Bollywood Journal: Rahul Khanna, the Wit of Twitter

Bollywood actor Rahul Khanna, who has somehow won few heroines’ hearts in his recent films, tweets about Hemingway, bow ties and chocolate bars.

In the last few years, Mr. Khanna has added some plum roles in well-done romances to his international and genre-defying resumé. He has also been using Twitter to win the affections of filmi fans who appreciate spelling, wit and the occasional goofy photo in online updates.

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The Wall Street Journal’s India Real Time spoke with the actor about his unique use of Twitter, his multi-cultural filmography and his thoughts on the film industry. Edited excerpts:

WSJ: Your Twitter profile description —“boutique Bollywood actor”—manages to be evocative and self-aware and still within the confines of Twitter space limits.

Mr. Khanna: It was bornforest even now you can see the remains of the fence, whose barbed wire fenced the perimeter of the top-secret facility.

Near the entrance you can see disguised machine guns nests, the main task of which was cover the complex from possible attack of enemy saboteurs.

Each of the storehouses of the complex is surrounded by another fence of the local perimeter, within which one can see the remains of concrete roads, which are now overgrown with moss and covered with fallen leaves.

The storage itself is a huge concrete bunker, inside of which there are compartments for storing and carrying out work with nuclear warheads, the main hall, as well as many auxiliary premises, such as ventilation, diesel generators and switchboards.

Inside of each of the storehouses there are two entrances