Rahul Khanna on his highs and lows
Which is the best place to be?
A secluded beach in Goa on a sunny winter’s day.
Your most spiritual experience?
Driving on the Pacific Coast highway in California with jagged cliffs on one side and seals and whales diving in the crashing waves of the Pacific ocean on the other.
What music puts you in a romantic mood?
Diana Krall. She has the smokiest, sexiest voice.
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve put in your mouth?
Cigarettes..when I did the New York stage production East Is East.My character, a smoker, had to puff away throughout the play – every night for 11 weeks. I refused to smoke tobacco, so these were herbal cigarettes but they were still disgusting.
Your favourite comic book characters?
Asterix and Obelix.
Your perfect date?
Oysters and champagne at sunset on a beach followed by a moonlit swim.
Your favourite poem?
Madhushala by Harivanshrai Bachchan.
What would you change about yourself?
Not owning a dog, currently.
Three things that attract you to a woman?
A sense of humour, a sense of adventure and flirty eyes.
Three things that turn you off in a woman?
Smoking, high drama and an Adam’s apple.
What attracts a woman to you?
Skilled hypnotism.
The best compliment a woman has given you?
Not filing a police complaint after our first kiss.
A movie character you’d most want to be like?
Thomas Crown from The Thomas Crown Affair.
A movie character you are actually like in real life?
Jack Nicholson’s character from As Good As It Gets.
Two necessities in life
Sushi and a valid passport.
What are you terrified of being remembered for?
A couple of films I’ve done.
What don’t you leave home without?
Pants (for the most part).
Are you scared of commitment?
I’d rather not commit an answer to this.
Your worst nightmare?
Answering questionnaires like this.
Something you regret?
Missing a chance to fly on the Concorde.
A weakness you love to indulge?
Caviar.


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