<p>On today's episode of The Lead, actor Rahul Khanna talks about how the Covid-19 lockdown has treated him, his theatre experience, what it is like acting as a Pakistani spy in Hollywood, his experience with "dog-sharing", his favourite meal of the day, breakfast and much more.</p>.<p>Here are some excerpts:</p>.<p><strong>Anupama Ramakrishnan</strong>: Hi Rahul, welcome to DH Radio, how has the lockdown been for you and what are you missing most?</p>.<p><strong>Rahul Khanna</strong>: I’m missing dinner parties with my friends I think. I’m not generally a very social person, I don’t like going out to parties and events but I do enjoy going to my friend’s houses for dinner or having them at my home and I think that has been for me, the greatest casualty of the whole lockdown.</p>.<p><strong>Anupama</strong>: Maybe we could go a little into the past and you could tell us about when you realised acting is your true call.</p>.<p><strong>Rahul</strong>: Oh, well, I always knew I wanted to do something creative, so I didn’t know what aspect of show business that would take but I did know that I wanted to be in the creative business, and show business seemed to be the most obvious choice. So, I went ahead was studying acting, but I was studying video, all the related disciplines around it, like edting and cinematography. While I was doing that I realised that I was drawn towards the acting part of it, I felt that it was more fun for me and more rewarding.</p>.<p>So, I got a job on camera at MTV, so I didn’t get to start acting right away but I knew that I would eventually come back to it and when I got my first film, that’s when I knew that this kind of feels right and this is what I enjoy, that said, I still like the other aspects of film. I like the thought of directing some day, I love writing. SO, nothing is off the table.</p>.<p><strong>Anupama</strong>: Now that the lockdown is here, you might be writing a book or two, you know, or maybe writing a few scripts...</p>.<p><strong>Rahul</strong>: Well, that’s been the other tragedy, now that we are so over-stimulated with our phones and our gadgets and television news, I’ve been talking to other friends in the creative industry, everyone is feeling a bit of over stimulation and it’s affecting their creativity. I think we need things to ease out a bit before we get being super creative...</p>.<p>Listen to the podcast to know more about the conversation.</p>.<p><em>Deccan Herald</em>'s podcasts are now available on your favourite podcast platforms including <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deccan-herald-podcast-the-power-of-good/id1507115068">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xYjk4ZWE1Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6h1UYGMKVNsMYveh2AyUKC" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, and many more. Do subscribe to our Podcast there!</p>.<p>Catch our feature show, <em>The Lead</em>, Monday to Friday at 7 am, and our evening news catch-up show <em>From the Newsroom</em> every day at 6 pm.</p>
<p>On today's episode of The Lead, actor Rahul Khanna talks about how the Covid-19 lockdown has treated him, his theatre experience, what it is like acting as a Pakistani spy in Hollywood, his experience with "dog-sharing", his favourite meal of the day, breakfast and much more.</p>.<p>Here are some excerpts:</p>.<p><strong>Anupama Ramakrishnan</strong>: Hi Rahul, welcome to DH Radio, how has the lockdown been for you and what are you missing most?</p>.<p><strong>Rahul Khanna</strong>: I’m missing dinner parties with my friends I think. I’m not generally a very social person, I don’t like going out to parties and events but I do enjoy going to my friend’s houses for dinner or having them at my home and I think that has been for me, the greatest casualty of the whole lockdown.</p>.<p><strong>Anupama</strong>: Maybe we could go a little into the past and you could tell us about when you realised acting is your true call.</p>.<p><strong>Rahul</strong>: Oh, well, I always knew I wanted to do something creative, so I didn’t know what aspect of show business that would take but I did know that I wanted to be in the creative business, and show business seemed to be the most obvious choice. So, I went ahead was studying acting, but I was studying video, all the related disciplines around it, like edting and cinematography. While I was doing that I realised that I was drawn towards the acting part of it, I felt that it was more fun for me and more rewarding.</p>.<p>So, I got a job on camera at MTV, so I didn’t get to start acting right away but I knew that I would eventually come back to it and when I got my first film, that’s when I knew that this kind of feels right and this is what I enjoy, that said, I still like the other aspects of film. I like the thought of directing some day, I love writing. SO, nothing is off the table.</p>.<p><strong>Anupama</strong>: Now that the lockdown is here, you might be writing a book or two, you know, or maybe writing a few scripts...</p>.<p><strong>Rahul</strong>: Well, that’s been the other tragedy, now that we are so over-stimulated with our phones and our gadgets and television news, I’ve been talking to other friends in the creative industry, everyone is feeling a bit of over stimulation and it’s affecting their creativity. I think we need things to ease out a bit before we get being super creative...</p>.<p>Listen to the podcast to know more about the conversation.</p>.<p><em>Deccan Herald</em>'s podcasts are now available on your favourite podcast platforms including <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/deccan-herald-podcast-the-power-of-good/id1507115068">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xYjk4ZWE1Yy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6h1UYGMKVNsMYveh2AyUKC" target="_blank">Spotify</a>, and many more. Do subscribe to our Podcast there!</p>.<p>Catch our feature show, <em>The Lead</em>, Monday to Friday at 7 am, and our evening news catch-up show <em>From the Newsroom</em> every day at 6 pm.</p>