann Ka Meet
- Career break
- Stepped away from Bollywood in 1982 to follow Osho Rajneesh
- Date of death
- April 27, 2017
- Age at death
- 70
- Place of death
- Mumbai
- Tribute music
- Kishore Kumar’s “Muskurata Hua...”