Akshay Khanna has become an internet sensation since the release of Aditya Dhar’s film ‘Dhurandhar’. While on one hand his popularity has reached its peak, on the other hand the excitement among people to know his personal life has also increased. However, Akshay Khanna likes to stay away from glare. Whereas his father Vinod Khanna enjoyed stardom a lot. And when he was at his peak, he abandoned it and turned to spirituality. He left his wife and two sons Akshay and Rahul Khanna and took refuge in Osho’s ashram. Let us know here who was Akshay’s mother and Vinod Khanna’s ex-wife Geetanjali and why did the late veteran actor get divorced from his wife?

Who was Akshaye Khanna’s mother Geetanjali?
Let us tell you that Vinod Khanna’s first wife, Geetanjali Taleyarkhan, was from a famous Parsi family and was a model. Her family was full of lawyers and businessmen and she became the first member of her family to step into the world of glamour. Gitanjali, A.F.S. Taleyarkhan, who was considered one of the earliest commentators of India in the 1950s.

How did Vinod Khanna and Geetanjali meet for the first time?,
Vinod Khanna first met Geetanjali during his college days and Vinod was attracted towards her at first sight. The two started dating when Vinod had not yet made his mark in the film industry. According to Bollywood Shaadi.com, shortly after this, she was noticed by actor-producer Sunil Dutt, who offered her her first film ‘Mann Ka Meet’, which marked the beginning of her acting career.

1971 Vinod Khanna married Geetanjali in 2017
As Vinod’s popularity and success increased, he decided to get married. Then in 1971, he had a grand wedding with his lady love Geetanjali in the presence of many well-known personalities from the film industry. A year later, the couple welcomed their first son, Rahul Khanna, and then Akshaye Khanna in 1975. In both his professional and personal life, Vinod gave priority to his family, he even made a rule of not working on Sundays.

Vinod Khanna retired in 1982
Despite enjoying fame, success and a happy family life, Vinod Khanna started feeling like turning towards spirituality. At the peak of his career, he decided to renounce worldly life and took sannyasa in 1982, leaving Bollywood and joining Osho’s ashram. This decision completely changed his personal life.

Why did Vinod Khanna get divorced from his first wife Gitanjali?
Initially, while living in America, Vinod remained in touch with Geetanjali and his children through phone. However, the distance proved difficult for them, especially as their two sons were growing up. Geetanjali had to struggle a lot to survive as a single parent and told how the children were often questioned about their father’s absence. After trying to handle everything alone for three years and convincing Vinod to return home, Geetanjali finally gives him an ultimatum that he has to choose between his family and his spiritual path. When Vinod did not respond, she filed for divorce and the couple were legally separated in 1985.

Although Vinod returned to India in 1987, his first marriage broke due to his long stay in the ashram. Some time ago, in an interview, Akshay had told what impact his father’s visit to Osho’s Ashram had on him. Recalling that time, Akshay had told Mid-Day, “Not just leaving his family, but taking Sanyas. Sanyas means giving up one’s life completely, family is just a part of it. It was a life-changing decision, which he felt was necessary to take at that time. As a five-year-old child, it was impossible for me to understand it. Now I can understand it.”

Vinod Khanna had second marriage with Kavita Daftari.
On returning to India, Vinod restarted his acting career on the advice of Osho. The film industry welcomed her and at the age of 43, she fell in love again. Then he married Kavita Daftari in 1990. The couple had two children, a son and a daughter. However, Geetanjali Taleyarkhan never married again. She had dedicated her life to the upbringing of Rahul and Akshay, away from the public glare. A year after Vinod Khanna’s death in 2017, Geetanjali also died in 2018 at the age of 70.

Akshay Khanna is in the news at the moment because he has been dominating the internet since the release of ‘Dhurandhar’. However, earlier this year he was seen in a completely different role in ‘Chhaava’. Discussion about him continues on the internet, while there is also excitement about his personal life. Akshay is not married yet and a video of him is going viral in which he is talking about being happy living alone. However, there were once rumors that Akshay was going to marry Karisma Kapoor. Then why could things not be resolved?

Why couldn’t Karisma Kapoor’s marriage happen with Akshay?
According to media reports, Karisma and Akshay came close after doing a photoshoot together in the 1990s and soon an affair started between them. At that time there were reports that Karisma had ended her relationship with Ajay Devgan and Akshay had taken care of her at that time. The actress’s father Randhir Kapoor was also happy with Karisma’s relationship with Akshay and he even sent a marriage proposal to Akshay’s father Vinod Khanna. The talk of marriage had gone a long way, but according to reports, Karisma’s mother Babita Kapoor intervened and stopped it. Actually, at that time Karisma was at the peak of her career and stardom, and Babita wanted her to focus on work, according to reports, at that time Karisma was not even sure about Akshay’s career and that is why both of them could not get married.

Karisma Kapoor married Sanjay Kapoor
Later, Karisma got engaged to Abhishek Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan announced it publicly, but this relationship also broke. Finally Karishma married businessman Sanjay Kapoor in 2003. The pair had two children, but later separated and divorced in 2016. Sanjay Kapoor died in June this year. It is said that he had a heart attack due to swallowing a bee.

Vinod Khanna was one of the selected stars of Hindi cinema, whose journey was very special and inspiring until he became a hero from a negative role. He not only ruled the hearts of the audience with his brilliant acting, but also made a distinct identity. Vinod Khanna started his as a villain in films, but his look and strong acting soon got him the role of a hero.

Villain to Hero’s Bollywood journey
Vinod Khanna was born on 6 October 1946 in a Punjabi family in Peshawar (now Pakistan). At the time of partition, the family later settled in India and settled in Mumbai. He was interested in acting since childhood. After completing his studies, he decided to make acting his career. Although his father was initially against him, he also agreed to see the daughter’s hard work and dedication and gave Vinod a chance to fulfill his dream.

Luck changed with ‘Man Ka Meet’
In the year 1968, Vinod Khanna got the first major success when he got the role of villain in the film ‘Man Ka Meet’. At that time it was not easy to play a villain or negative role in Hindi films, but Vinod made it his strength. On the basis of his dashing look and expression, he also proved himself in a negative role.

After this, he played the role of Villain in many films and made his own place in the hearts of the audience. But it was also written to become a hero in his destiny. Gradually Vinod Khanna started getting the role of hero in films.

In the 1971 film ‘Mere Apne’, he was seen in the lead role for the first time, which increased his popularity. The film was so liked among the audience that Vinod Khanna confirmed his name as a hero.

This was followed by many of his hit films, such as ‘Mera Village Mera Desh’, ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’, ‘Qurbani’, and ‘Dayawan’. These films proved that he is not only a villain, but also a great hero.

Vinod Khanna reached Osho’s Sharan of Stardom
Vinod Khanna’s special thing was that he never let himself get caught in stardom. He always won everyone’s hearts with his hard work and simplicity. He worked with veterans like Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna and Sunil Dutt, but made his own identity. In films like ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ and ‘Mukaddar Ka Sikandar’, his pairing was a favorite of the audience with Amitabh Bachchan.

His career was so great that in the 1980s he was among the highest fees of the industry. But during this period he took a big decision. In 1982, he went to the shelter of his spiritual guru Osho and distanced himself from films. Nearly five years later, in 1987, he made a comeback with the film ‘Insaaf’, and again ruled the hearts of the audience.

Vinod Khanna’s star shines from acting to politics
Vinod Khanna received many awards for his acting. His acting was praised everywhere and the film world also honored him with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Apart from this, he was also active in politics and had won the Lok Sabha elections many times as BJP leader.

Vinod Khanna died on 27 April 2017. After a long battle with cancer, he said goodbye to the world, but even today his memories and the magic of his films remain in the hearts of the audience.

Leena Chandavarkar has worked in many superhit films in her career. The actress of the 70s worked with actors like Jitendra, Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna and Shammi Kapoor during her career. Born in a military family in Karnataka, Leena started her career with mother’s Meet.

When Leena was on her career peak, she met Siddharth. Their meeting turned into love and both got married. During this time, the age of the actress was just 24 years. Leena’s husband Siddharth belonged to a political family. Actually, he was the son of Bandodkar, the first Chief Minister of Goa.

Returned to her maternal home

Leena was very happy with marriage, but broke before her dreams were fulfilled. On the 11th day of marriage, when Leena’s husband was cleaning the gun, a sudden bullet was fired and he died on the spot.Leena became a widow on the 11th day of marriage and returned to her maternal home.

Marriage of 20 years old singer

Because the blame of the death of her husband started to beat Leena’s head. Ignoring all the taunts, he again turned to Bollywood. His comeback film flopped Bairag. Meanwhile, he met Kishore Kumar. Leena and Kishore Kumar were 20 years old and Singer was married three times.

The family opposed the marriage of Leena and Kishore Kumar, yet both of them got married. After 7 years of marriage, Leena gave birth to a son. Kishore Kumar died in 1987. In such a situation, the actress again became widowed at the age of 37. Leena is 74 years old and lives with her sons. Actually, he has also adopted a child.

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Madhuri dixit intimate scene: It is very common to have intimate scenes in Bollywood films now. There is hardly any film that does not have a kissing scene. But in earlier times it was a big thing to have an intimate scene. Very few films used to see such scenes. A film came out in 1988, in which the actor was seduced while doing intimate scenes. He also took the lips of the actress. The film we are talking about is named Dayawan. Madhuri Dixit and Vinod Khanna were seen in lead roles in Dayawan. Vinod Khanna was seen fighting with an actress 21 years younger than him.

The Dayawan came in 1988. At that time it was considered bold to show the intimate scene in the film, while there was a 21 -year difference between Vinod Khanna and Madhuri. In the film, the kissing scene was filmed between the two. At that time Madhuri was 21 years old and her career started. Vinod Khanna was a superstar there.

Vinod Khanna was seduced
The song of the film today has become very viral. There was a kissing scene in this song itself. Vinod Khanna lost his control during the kissing scene. After the director’s cut, he was being forcibly kissed to Madhuri. According to reports, Vinod Khanna also cut Madhuri’s lips. Madhuri was quite shocked. She started crying after the scene. Blood was also coming from his lips.

Vinod Khanna apologized
When Vinod Khanna realized his mistake, he came to Madhuri after some time and he also apologized. Vinod Khanna’s father was surprised to see his romantic scenes. Although he did not come to the premiere of his films, but he came to Dayawan’s premiere. In which he was shocked to see the son like this.

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Vinod khanna viral video: Vinod Khanna’s name is included in the list of those stars of Hindi cinema. Who used to win the hearts of people with his acting and style. During his era, the actor gave Bollywood many hits and blobster films. Today, even though he is not in the world, his stories keep making headlines on social media. At the same time, the video of the actor is going viral. In this, he was seen talking about his love life and women. Know what they said.

Vinod Khanna’s old video went viral

This video of Vinod Khanna is going viral on Redit. In the video, the actor is seen in a very dashing look. He is wearing a yellow t -shirt with Blue Denim. Vinod Khanna looks very handsome with glasses on her eyes and cigarettes in hand. But this video is not in the discussion because of his talk, not his look.

,I was a virgin, no saint,

Actually, in this video, Vinod Khanna while talking about his relationship with women says that ‘I was a bachelor and there was no saint. My body also needs some things. Without women, we would not have been here, so why should anyone object to being with my women ‘. There was also a lot of ruckus due to this statement of the actor.

Vinod Khanna was associated with spirit at the top of career

Please tell that Vinod Khanna had achieved a lot of stardom from his films. But you will be surprised to know that on the top of career, the actor left this fame and went on the path of spirituality. He lived in Osho’s ashram for about five years. He is looking for peace in his life. After this, he also returned to acting. The actor died on 27 April 2017.

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Vinod-feroz friendship: Many stars in Bollywood earned money and fame with name. At the same time, many also made Jiggeri friends in this glamor world. Today we will tell you about two such superstar friends whose reel and real life were in a lot of discussion. He also set an example of Hindu-Muslim friendship. The interesting thing is that both these stars also died on the same date. Let us know who they are?

These two stars were examples of Hindu-Muslim friendship
Actually we are talking about Vinod Khanna and Feroz Khan. Vinod Khanna and Feroz Khan were true friends of each other despite being from different religions. In 1978, they became friends on the set of Shankar Shambhu and then it became unbreakable with the passing time, which also had a mutual honor. Both shared the screen in many successful films, including Kurbani (1980) and Dayawan (1988).

Feroz Khan had an important role in making a comeback in Vinod Khanna’s films
Vinod and Feroz Khan always supported each other in personal and professional life. Feroz Khan was not only a great actor but also produced and directed films like Kurbani and Dayawan. He was the one who played an important role in making a comeback again in Vinod Khanna’s film industry.

The year of divorce of both was also the same
At the same time, let us know that both Feroz Khan and Vinod Khanna were filled with personal life turmoil and both have the same year of divorce. Vinod was divorced from Gitanjali and Feroz in 1985.

Vinod Khanna and Feroz Khan died on the same date
Interestingly, Vinod Khanna and Feroz Khan died on the same date, 27 April. However, there was a difference of eight years in the death of both. Feroz Khan died of lung cancer in 2009, while Vinod Khanna died in 2017 due to cancer. The coincidence of both of them being on the same day surprised many people, even Rishi Kapoor commented on it.

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Akshaye Khanna on Not Working With Father Vinod Khanna: Akshaye Khanna is one of the under -rated actors of the film industry. Akshay Khanna is the son of late actor Vinod Khanna. He shared the screen with Vinod Khanna in his first film Himalaya son. After this, the actor never worked with the veteran star. In an interview, he revealed the reason for not working with his father and also said that there is another superstar with whom he should not work.

Father Vinod and Akshaye Khanna never wanted to work with this star
Akshay’s first film Himalaya son was released in 1997. In this film, he had a screen share with the late actor and his father Vinod Khanna besides Hema Malini, Johnny Lever, Satish Shah, Danny Denjongpa and Amrish Puri. Apart from Akshay, Anjala Javeri and Shazia Malik were also in the film. It is said that there was a complicated relationship between Akshaye Khanna and his father Vinod Khanna, but in spite of this, the heart wanted actor actor Vinod and his Spiritual Exploration.

In 2008, Akshaye Khanna revealed in an interview to IANS (through Hindustan Times) that working with Vinod Khanna was a terrible experience and he would never work with him again. Drishyam 2 Star said, “There are some people with whom you should not work. My father is one of them. Amitabh Bachchan is the other. It is impossible to stand confidently in the same frame with him.”

Why did Akshay not want to work with father Vinod
Akshaye Khanna had also revealed the reason for never working with father Vinod Khanna. He had said, “His presence on the screen is very impressive. It is very difficult to match my father on the screen. It is such a quality either you have this quality, or you do not have the truth. Tell me, I do not have this quality, I have no presence.

Please tell that Vinod Khanna was an extraordinary actor and style and fashion icon, who was posthumously awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. The veteran actor died in 2017 after suffering from cancer.

Akshaye Khanna Work Front
Talking about the work front, Akshaye Khanna was last seen in Vicky Kaushal’s film Chhawa. He played the role of Aurangzeb. His performance in the film has been highly praised. The film is now streaming on Netflix.

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