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Indian author, interior designer

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Twinkle Khanna is an Indian female artist whose professional career spanned from 1995 to 2001. Her work is associated with the filmi genre. She has been credited with five works.

Her social media presence includes 5,734,092 followers. On the Last.fm platform, her profile records one listener and one playcount.

Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
India
Active from
1941-10-07
filmi

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
1

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Key facts

Born
( 1973-12-29 ) 29 December 1973 (age 52) , Bombay , Maharashtra , India
Alma mater
NM College ( BCom ) , Goldsmiths UoL ( MA )
Occupations
Author former actress
Years active
1995–present
Spouse
Akshay Kumar ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2001 ) ​
Parents
Rajesh Khanna (father) Dimple Kapadia (mother)
Relatives
Rinke Khanna (sister)
Family
Khanna family

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Encyclopedic overview

Twinkle Khanna (born 29 December 1973) is an Indian actress and author. A daughter of actors Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna, she made her acting debut with a leading role in the film Barsaat (1995), which earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. After playing the leading lady in such films as Jaan (1996), Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai (1998), International Khiladi (1999), Baadshah (1999), and Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega (2001), she quit acting.

After quitting acting, Khanna worked as an interior designer for a few years, and began writing opinion columns. As an author, she has written the non-fiction book Mrs Funnybones (2015), the short story collection The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad (2016), and the novels Pyjamas Are Forgiving (2018), Welcome to Paradise (2023), and the sequel to her beloved debut book Mrs. Funnybones Returns (2025).

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