{"id":519,"date":"2018-02-01T06:14:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T06:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who_is_who_new\/?p=519"},"modified":"2018-02-01T06:36:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T06:36:12","slug":"rahul-khanna-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mapsofindia.com\/who-is-who\/entertainment\/rahul-khanna-biography.html","title":{"rendered":"Rahul Khanna Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rahul Khanna &#8211; model, VJ and actor was born on 20th June, 1972. He is the son of famous Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna and former model Mrs. Gitanjali Taleyarkhan.<\/p>\n<p>His brother Akshaye Khanna has also earned a good name in Bollywood. He is quiet tall having a height of 5 feet 11 inches.<\/p>\n<p>He graduated from St. Xavier&#8217;s College and thereafter joined Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute and then The School of Visual Arts to train himself in direction, production, editing and script writing.<\/p>\n<p>Rahul Khanna started off his career as MTV video jockey in August, 1994 which earned him a big fan following across Asia.<\/p>\n<p>He conducted various shows like India Hitlist, MTV Select, MTV Most Wanted, MTV Hanging Out and MTV Fresh.<\/p>\n<h3>His movies:<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 5px;\">\n<li>Deepa Mehta&#8217;s &#8216;1947 Earth&#8217; in 1998 which happens to be his first film.<\/li>\n<li>&#8216;West- End Play&#8217; and &#8216;East is East&#8217; directed by Scott Elliott (1999)<\/li>\n<li>Jag Mundhra&#8217;s &#8216;Bawander&#8217; (2000)<\/li>\n<li>Spike Lee&#8217;s &#8216;3 AM&#8217; (2001)<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Kline&#8217;s &#8216;The Emperor&#8217;s Club&#8217; (2002)<\/li>\n<li>Deepa Mehta&#8217;s Bollywood\/Hollywood (2003)<\/li>\n<li>Vikram Bhatt&#8217;s &#8216;Elaan&#8217; (2005).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Achievements:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 5px;\">\n<li>&#8216;Best and Brightest New Talents&#8217; at Toronto International Film Festival (1998)<\/li>\n<li>Filmfare Award for Best Debut (2000) in the movie &#8216;1947 Earth&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rahul Khanna &#8211; model, VJ and actor was born on 20th June, 1972. 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