Amitabh Bachchan, other Bollywood celebs attend Vinod Khanna's funeral

Amitabh Bachchan, other Bollywood celebs attend Vinod Khanna's funeral

Vinod Khanna's funeral. All pics/Jagran New Media

Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachhan, Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff and other Bollywood celebs attended the last rites of veteran actor Vinod Khanna who passed away today (April 27) at the age of 70 in Mumbai after suffering from cancer.

Amitabh Bachchan at Vinod Khanna's funeral

Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan at Vinod Khanna's funeral

Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan at Vinod Khanna's funeral

Vinod Khanna's son Akshaye Khanna was seen at the funeral.

Akshaye Khanna at Vinod Khanna's funeral

Akshaye Khanna at Vinod Khanna's funeral

Akshaye Khanna at Vinod Khanna's funeral

Randeep Hooda and Udit Narayan were seen attending the last rites of Vinod Khanna too.

Vinod Khanna was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of the Lok Sabha from Gurdaspur in Punjab. He was into his fourth term as MP from the seat.

Starting his career with minor roles in 1969, the actor built up a hugely successful career.

He featured in some of the biggest Bollywood hits like "Mere Apne", "Insaaf", "Parvarish", "Muqaddar Ka Siqandar", "Qurbani", "Dayavaan", "Mera Gaon Mera Desh", "Chandni", "The Burning Train" and "Amar Akbar Anthony" among many others.

Khanna was first elected from Gurdaspur in 1998. He was re-elected in the 1999 and 2004 general elections. He lost narrowly in 2009 to Pratap Singh Bajwa (Congress).

Khanna avenged his defeat in 2014 by winning from Gurdaspur for the fourth time.

A Punjabi born in Peshawar (now in Pakistan), Khanna remained popular in the constituency despite accusations that he remained absent from the area most of the time.