The one and only: Vinod Khanna | अपने ही अंदाज़ का एक अकेला अभिनेता |

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Vinod was spotted by Sunil Dutt after graduation, and made his acting debut in Sunil Dutt's 1968 film Man Ka Meet (directed by Adurthi Subba Rao) as a villain and in which Som Dutt was the hero, a remake of the Tamil film Kumari Penn.

Then in 1968, Khanna got opportunity in few superhit supporting and antagonistic roles; as an angry young man in the social drama Mere Apne, as the main villain in the action drama Mera Gaon Mera Desh, and as the military officer turned fugitive in the crime drama Achanak.

From playing villain Khanna successfully switched over to playing the popular hero. He got his first break as the solo lead in Hum Tum Aur Woh. In 1974 he played a college professor in Imtihan, which proved successful even in the face of stiff competition from Roti Kapda Aur Makan. Then came Majboor, Amar Akbar Anthony and Muqaddar Ka Sikandar in which he co-starred with Amitabh Bacchan went on to become the highest grossing Indian movies of 1977-78 respectively. Muqaddar Ka Sikandar was the third highest-grossing Hindi movie in the 1970s after Sholay and Bobby. At the peak of his popularity he played a supporting role in the blockbuster drama Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki, a heroine-dominated movie with Asha Parekh and Nutan.

Some of the successful movies of this era include Hatyara with Moushumi Chatterjee, Qaid with Leena Chandavarkar, Inkaar with Vidya Sinha, Aap Ki Khatir with Rekha, Khoon Ki Pukaar, Shaque and Adha Din Aadhi Raat with Shabana Azmi, and Daulat with Zeenat Aman. In 1980, he starred in Feroz Khan's Qurbani which became the highest-grossing film of that year.[36] He was, at the time, one of the highest paid actors in Bollywood.[37]

In 1982, at the peak of his film career, Khanna temporarily took a break from the film industry to follow his spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh.[3] After a 5-year hiatus, he returned to the Hindi film industry with two successful films – Insaaf and Satyamev Jayate.[13] In his later film career, Khanna played several memorable roles as a father in blockbuster movies such as Wanted (2009), Dabangg (2010) and Dabangg