RIP Vinod Khanna: Twitterati remember Feroz Khan who died on same day

RIP Vinod Khanna: Twitterati remember Feroz Khan who died on same day in 2009

Feroz Khan and Vinod Khanna. Pic/Twitter

Veteran Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passed away today at the age of 70 in Mumbai after battling cancer. Twitterati remember how Khanna's 'Qurbani' co-star Feroz Khan, too, died on this day in 2009.

Some Twitter users also noted the eerie similarity between Vinod Khanna and Feroz Khan's death. Feroz Khan had passed away of cancer too.

Here are some tweets:

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.

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