In the eighties, Khanna starred in critically acclaimed box office hits such as 'Amardeep', 'Bandish', 'Thodisi Bewafaii', 'Dard', 'Avtaar', 'Agar Tum Na Hote', 'Souten' ,'Awaaz', 'Nazrana', 'Angaarey' and 'Amrit'.
During the multi-starrer era (1975-1990), Khanna delivered three superhits with childhood friend Jeetendra: 'Dharam Kanta','Nishaan' and 'Maqsad'. He turned producer with 'Alag Alag' (1985).
