Popular actors of Bollywood industry, Firoz Khan and Vinod Khanna were best friends. The film in which both were together was considered guaranteed to be a hit. Fans liked this pair very much. Apart from friendship, the special thing about them is the death of both of them. You will be shocked to know that both the actors died on the same date, with a gap of 8 years.
Both of them died on 27th April.
Let us tell you that apart from their death occurring on the same date, the reason for their demise is also the same. Both of them had said goodbye to the world due to cancer. Firoz Khan died on 27 April 2009 and Vinod Khanna died exactly 8 years later on 27 April 2017. Firoz Khan had lung cancer. Vinod Khanna had lost the battle with bladder cancer. Read More – Kriti Sanon revealed about the failure of films, said – It doesn’t matter anymore…
Friendship was formed on the sets of Shankar Shambhu
Late actors Feroz Khan and Vinod Khan became friends on the sets of the film Shankar Shambhu, released in 1976. Vinod and Firoz were seen together on screen for the first time through this film. In the film, Firoz played the role of Shankar and Vinod played the role of Shambhu. Their friendship also started with the film. Within no time both of them became close friends of each other.
Played the role of a friend in the film
Apart from onscreen friendship, Firoz Khan and Vinod Khanna were also good friends offscreen. Both of them played the role of friends in the 1980 film Qurbani. Firoz wanted to cast Amitabh Bachchan for the role of Vinod in the film Qurbani, but he did not have dates.
Also Firoz Khan did not want to wait for 6 months. That is why he cast Vinod Khanna for this role. The story of the film was woven around friendship and sacrifice. After this they were seen together in the film Dayavan (1988). It was a remake of Mani Ratnam’s Tamil classic film Nayakan. Read More – Kriti Sanon revealed about the failure of films, said – It doesn’t matter anymore…
Both actors got divorced in the same year
Vinod Khanna married Geetanjali in the year 1971. From this marriage, the actor has two sons, Akshay and Rahul, who are well-known Bollywood actors. Vinod divorced Geetanjali in 1985 after 14 years of marriage. This is the same year when Feroz Khan also divorced his wife Sundari.
Firoz wanted to cast Vinod in the 1986 film Jaanbaaz. But by that time Vinod had distanced himself from the glamor industry. Talking about Vinod Khanna, he had worked in hit films like Qurbani, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Parvarish, Amar Akbar Anthony, Inkaar, Hera Pheri, Mera Gaon Mera Desh and Patthar Aur Payal. Whereas Firoz Khan had worked in hit films like Arzoo, Aurat, Safar, Mela, Crime, Kala Sona, Dharmatma, Naagin, Qurbani and Welcome.