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Vinod Khanna: The other angry man

Khanna's acting career spanned nearly five decades and over 100 films

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File picture of BJP MP Vinod Khanna

Avantika Bhuyan
As a child, whenever I would see Vinod Khanna on screen, I would half-expect Amitabh Bachchan or Shashi Kapoor to appear alongside as well. To my mind, he was the perfect foil to these actors, “the other” in their films. 

For a very long time, Amar Akbar Anthony stood for me as the perfect representation of Khanna’s career. In this rollicking comedy, directed by Manmohan Desai, he was the subtle, understated counter to the madcap characters played by Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor. And then suddenly, just when you were about to dismiss him as bland or boring, he lit up