{"id":52373,"date":"2018-05-04T12:49:41","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T19:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=52373"},"modified":"2018-05-04T12:49:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T19:49:41","slug":"akshaye-on-vinod-khannas-dadasaheb-phalke-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/akshaye-on-vinod-khannas-dadasaheb-phalke-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Akshaye on Vinod Khanna\u2019s \u2018Dadasaheb Phalke\u2019 Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Akshaye Khanna during the 65th National Film Awards function at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, May 3. Khanna received Dadasaheb Phalke Award on behalf of his father, the late Vinod Khanna. (Manvender Vashist\/PTI)<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Akshaye Khanna, received his father Vinod Khanna\u2019s posthumous Dadasaheb Phalke Award, May 3, says it is a \u201cbittersweet moment\u201d for the family.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u201cWe are really proud as a family. It is a bittersweet moment for us. I wish my father was here to receive this award. I am missing him. It is an emotional day for us,\u201d Akshaye told PTI.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cMom\u201d star was accompanied by step mother Kavita Daftary at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Khanna, who died on April 27 last year at the age of 70 after battling cancer, was active in Bollywood till the very end. His last few memorable screen outings were in Salman Khans \u201cDabangg\u201d series and Shah Rukh Khans \u201cDilwale\u201d in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Known as one of the most handsome stars ever to grace the Indian cinema screens, he started off as an antagonist and in supporting roles before graduating to lead roles.<\/p>\n<p>The actor had a very successful pairing with Amitabh Bachchan. They worked together in blockbusters such as \u201cAmar Akbar Anthony,\u201d \u201cParvarish,\u201d \u201cReshma Aur Shera,\u201d \u201cMuqaddar Ka Sikandar,\u201d \u201cZameer,\u201d \u201cHera Pheri\u201d and \u201cKhoon Paseena.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He made his Bollywood debut in 1968 film \u201cMann Ka Meet,\u201d which was produced by Sunil Dutt, who was reportedly struck by Khanna\u2019s good looks. He was noticed for his portrayal of Shyam in Gulzar\u2019s 1971 film \u201cMere Apne,\u201d where he stood out as a disillusioned young man.<\/p>\n<p>He got his first break as a hero in \u201cHum Tum Aur Woh\u201d (1971). A great many films followed including hits such as \u201cElaan\u201d and \u201cMera Gaon Mera Desh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He made his political debut in 1997 with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and served as a minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee\u2019s government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akshaye Khanna during the 65th National Film Awards function at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, May 3. Khanna received Dadasaheb Phalke Award on behalf of his father, the late Vinod Khanna. (Manvender Vashist\/PTI) Akshaye Khanna, received his father Vinod Khanna\u2019s posthumous Dadasaheb Phalke Award, May 3, says it is a \u201cbittersweet moment\u201d for the family&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/akshaye-on-vinod-khannas-dadasaheb-phalke-honor\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":52366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19],"tags":[5977,33,5976,139,147,3187],"class_list":["post-52373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-topics","tag-akshaye-khanna","tag-bollywood","tag-dadasaheb-phalke-award","tag-entertainment","tag-siliconeer","tag-vinod-khanna"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}