One of Bollywood's most handsome heroes, the veteran actor died of advanced cancer of the bladder carcinoma and breathed his last at 11.20 am today on Thursday at the HN Reliance Hospital in Mumbai.


Late Vinod Khanna's body was taken from the hospital to him a while ago and his funeral is underway.

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While the whole fraternity is shattered with this sad news, actor Sanjay Dutt has paid tributes to veteran actor-politician Vinod Khanna says the late star was and will always be family to him.

Sanjay Dutt

"It is saddening to hear of the demise of Vinod Khanna ji. I have watched him as a child and throughout my life was always fascinated by his style and charisma. He was always a thorough gentleman. A big loss to the fraternity. He was and always will be family to the Dutts," Sanjay said in a statement.

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Khanna is survived by his former wife Geetanjali and their sons Akshaye and Rahul, who are now actors, and his present wife Kavita and son Sakshi and daughter Shraddha.

Sanjay, who has worked with Khanna in films "Khoon Ka Karz" and "Kshatriya", paid his condolence to Khanna's family.

"May his soul rest in peace. My deepest condolences to Kavita Bhabhi, Akshaye, Rahul and Sakshi," he added.

With inputs from IANS