Rahul Khanna is an Indian actor, video jockey and author. He mainly works in Bollywood. He is the son of famous politician and actor Vinod Khanna and the elder brother of Bollywood actor Akshaye Khanna.
Wiki/Biography
Rahul Khanna was born on Tuesday, June 20, 1972, in Mumbai, Maharashtra (age 51; as of 2023). His zodiac sign is Gemini. He was educated at Bombay International School, Mumbai. He graduated from St. Xavier’s College, Bombay. He later studied fine arts and acting at the Lee Strasberg School of Drama and the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Rahul Khanna’s childhood photos with his father
Rahul Khanna childhood photos
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Weight (approximately): 75kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
Body measurements (approximately): Bust: 41 inches; Waist: 32 inches; Biceps: 13 inches
family
Rahul Khanna belongs to the Khatri family.
Parents and siblings
Rahul Khanna’s father Vinod Khanna is an Indian actor and politician, and his mother Geetanjali Khanna is a model. He has a younger brother Akshaye Khanna who is a famous Bollywood actor.
Rahul Khanna and his father Vinod Khanna
Rahul Khanna’s childhood photos with family
Rahul Khanna and his brother Akshaye Khanna
Rahul Khanna also has a stepbrother Sakshi Khanna and a stepsister Shraddha Khanna who is an actor and his father Born from second marriage to Kavita Khanna.
Sakshi Khanna (left), Kavita Khanna (center) and Shraddha Khanna (right)
wife
Rahul Khanna is unmarried.
Religion/Religious Views
Rahul Khanna follows Hinduism. In an interview, when asked who do you pray to, Rahul said:
I believe in God, but not in a religious sense. I see him more as the universal life force that rules over us all. When I pray, I pray to “anyone concerned.”
Profession
television
Rahul Khanna made his television debut with the youth entertainment television channel MTV Asia and served as the channel’s video jockey for four years from 1994 to 1998. In 1999, Rahul left MTV Asia and began hosting Asian variety shows in North America for the AVS television network. He hosted ASV until 2001. In 2006, he began hosting Discovery Week on the Discovery Channel. Rahul has hosted many award shows including IIFA Awards, Miss India Pageant, Screen Awards, Stardust (Magazine) Awards, Miss India Global Pageant, Naomi Campbell’s Fashion for Relief Show at Mumbai Fashion Week, GQ (India) Men Award Ceremony for Best of the Year in 2009 and 2010, Teacher Achievement Award in 2008 and 2010 and Indian International Film Festival Award in 2011.
In 2015, Rahul Khanna appeared in the American TV series The Americans. In “The Americans” (2013), he played Yusuf Rana, an officer in the covert operations branch of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence Agency.
Rahul Khanna (right) on the set of “The Americans” (2013)
Movie
After leaving MTV in 1998, he made his film debut in Deepa Mehta’s 1947 Earth, starring Aamir Khan. He has appeared in several films including Bollywood/Hollywood (2003), Firefly (2014), Lost (2023) and Wake Up Sid (2009).
Rahul Khanna in a still from the Bollywood film Wake Up Sid (2009)
web series
In 2019, Rahul Khanna starred in Leila, a Netflix original dystopian web series directed by Deepa Mehta. In 2022, Rahul starred in the Indian drama thriller Lost (2022) on ZEE5.
Stills of Rahul Khanna in the web series Lost (2022)
advertise
Rahul Khanna has appeared in advertisements for many brands including Toyota, Lay’s Potato Chips, Pepsi-Cola, DTC (Diamond Trading Company/De Beers Group), Trent (Westside) and Tommy Hilfiger.
writing
Rahul blogs for his own website. His articles and articles have appeared in many reputed magazines and newspapers including Harper’s Bazaar India, Vogue India, Cosmopolitan (Magazine) India, Elle (India), GQ India , Marie Claire India, Times of India and Deccan Herald.
Rahul Khanna on the cover of The Leela magazine 2019
Awards
- In 2000, he won the Filmfare Best Male Newcomer Award for his film “Earth 1947” (1999).
- In 2015, Rahul won the Actor of the Year award at the Anokhi Awards held at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Canada.
Rahul Khanna attends Anokhi Awards
Favorites
- Food: Frittata, smoked salmon
- Fashion personality: Cary Grant
- Travel destinations: Goa, Alibaug, Singapore
- Brands: Dior, Gucci, Kiehl’s
- Designer: Rajesh Pratap Singh, Tom Ford
- Movies: “As Good As It Gets” (2010), “Cinema Paradiso” (1988)
- Song: “A Whiter Shade of Pale” by Annie Lennox
- Drinks: black coffee, red wine, dirty martini
- Appearances: “Friends” (1994), “Two and a Half Men” (2003), “Everybody Loves Raymond” (1996), “Family Comedy” (1993)
Facts/Trivia
- In 2010, Rahul Khanna joined hands with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to launch the Dishoom campaign to support their cause of saving elephants. Talking about saving elephants in an interview, Rahul said,
Zoos are unable to meet the complex needs of the animals they keep in captivity, these majestic animals who belong in the wild, yet they are locked up like criminals – even if they have committed no crime. A more respectful way to observe these animals is through the wonderful wildlife programs available to everyone on television. ”
Photo by Rahul Khanna for PETA’s Dishoom campaign supporting elephants
- Rahul Khanna’s hobbies include surfing, collecting boxes and reading.
- On February 23, 2014, Rahul Khanna posted a photo on his Instagram account announcing that he suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The picture shows a plate of gummy bears arranged from lightest to darkest color.
Rahul Khanna’s Instagram post
- Rahul is a dog lover. He often posts photos of himself and his dogs on Instagram. He adopted a stray dog, named him Zukie, and urged others through his Instagram posts to adopt rather than shop.
Rahul Khanna and his dog Zukie
- Rahul Khanna has a huge fan following and has more than 200,000 followers on Instagram.
- In 2022, Rahul Khanna curated his own fashion line of men’s accessories called RKXC for premium fashion accessories brand Chokore.
Rahul Khanna in photoshoot for his fashion collection
In an interview, talking about the inspiration behind the fashion collection, Rahul said:
RKXC was inspired by my own accessories collection! And my experience purchasing items for it. I believe everyone should have a few pieces in their wardrobe that are timeless, will last a lifetime, and actually have qualities that can be passed down to the next generation. However, when I want to add specific new items, I find it easy to find gorgeous accessories with embellishments or patterns, but that’s not the case with classic, high-quality basic pieces. So I started assembling what I thought were the building blocks from which a modern Indian could build a world-class accessories collection. ”
- Rahul Khanna describes himself as a “boutique Bollywood actor” and when asked about the reason behind he said:
I live part of the year in India and the rest in the United States. I’ve been doing this my whole life. Whenever anyone in America knows that I’m an actor – and because of how big the industry is here – they naturally jump to the conclusion that I’m extremely prolific, making five movies at a time. I had to explain to them that I wasn’t actually doing that much work. As a result, everyone started using the word “boutique” because they used it to describe investment houses or hotels that were somewhat closed and niche. ”
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