Playing The Field
Rahul Khanna - June 18, 2007
While I have great regard for commitment and monogamy, I must admit that I, myself, have been rather promiscuous.
New York’s dating scene is notoriously cut-throat but it pales in comparison to the city’s housing market. A few lucky people find their perfect match right off the bat but the majority of us go through several real estate partners before finally settling down.
I have gone from rookie renter to serial subletter and someday I hope to settle down into a long-term lease but for now I continue my wanton wanderings. Below is a lease-and-tell chronicle of some of my more memorable affairs of the real estate variety…
THE FIRST LOVE
The first apartment I ever had of my own was listed as a “cozy” studio in Manhattan’s pierced and mohawked East Village neighbourhood. In New York realty-speak, “cozy” means the size of a small walk-in wardrobe. But, for a wide-eyed, twenty year-old film student, it was a palace. There’s no feeling that comes close to the sense of accomplishment and pure exhilaration of moving into your first apartment.
With this rite of passage one also ends up learning important life lessons. One of the more amusing ones (in retrospect only) was a wild evening with two Norwegian girls whose Basic Instinct style flashes from the futon were, I later discovered upon getting my phone bill, just to distract me and my friends from the fact that they were using my phone to call every relative they had in Norway.
When I moved back to NYC after a 3-year stint in Singapore, the first apartment my realtor happened to show me was this very same one. It was like reconnecting with an old friend but it looked so tiny I couldn’t believe I actually lived there. I ended up going with…
THE ONE NIGHT STAND
This brief dalliance with a ground floor studio in a townhouse on the Upper West Side was doomed from the start. The very evening I got the keys, I discovered the apartment came with room-mates. Furry, four-legged ones. The relationship was over less than 24 hours after it had begun. This led to my first (and hopefully last) legal battle (which I subsequently lost thanks to the fine print on the paperwork I’d signed) and, although I didn’t get the opportunity to shout, “I’m out of order? You’re out of order! This whole trial is out of order!”, the up side is I now have some experience to draw on if I ever do a courtroom drama.
Although the whole affair was less than pleasant, I was in for a soft landing because I ended up in the vermin-free arms of…
THE FEMME FATALE
This slick little apartment in a modern high-rise with the most unbelievable views of Manhattan and the river was the real-estate equivalent of being in a relationship with a sophisticated, sexy and successful young woman… who, I discovered, had a sordid background.
A few years earlier, the building was the site of one of Manhattan’s most sensational and grisly murders. Often, as I strapped on my rollerblades in the lobby, one of the doormen, shaking his head, would recount how he'd helped two residents load a trunk into a cab, later finding out it contained the dismembered remains of a local bookie.
Apart from that, the building was rumoured to be home to some of the city’s most high priced and exclusive escorts. Although I never was able to confirm this information (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it), I got to know some of my other neighbours and we are still close friends. My apartment was sandwiched between one of New York’s premier concert pianists and an auctioneer couple with a talent for mixing exquisitely lethal margaritas, which they’d pass me over our balconies every evening. Between the Gershwin from one side and the tequila from the other, it’s no wonder I look back on those years with such great fondness but not too much lucidity.
When I began taking on more work in India, it made sense to sub-let rather than maintain an apartment of my own, so my promiscuity escalated. Next up was an involvement with…
THE OLDER ONE
I’d always been a fan of New York’s indigenous pre-war architecture but had only lived in modern structures until I ended up in this charming one bedroom on the Upper West Side. Full of antiques (and dust!) the apartment was owned by a flamboyant and uproariously witty 90 year-old. She lived across the hall and would often trick me into taking her out for drinks. Always catching me off guard, her modus operandi was brilliant and would involve lines like “I’m 90, would you just walk me to the corner so I can pick up some dinner?” When we got there, she’d follow it with “Let’s just have a quick drink while they pack my food.” An hour later, through a 3 martini haze, I would realise I’d been had – again. In spite of this regular trickery and the delight she took in scandalising me with play-by-play details about her sex-life, requests to please “knock-up” her daughter and answering the door in nothing but her underwear, we got along famously and I ended up being a frequent guest at parties with her friends that included New York’s most celebrated tycoons, politicians, writers and artists.
When she found out I was an actor, she started showing a picture of me to every Indian taxi driver she came in contact with. She would then excitedly call me wherever I happened to be in the world to inform me that they knew who I was. When I expressed my mortification and asked her to stop, she was clearly offended. The next voicemail from her was a curt, “I showed your picture to a cab driver today and he had no idea who the hell you were.”
I sublet the apartment for a few years before she eventually sold it but she remains one of my favourite people in New York and I still get invited to the parties.
THE TAKEN ONE
In between apartments, a friend offered me his roommate’s section in their large Chelsea 2-bedroom. She was away on a long assignment in South America and I fell madly in love with the unbelievable water pressure. Every time I turned on the shower, I had to hold onto the hand rail for fear of being knocked to the ground or pinned to the wall with its force. Every shower was an adventure – like whitewater rafting in the comfort of one’s own bathroom. But this was not my space and I was always aware that it belonged to someone else. And, like when you mess with a committed woman, there’s a good chance you’ll eventually get caught. That happened late one October morning when I emerged from the shower and found a middle-aged Argentinean woman sitting on the bed. Her assignment had ended ahead of schedule and she was home early. That was the end of that tryst. The room went back to its true owner and I went back to standard water-pressure.
THE THREESOME
I recently found myself in the top floor apartment of a brownstone off Central Park West. It belonged to a feminist writer who was spending time in Europe and the apartment, newly renovated, with great light and views, seemed perfect. There was one catch, though… the owner clearly thought very highly of her boyfriend’s charms and had a framed photograph of him above the bed. Nothing wrong with that – except that it was a nude. It took some adjusting to (and an amendment to my “One Penis Limit in the Bedroom” rule) but, after a while, I hardly noticed the pale, hairy man hanging (literally) on the wall. It was, after all, a very small price to pay for a great New York sublet.
THE (possibly) DANGEROUS LIAISON
I’m currently in a quirky and Spartan walk-up in the West Village that belongs to an Italian photographer. Thankfully, there are no naked men on the wall but it’s possible I’m living above a serial killer. He has a pallid, gothic look to him and, as I passed him coming into the building, he fixed me with a steely, disdainful gaze and hissed in an eerily Hannibal Lechter-esque tone, “Ah, new meat.” (The friend I was with claims he said, new “face” but I know what I heard.) I’m going to try my best not to make eye-contact or do anything that might even vaguely annoy him but, if I go missing, check the freezer of apartment #2R.
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Posted by Rahul Khanna at June 18, 2007 12:55 AM
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1. Posted by
hgquinn
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June 18, 2007 03:23 AM
Beware, promiscuity knows no ends! The serial killer may be no serial killer at all but a gay (please ready happy) bachelor rather fond of flesh!
Happily for me, I got my match and there is no need (there never was, believe me!) for any broker! Monogamy is the order of my day. So no subletting or staying as a paying guest!
BTW you're a good actor!:)
2. Posted by
deadmanswill
on
June 18, 2007 03:53 AM
Dear Rahul,
I hoped to meet you at IIFA in Yorkshire. Well I met with your brother Akshaye, but I always read your stories on this site!
Sandhya
PS: This is a nice story again as usual fm you!!!
3. Posted by
Sandhya
on
June 18, 2007 03:55 AM
Hi Rahul
You write very well. I enjoy reading all your posts-witty and sexy
keep writing...
4. Posted by
swag
on
June 18, 2007 04:04 AM
I'm so sorry!!! It wasn't my meaning that my comment was posted 5 times! There was something wrong with my computer, I'm really sorry! I feel like a grouppie right now.
Sandhya
5. Posted by
Sandhya
on
June 18, 2007 04:05 AM
Jeez, Rahul, look what followed me in the door... a come-on, a ((come-on)*5), a come-on, and an apology that misspells groupie as something that should be pronounced grop-y. Sex is in the air.
:)
Ah, beware indeed, Brother Bother.
love, Heath
6. Posted by
hgquinn
on
June 18, 2007 04:13 AM
Hey Heath,
Hows your dutch? Well I don't think that good!
Sandhya
7. Posted by
Sandhya
on
June 18, 2007 05:03 AM
Good stuff Rahul.
Reminds me of staying with my sister on the Upper East Side. The shower was in the kitchen and you had to go through her flatmate's bedroom to get to the toilet.
I've stayed on bigger river boats!
When a young guy came to the door with a tank on his back calling himself The Terminator I thought my days were numbered. I didn't know about pest control.
But if you've grown-up in Bombay then economical use of space won't be an alien concept.
I recently saw a good arts program on the BBC about how New York gave birth to the many innovative sounds of Hip-Hop, Disco and Punk all about the same time in the '70s (it actaully focused on a club called CBGBs).
One postscript of the program was that NYC has been gentrified to such an extent that new grass-roots art movements are no longer possible. Within Manhattan at least.
What are your feelings about the gentrification of this great city?
btw I live in UK.
8. Posted by
Luke
on
June 18, 2007 05:38 AM
Hello Rahul, great read!! I just love the way you write about "things" like this; your humour is a magic wand.
Love,
North
I think this would make a good film with you the renter sort of connecting all the stories....Are you near Jane Street now...I am curious how many years have spanned with all these moves...
Very cute!
Joanie
10. Posted by
joanie
on
June 18, 2007 07:01 AM
joanie, I second your thoughts in #10!! Rahul, it really WOULD make for a great film, a journey-filled film, to-do with renting... with your acting the lead, and your humour perhaps narrating the adventures-of; in the script, it would be a success!!
11. Posted by
North
on
June 18, 2007 12:35 PM
This was a good one! Thanks for the creative humor.
12. Posted by
Char4
on
June 18, 2007 02:20 PM
And BTW: I've been looking for a place, so I guess that's why this one really hit home, even though I can, unfortunately, relate to the tongue & check!
13. Posted by
Char4
on
June 18, 2007 02:23 PM
Yes, Rahul, like that movie about all the stories going on at one time with doors, i forget the title, but different stories going on simultaneously...
just make sure if you make it a movie that our names are in the credits lol
14. Posted by
joanie
on
June 18, 2007 08:21 PM
What a great imagination!! Your writing is wonderful - so amusing and so thought provoking.
I laughed and laughed.
Thanks for the great entertainment.
Sincerely,
Betsy
15. Posted by
"Betsy" S.
on
June 19, 2007 12:32 PM
that was very unexpected. beauty AND brawn (or literary prowess anyway)
btw, Happy Birthday.
16. Posted by
altruistic
on
June 20, 2007 05:40 PM
Love it!
17. Posted by
melissa
on
June 20, 2007 06:15 PM
Rahul
I only have one question...When are you going to settle down with the one you love?
:)))
Bonnie
18. Posted by
Bonnie
on
June 20, 2007 06:39 PM
What about the safe option? You know, predictable, non-challenging, traditional.....rent controlled???? :-) Stick with the possibly dangerous liaison one....never a dull moment. The best things in life are the most difficult to contend with.
19. Posted by
Kamini
on
June 21, 2007 12:50 PM
What about the safe option? You know, predictable, non-challenging, traditional.....rent controlled???? :-) Stick with the possibly dangerous liaison one....never a dull moment. The best things in life are the most difficult to contend with.
20. Posted by
Kamini
on
June 21, 2007 12:50 PM
What about the safe option? You know, predictable, non-challenging, traditional.....rent controlled???? :-) Stick with the possibly dangerous liaison one....never a dull moment. The best things in life are the most difficult to contend with.
21. Posted by
Kamini
on
June 21, 2007 12:52 PM
What about the safe option? You know, predictable, non-challenging, traditional.....rent controlled???? :-) Stick with the possibly dangerous liaison one....never a dull moment. The best things in life are the most difficult to contend with.
22. Posted by
Kamini
on
June 21, 2007 12:53 PM
What about the safe option? You know, predictable, non-challenging, traditional.....rent controlled???? :-) Stick with the possibly dangerous liaison one....never a dull moment. The best things in life are the most difficult to contend with.
23. Posted by
Kamini
on
June 21, 2007 01:04 PM
Hi Rahul! So weird....Its raining like hel in Mumbai and i woke up with the thought of getting a new apartment and then the idea of loking for an apartment in Mumbai is nothing short of the nightmares u have told us about! And then i come across this last post of yours as there's nothing great to do on a sunday morning when Mumbai is being flooded with rains! God not another apartments!Mumbai is the same story when it comes to apartments! Finally i hope u'r alive after that hanibal-esque neighbour of yours!
Cheers!
24. Posted by
tanuravi
on
June 23, 2007 11:47 PM
Love reading your posts ! Just back from New York myself - what a city !You write very well - write more :-)
25. Posted by
Nandita K Baig
on
June 25, 2007 05:33 AM
Hi Rahul,
I have read all your previous posts, but never really had the time to comment, after reading this one, I decided to spare a few seconds to comment.
I have a lot of friends who are beautiful and intelligent, however beauty comes in many forms, in your case I would say, you have the looks, a brain, (in good working order) and a great sense of humour, now if you reveal you’re the loyal type, that would make you almost perfect!
So Mr. Almost Perfect, (assuming you possess the loyalty trait) keep writing because your talented in making people smile.
Hope to read more great posts.
Happy belated birthday…
;)
26. Posted by
shani
on
June 26, 2007 03:51 PM
rahul: loved your latest posts. keep on writing on.
27. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
June 26, 2007 07:58 PM
Is this actually something that you have written?????????? Hard to believe Man!!!!!!! U don't really look that intelectual!
28. Posted by
koral_dasgupta
on
June 28, 2007 04:38 AM
Its official u got the funniest sense of humour around Rahul. Can’t wait to read your next post…
StOrM :)
29. Posted by
MildStorM
on
June 30, 2007 07:08 AM
:)) ufff, you never fell to make me laugh! That was great.
30. Posted by
hanania
on
July 1, 2007 07:30 PM
Heyy rahul...nice post...
cant wait to read more...any coming up soon???
31. Posted by
Lavanya
on
July 8, 2007 10:30 PM
From one writer to the other- writing is an agreement to lay bare your soul and deal with the consequences later.
Your soul is pockmarked with all the lease agreements you have signed. But I guess that is what make syour soul worth reading about. A boring single lease-agreement doesn't leave much to tell.
Loved the blog.
Sobia................................
32. Posted by
Sobia
on
July 9, 2007 09:04 AM
From one writer to the other- writing is an agreement to lay bare your soul and deal with the consequences later.
Your soul is pockmarked with all the lease agreements you have signed. But I guess that is what makes your soul worth reading about. A boring single lease-agreement doesn't leave much to tell.
Loved the blog.
Sobia................................
33. Posted by
Sobia
on
July 9, 2007 09:05 AM
From one writer to the other- writing is an agreement to lay bare your soul and deal with the consequences later.
Your soul is pockmarked with all the lease agreements you have signed. But I guess that is what make syour soul worth reading about. A boring single lease-agreement doesn't leave much to tell.
Loved the blog.
Sobia................................
34. Posted by
Sobia
on
July 9, 2007 09:11 AM
Hey! Rahul,
I am eagerly waiting for the next post. When is it comming ?
Mita.
35. Posted by
mita_majumdar
on
August 8, 2007 03:12 AM
Thank you all for your comments. Glad you enjoyed the post. I will post a new entry as soon as inspiration hits.
36. Posted by
Rahul Khanna
on
August 20, 2007 06:27 AM
Greetings, Rahul.. nice surprise visit from you; and may you feel inspired.. soon.
with loving kindness,
North
Rahul,
I hope I get thru' this post, its my first blogging experience.
You have an expressive writing style... ever thought of it as a profession. you narrate in an intriguing manner as you unfold your creative experiential life.
Thank you for inspiring me to write. sometimes life reminds you thru' a Rahul Khanna blog... woman express thru the word'
monsoon
38. Posted by
monsoon3
on
August 23, 2007 09:42 AM
LOLlerblades!! I LOL'ed through your article, you are so funny!
Seems like you've been so far safe from the Hannibal Lechter, and still out there kicking and fooling around in the jungle!
Great going and keep it up, lad, may you soon be struck by a ray of enlightenment and post again! (- take no pressure, blogstipation is normal!) ;)
39. Posted by
Indigo Mare
on
August 30, 2007 06:03 PM
Hi Rahul
this is really funny!!!!!! can't wait to read more...pls keep writing....LOVE
Tulip
40. Posted by
Tulip
on
September 13, 2007 12:03 PM
Yo, Rahul, looking mighty dapper with the recent launch of the Indian Edition of Vogue.
41. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
September 27, 2007 08:46 PM
Hahaha -- thanks, Happy.
42. Posted by
Rahul Khanna
on
September 28, 2007 09:13 AM
Yes, quite dashing at the launch party.
Very clever and fun piece. Looking forward to the next blog! Soon, I hope.
43. Posted by
mcgoddess
on
October 8, 2007 03:55 PM
funny amusing and completely beyond expectations
came across an extract from your blog in the sunday issue of Hindustan Times, was intrigue..and am even more so now that i have read it all..could an actor really be as good with his words as he is with his lines..hmmm..will keep checking back to find out :)
umang
44. Posted by
umangexuberance
on
November 11, 2007 08:50 AM
hey rahul...really like ur posts...and i really like u...have seen u at the gym a couple of times...man ...r u hot or what..sigh!!!
45. Posted by
edifice
on
November 11, 2007 11:06 PM
Thanks Umang and Edifice. Will try and post again as soon as inspiration strikes.
46. Posted by
Rahul Khanna
on
November 13, 2007 07:08 AM
Dear Rahul
Have visited ur blog for the first time!!!
liked it as well!!! old lady one was good.... i met a similar male version in NYC itelf!!! hope to see more interesting stuff!!
Rahul Khanna, the VJ, was my fisrt crush when i was in school. I watced MTV Most Wanted religiously, and i think this is not written by him.
48. Posted by
J'
on
November 17, 2007 11:13 AM
but whoever wrote this has a great sense of humour...
tickeled mine for sure
:D
49. Posted by
J'
on
November 17, 2007 11:23 AM
rahul
hi!!
phew!!
finally finished reading all your posts..and liked most of them a lot..you have matured immensely as a blogger since you started
by the way you have been blogrolled :) so hope to read something new from your end soon :)
take care
50. Posted by
umangexuberance
on
November 20, 2007 02:20 AM
Hi Rahul,
I am completely the opposite, I was committed to my long term relationship with my condo for 17 years. I remained faithful despite having to spend money on making him/it look good. I finally decided after 17 years that time had come to find something new. A new relationship with finished basement, new kitchen, granite countertops, a gas fireplace, a garage, wood floors is what I need. I tried to remain committed but I admit, I lost my love for the old place.
On a much brighter note, I wanted to say that I am becoming a big fan of yours. I first saw you in Hollywood/Bollywood. Then I rented Elaan and Earth (Thank god for NetFlix because small town Michigan doesn't stock foreign movies). I am still trying to figure out the music and dancing style of Bollywood but I loved your character in Elaan.
So, now you have a new fan, and can't wait to see what else you have coming out.
Take Care and Happy Thanksgiving
51. Posted by
Nancy
on
November 21, 2007 04:04 PM
Thank you Nancy... I will keep you posted...
52. Posted by
Rahul Khanna
on
November 22, 2007 02:18 AM
hello rahul!
i like your blogs as they are very funny and light.
CLEVER SUCKING MOSQUITO
I am telling you my sad story.All night i keep on rubbing my hands and legs since mosquitoes biting me from inside my blanket.I switched on my ALL OUT mosquito repellent but of no use.Should i keep my ALL OUT inside my blanket.
rahul!
what does awareness means in India.one day i was going in my car then i noticed a watertank behind me and at its back there was written SAVE EACH DROP and i found that there was a hole at the place where drop was written on the water tank and water was falling out and i start laughing.
You certainly hit the core of the matter with your bytes about a bite of the big apple.
Given that there has been not much recent intent to blog by you, and I'm absolutely outdated about Bollywood masala and it's kind, I was going to google a search on bollywood and its recently lost actors to the depths of a freezer in #2R.
But your recent reply to a post, as I scrolled down the comments section, reassures me that all is still well in the West Village.
I wonder if I should be deterred from what I have read - your first hand recountal of the dreaded hunt for the "right" roof over your head? I do like roti, kapda and makaan to be decent- but not to the point where I'm being bled dry.
Then again, the 'love thy neighbour' martini and the blissfully forceful water pressure sound oh-so inviting. My vagabond self, though, is not prepared to stare at another's nude man on a daily basis, nor end up privy to information on the dimembered remains of some other. Is it possible to find one such story about NYC where real estate and horrific don't get mentioned in the same breath, I wonder? Oh! how I wonder?
55. Posted by
astromatix
on
December 18, 2007 08:34 PM
Hi Rahul,
I read your blog, you seem very candid and clever in your posts. (esp. this one)
I never thought ppl like you had time for these things ( got to know thru TOI). Its nice to know you are real. Keep blog rolling...
- cheers
56. Posted by
AmiRah
on
December 19, 2007 09:15 AM
Hi, am reading your blogs for the first time, just finished reading them all, and i have to say i didn't know you had this in you.. i think you're wasting your talent as an actor, maybe you should try writing as a full time profession... and to think that in your first bog you professed to be a man of few words... please write again soon, you've got me completely hooked.
BYW you signed an autograph for me once when you were in Bangalore at a play in Chowdiah memorial hall, i can't even remember what the play was anymore, but i bet i still have the proramme you signed somewhere....
57. Posted by
aneesha coelho
on
December 19, 2007 10:56 PM
From Blogstipation to Blogorrheoa, when wilst thou make the transition?
Wordy-ness of a droll nature is a must to keep cyberspirits high.
Though I'm quite capable of 'endorphin-ising' myself through runs, words et al., your blogs are a pleasant addition to my entertainment list.
So dig into that funny bone mister, or touch a nerve on a social cause.
Hasta pronto.
and a happy blog year.
58. Posted by
astromatix
on
December 20, 2007 07:10 PM
Hi Rahul,
I'm going to cut to the chase.. When is your next movie out? :)
xxx
PS. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
59. Posted by
Rahul Khannas' Wife
on
December 23, 2007 05:11 PM
I am hoping that we hear from you soon, Rahul. To not read any new blogs has greatly depressed me. I look forward to your sense of humor and perspective on this world. Well anyway, may your Christmas be blessed and where ever you are celebrating the holiday, may you know that your fans eagerly await your next installment of your blog.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Nancy
60. Posted by
Nancy
on
December 24, 2007 05:51 AM
Hi Rahul: Belated Christmas and New Year Greetings to you.
What books have you read of late? Will we be seeing you, akshaye and dad in a film anytime soon.? Any idea when Raqeeb will be out on DVD?
Do keep posting. Need to read new posts from you.
Sindhu
61. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
January 15, 2008 11:40 PM
i remember one day actor rahul khanna's father, to give him punishment he tied him with rope with the tree naked. one calf misunderstood him his mother and he started shouting and saved after that and he never did mistake again.
#62
hahahahahahahaaha.....whoaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Rephrased:
I remember when the actor Rahul Khanna was a young boy, he did something horrible that upset his father. His father, to give him punishment, asked him to take off all his clothes. He then tied him with rope to a tree near his village home. A little hungry calf passing by misunderstood him for its mama and started sucking him for milk. Rahul shouted at the top of his voice, and was saved by his mother. After that sucking day, he never ever was naughty again.
63. Posted by
Heralong Grass
on
January 17, 2008 12:32 PM
Hera long!
that was too funny! whoahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!>>>>>>>>>.......whoahehehe!
64. Posted by
Diablo
on
January 17, 2008 01:31 PM
Hi Rahul !!!
Although i have been surfing net for over 2 yrs but came across your blog only recently.
Read all your entries and....u sure write something !!
good going but its been a pretty long time since your last entry .
Would love to read some more from you .
69. Posted by
Sakhi
on
January 25, 2008 04:58 AM
Just wanted to add my 2 cents and tell you what a talented writer you are. You definitely know how to draw a reader into your world and hold them there. Love reading your posts....so when is your book coming out? ;) I'll be the first in line if that ever happens! Good luck always!
70. Posted by
Babel
on
January 25, 2008 10:46 PM
hi!
Message for his fans.
Do not praise him he is stealing my ideas in his writing.
He know me since he was 16 and fell in love with me at first sight.
Hi Rahul !!
HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY !!
(belated)
Hope you enjoyed ...we too celebrated and enjoyed the day ...
BTW you were too good in Raqeeb ...when do we get to see you on screen again ?
73. Posted by
Sakhi
on
January 27, 2008 08:12 AM
Thanks Sakhi! I'm scheduled to start a new film in Feb. Details soon...
74. Posted by
Rahul Khanna
on
January 31, 2008 08:20 AM
Hi Rahul:
Belated Republic Day Greetings to you. What is the working title of your new film? When will your new book be out? Out here in New Orleans it is mardi gras season. One day I do hope that you will get a chance to visit new orleans which is the birth place of jazz which is your favorite musical genre.
Sindhu
75. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
February 4, 2008 11:45 PM
hey Rahul!
came across your blog through that of a friend who has blogrolled you.
I have read all your posts and must say, you have a way with words and strong powers of observation.
I have been blogging for some time now and have read loads of blogs but I found yours exceptionally impressive.
I hope you end your sabbatical from blogging soon, am really looking forward to reading something new from your end.
take care
sherry
http://sherryrowl.blogspot.com/
76. Posted by
sherryrowl
on
February 6, 2008 06:25 AM
Hey, you can really really write!
Was having a bad day at work and just happened to be browsing (pretending to work in fact) when I came across this one and it really cheered me up. Humour is not every writers cup of tea. But Rahul, you rock at this. Keep writing.
77. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
February 20, 2008 06:10 AM
oh and when I say you are good at this, not to say you are any less acting. But as much as we'd like to see more of you (pun intended) it's nice to see you are picky about your roles. Just hope we atleast get to see your writing more often.
78. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
February 20, 2008 06:20 AM
Just finished reading all your posts...and must say it's not just humour that's your genre. From nothing to say ( are you kidding?!) to sharing your grandmom's memories to the lost harddrive...it's like a treat. Every single one. And if I am not mistaken, this is not rehearsed and crafted copy. It's freefalling. I am not very blog savvy and to be honest this is the first time I have spent so much time on one. Recent Femina mentioned about this site and for some strange reason I just remembered the URL. Boy, am I glad :)
79. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
February 20, 2008 07:29 AM
Rahul:
Belated Valentine's Day. Was reading about the dating scene in time out new york and time out mumbai. Both articles reinforced dating in big cities is notoriously cut-throat. You should consider writing for a woman's magazine. Will you be making appearances on some of the tv shows? What is the name of your new film? What character are you playing in your new film? Who are your costars in your upcoming film? Do keep us posted.
By the way, Akshaye is looking good in race.
Sindhu
80. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
February 20, 2008 08:07 PM
Hey this is addictive...I finally know what this whole blogomania is all about. I have been checking this site everyday ( mostly more than once to be honest)hoping to see a new post from Rahul or atleast some new comments. I can't believe I am doing this...
81. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
February 22, 2008 03:08 AM
Hey this is addictive...I finally know what this whole blogomania is all about. I have been checking this site everyday ( mostly more than once to be honest)hoping to see a new post from Rahul or atleast some new comments. I can't believe I am doing this...
82. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
February 22, 2008 03:15 AM
Haha -- thanks WhiteNoise. Welcome to the blogsphere! I am actually experiencing quite an acute case of blogstipation but hope to be cured soon. Keep checking back...
83. Posted by
Rahul Khanna
on
February 22, 2008 03:17 AM
Oh....this is soooo super cool. I actually got a reply back :) Thank you . And Rahul pls lets find some cure for you. I have lots of blogging fever to catch up with.
btw compliments on your writing once again.
Cheers
84. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
February 22, 2008 03:56 AM
hi
Rahul!
what is your acute case of blogstipation ?how it will be cured?
hi!
one day i visited a Haryana village and found that some one is gazing at me ,i got afraid then i complained my gaurdian that he is gazing at me but i have been told that he is not gazing at me they see like this or their eyes are bigger like as if they are staring.
Hi Soni, errr...sorry but, what exactly are we trying to do here with your 'Haryana Village' story? is this some cure for blogstipation?!!
Or just some random piece of iformation you decided to share incase Rahul or someone happens to go to Haryana?
Thanks, I'll keep in mind.
87. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
February 23, 2008 01:25 AM
Hi!
Rahul!
you wandered around me but did not talked to me even when i was in a critical situation.I am angry with you and thats why i am trying to let you down.
Hey m not sure, if i can use this as a forum but just had a question for Sindhu- Which issue of TimeOut Mumbai were you talking about?
As for Soni - Rahul you've let down a damsel in distress looks like. oh, how could you, Rahul!!
(Just trying to beat the monday morning blues)
89. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
February 24, 2008 10:06 PM
Hi Rahul !!
Just dropped to check in....still blogstipated??!!
well take care gentleman ...we love to listen ..err...read something from you ..
Just the other day saw your Dad's pic in TOI ,
with moustaches....he looks as handsome as ever ..
90. Posted by
Sakhi
on
February 25, 2008 08:47 AM
Whitenoise:
It was last year's valentine's issue of TimeOutMumbai and this year valentine's issue of TimeOutNewYork.
By the way, for those who have not seen raqeeb, it is on tommorrow evening at zee cinema.
Sindhu
91. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
February 29, 2008 06:37 AM
Rahul:
I hope that your acute blogstipation has been cured. Please come back and post something new. Till then, I shall keep checking back. Saw a recent picture of your dad at a wedding. Looking good for his age. Thanks for replying to my posts, Rahul!
Sindhu
92. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
February 29, 2008 06:59 AM
Hey Rahul...
Feeling any better?
Would it help if we suggest topics to ponder on?
Why don't you write something about your hunk of a dad?
Or hey Sachin and his nervous 90s saga...
Get well soon.
P.S. Thanks Sindhu
93. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
March 3, 2008 10:19 PM
hi!
rahul
my suggestion
for your cure
write a blog about me clarifying yourself .
hilarious...heehaw:)...so hows the old one"? does she still call? presuming she's still around...you said 90 rite? also when is your next movie coming out?btw loved your work in Earth...
keep writting in...ciao
95. Posted by
nilambri
on
March 5, 2008 10:50 AM
one recipe to cure writer's block:
one notebook
one writing utensil
commitment to write down all of the small but interesting moments that happen in a day (saw a child chasing a feather in a subway car, saw a squirrel eating a banana in a tree, I slipped on a sandwich bag and did a split over the gutter)
reread at the end of the week
find a thread
best of luck to you!
96. Posted by
heddy
on
March 5, 2008 06:56 PM
For someone who survived the Orkut and Facebook epidemic, this is quite a revelation. I have been bitten by the blogbug; checking religiously for new posts. But been kind of disappointing Rahul. It's been like what 9 months now? You know, some of us pop out babies in this much time! I'm sure can be cured. Just push yourself a little. For us :O)
97. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
March 10, 2008 01:12 AM
18th June 2007 to 19th March 2008
I think the diagnosis was wrong. Now it's reached what we call the writer's block. Please get well soon. The longer you stay in this zone, the worst it gets to get out of it. Trust me. I speak from experience.
It's a pity you had to suffer from this accute blogstipation ( as you'd like to call it) only when I got bitten by the blogbug.
:(
98. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
March 19, 2008 06:21 AM
Hey WhiteNoise, you are in love with this guy -- no this blog(s)! not with blogging! -- get his number :)
99. Posted by
Irvine Welsh
on
March 19, 2008 06:25 AM
Hey WhiteNoise, you are in love with this guy -- not his blog(s)! not with blogging! -- get his number :)
100. Posted by
Irvine Welsh
on
March 19, 2008 06:39 AM
hahaha Thanks Irvine. You've been an eye opener ;) btw so whr do u think i'll get the number?! anyone?
Meanwhile Rahul obviously is a little too busy I suppose. Hopefully shooting someplace.
101. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
March 20, 2008 11:21 AM
hahaha Thanks Irvine. You've been an eye opener ;) btw so whr do u think i'll get the number?! anyone?
Meanwhile Rahul obviously is a little too busy I suppose. Hopefully shooting someplace.
102. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
March 20, 2008 11:22 AM
hahaha Thanks Irvine. You've been an eye opener ;) btw so whr do u think i'll get the number?! anyone?
Meanwhile Rahul obviously is a little too busy I suppose. Hopefully shooting someplace.
103. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
March 20, 2008 11:23 AM
hahaha Thanks Irvine. You've been an eye opener ;) btw so whr do u think i'll get the number?! anyone?
Meanwhile Rahul obviously is a little too busy I suppose. Hopefully shooting someplace.
104. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
March 20, 2008 11:24 AM
Rahul:
I hoped that your blogstipation would have gotten cured by now and that you would have given everyone who posted on your blog something new to read. But alas, there has not been one. Today, while reading GQ and Mens Vogue in Barnes and Noble, I imagined that you were featured prominently in ad campaign and interviewed by some of their top writers. Hopefully, Rahul, I shall get to read more recent interviews of you in the near future.
Sindhu
105. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
March 20, 2008 04:39 PM
Wow -- lots of pressure to blog! Any suggestions for a post?
106. Posted by
Rahul Khanna
on
March 21, 2008 03:56 AM
A kid who did some thing horrible
I remember one day when rahul was a 12 year old boy came to a house of a 21 year old girl to take his ball he was playing with. He then saw her and got so much infatuated and tried to seduce her but she got embarrassed and ran in her room to hide herself.After that day he started throwing ball in her house again and again .she had not given any response .Then one day out of frustration he torned her shorts drying in the sun.
hi Rahul,
it would really be neat if you could do a blogvideo! (Deepak has posted several the past few days)
love,
~ Kate
as for subject matter
...
favorite activity
Golf, Skiing, Sun & Fun?
or favorite song,
poem (prose for you) or
travel experience.
or, just anything on your mind!
Hey Rahul,
Sorry about the pressure bit. Wish I could say 'hey, chill..take your own time"..but naaahhhhh. It would be a lie:)
As for topics, it's kindda hard to say what tickles your funny bone.
But maybe just to get that mind churning you could start with something interesting you did last weekend? Or a dream that felt like for real...Some unusual friend you made...the last time you made a fool of yourself...first crush? dating mishaps? a life changing travel experience...Does it get lonely at the top? Suggest some foreign movies...losing friends to what's called marriage...where do you see yourself 5 yrs from now? too much? make that 5 months perhaps. tell us some childhood story that involves your dad..or your relationship with your wheels: obsessed? possesive?
Or perhaps the easiest to get started after such a long break would be talking about your own movies- which ones closest to your heart? or maybe which one's coming next
what say you?
need more options, just let me know.
Good luck for now.
111. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
March 22, 2008 02:24 AM
Hey Kate,
Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is a videoblog? like we can see the person talking? ( I can't seem to see the one by Deepak. Some software error)
That would be a treat! but then again nothing like written words. Well, that's my take. But then one should experiment :)
112. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
March 22, 2008 02:30 AM
Hi Rahul:
Write about all your filmy, culinary and book adventures, relationships with your dad, mom, brothers and little sister.
Sindhu
113. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
March 22, 2008 09:23 AM
Hey Lads and Lassies:
Happy Holi and Happy Easter.
Sindhu
114. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
March 22, 2008 01:43 PM
OK..so here's another list.
Last movie you saw
Book you couldnt get yourself to finish
A word on Accents
Judging a book by its cover
Favourite cartoon character
Superhero you'd like to be for a day
Holywood/ Bollywood movie you wish you'd have done
Culinary Disasters
Wardrobe fiascos
Taller girlfriends
Addiction to SMS
Best trekking route
Bike trip
Fine art of pitching tents
Mastery in flirting
Turn ons
Campus stories
Ofcourse they r just topics, you can steer them into something soulful or funny as per your own vision.
115. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
March 27, 2008 10:38 PM
Rahul!
Write about me otherwise i will say I Love You to Akshaye (your brother).
Yo Rahul:
Wtite about any new books that you read and could not resist putting down and also of any up and coming writers that we should know about and also about Nandita Das who is about to direct her first film and Mallika Chopra who has formed her own company.
By the way, Rahul is featured in bollywood cook book dishing about all his favorite curries and world cuisines. New York may have all the architectural gems but New Orleans beats New York as the foodie haven Capital of the US and that of the world.
Here's hoping that you will get to enjoy and visit new orleans in the near future, Rahul.
117. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
March 29, 2008 08:58 AM
Hello
happygoluckyhollygolightly
I will be in New Orleans at the end of the summer :)
here's hoping Rahul will post sooooonnnn!
~ Kate
It seems rahul is not going to write about me so i am telling the story myself.
When i was 9 i visited the osho commune with my parents,he was also present there at the age of 16.He was watching me all night how i sit,listen,laugh while i was in the lecture.
Akshaye also saw me and tried to talk to me when i was playing during the lunch hour.one day when i came to know that they were akshaye and rahul i sent a friendship card to akshaye then rahul start wandering around me since when he returned from America.Akshaye did not replied me until he came to know that rahul is also interested in me.
Hi Rahul,
How are you doing? Need more topics?
Get well sooooooon
120. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
April 2, 2008 05:43 AM
Kate:
Will this be your first trip to New Orleans?
121. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
April 2, 2008 07:05 PM
This is getting a little predictive...Rahul..why don't u surprise us one of these days?!
123. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
April 11, 2008 07:23 AM
Now i found out why mosquitoes were biting me because they were growing in my dustbin i kept in my room.
Mosqitoes don't grow in dustbins, yu silly boy. They come back in your shoes after you have been to religious rites, damn.
126. Posted by
Ed
on
April 18, 2008 05:24 AM
hey
ED
i am a girl not a boy
i do not go to religious rites.
i have seen mosqitoes eggs in my dustbin on the mango i ate.
RAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL pls do something. We arenot logging on here to read about mangies in dustbins and mosquito eggs. Its been over a year since your last post or blog or whtever its called. But a lot of us have been religiously ogging on in hope to read something new from you. Pls dont let us down. a year is enough time for a break. Welcome back.
128. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
April 18, 2008 01:20 PM
RAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL pls do something. We arenot logging on here to read about mangies in dustbins and mosquito eggs. Its been over a year since your last post or blog or whtever its called. But a lot of us have been religiously ogging on in hope to read something new from you. Pls dont let us down. a year is enough time for a break. Welcome back.
129. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
April 18, 2008 01:21 PM
RAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL pls do something. We arenot logging on here to read about mangies in dustbins and mosquito eggs. Its been over a year since your last post or blog or whtever its called. But a lot of us have been religiously ogging on in hope to read something new from you. Pls dont let us down. a year is enough time for a break. Welcome back.
130. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
April 18, 2008 01:26 PM
RAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL pls do something. We arenot logging on here to read about mangies in dustbins and mosquito eggs. Its been over a year since your last post or blog or whtever its called. But a lot of us have been religiously ogging on in hope to read something new from you. Pls dont let us down. a year is enough time for a break. Welcome back.
131. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
April 18, 2008 01:27 PM
RAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL pls do something. We arenot logging on here to read about mangies in dustbins and mosquito eggs. Its been over a year since your last post or blog or whtever its called. But a lot of us have been religiously ogging on in hope to read something new from you. Pls dont let us down. a year is enough time for a break. Welcome back.
132. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
April 18, 2008 01:28 PM
RAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL pls do something. We are not logging on here to read about mangoes in dustbins and mosquito eggs. Its been over a year since your last post or blog or whtever its called. But a lot of us have been religiously ogging on in hope to read something new from you. Pls dont let us down. a year is enough time for a break. Welcome back.
133. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
April 18, 2008 01:29 PM
RAHUL pls do something. We are not logging on here to read about mangoes in dustbins and mosquito eggs. Its been over a year since your last post or blog or whtever its called. But a lot of us have been religiously ogging on in hope to read something new from you. Pls dont let us down. a year is enough time for a break. Welcome back.
134. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
April 18, 2008 01:30 PM
RAHUL pls do something. We are not logging on here to read about mangoes in dustbins and mosquito eggs. Its been over a year since your last post or blog or whtever its called. But a lot of us have been religiously ogging on in hope to read something new from you. Pls dont let us down. a year is enough time for a break. Welcome back.
135. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
April 18, 2008 01:30 PM
So sorry soni, I made a silly assumption from your name and, anyway I was distracted by your mosqui-toes and now your man-goes.
I keep my dustbin in the bedroom, too, just in case someone rubbishes me instead of ravishes. Please don't tell CIA my age.
136. Posted by
Ed
on
April 18, 2008 02:46 PM
So sorry White Noise ,i do not understand why Rahul can not write the blog now.I have not tied his hands. I give you another option until he write his blog ,read 1000 JOKES BY OSHO.
HI Rahul
Now you've stopped reading and responding the posts as well?!
Not done.
138. Posted by
WhiteNoise
on
May 8, 2008 10:56 PM
Nikamma kiya iss dil ne
dil ne kiya hea nikamma
thats why he stopped
Hi Rahul: This is not fair. You need to post something new. Please do reply to our posts soon.
By the way, your debut play East is East is being made into a feature film.
140. Posted by
happygoluckyhollygolightly
on
May 11, 2008 07:12 AM
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