Mr. Khanna: Interviews

Saturday, 23 March 2019

Architectural Digest India—The Alibag Issue, March 2019

RAHUL KHANNA

The dapper actor began visiting Alibag as a teenager, after his mother’s best friend, an early ‘pioneer’ to the area, built a home. Nowadays he visits his brother, who can be spotted regularly on the jetty. “I love the sense of community, and that everyone knows everyone,” Rahul says. “It’s a much gentler social ecosystem than in Mumbai. People socialize, but it’s low impact. And everything is outdoors, which we don’t have in Mumbai.” Rahul is photographed here in a Kunal Maniar-designed pool and garden

Photographer: Bikramjit Bose, Stylist: Tanya Vohra, Hairstylist and Make-Up Artist: Akgun Manisali, Swimming trunks: Orlebar Brown, Words: Gayatri Rangachari Shah

Monday, 11 April 2016

Forbes Life, India, March 2016

Like Hassan, the shy and reticent masseur he played in his debut film 1947 Earth, Rahul Khanna is a man of few words. Sitting at a posh coffee shop in South Mumbai, where ForbesLife India meets him for a freewheeling chat, the VJ-turned-model-turned-actor takes his time to choose his words carefully. But when he speaks, a few sentences to each question, the articulate style icon turns heads with his clarity of thought, just like he does on screen, playing the suave Yousaf Rana in The Americans, an espionage series set in the Cold War era.

Despite father Vinod Khanna being a Bollywood star, Rahul Khanna never grew up as the “star child”. His introverted nature is reflected in his aversion for all things flashy; instead his wardrobe is replete with pieces that are classic and “conservative”. “I want a long-term relationship with my wardrobe. I love the idea of savouring pieces by reusing them over and over rather than discarding them after just one or two outings,” says the 43-year-old.

While Khanna loves owning beautiful and stylish clothes, he says he dislikes the process of acquiring them. “In show business, so much time is spent on trying on clothes that when it comes to my personal wardrobe, the very thought of shopping exhausts me. So I try and do it as infrequently as possible.” he says. But once he finds something he likes, he tends to buy it in multiples, in case he can’t find it again.

Here’s his masterclass on the 10 must-haves in a man’s wardrobe: