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This former actor had starred in many super hit Hindi movies of the 1980s. He twice won elections on the BJP ticket from Gurdaspur in Punjab, despite being an 'outsider' to the state and had also served as a union minister. He however failed to make it a hat-trick in 2009, losing by a very narrow margin. Which hero am I talking about?

  1. Sekhar Suman

  2. Navjot Sidhu

  3. Vinod Khanna

  4. Shatrughan Sinha
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Explanation

Vinod Khanna is correct. He was a popular 1980s Hindi film actor, won twice from Gurdaspur (1998, 1999) as BJP candidate despite being from Punjab originally, served as Union Minister, but lost by narrow margin in 2009. Sekhar Suman, Navjot Sidhu, and Shatrughan Sinha are other actor-politicians but not from Gurdaspur.

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