July 29th, 2011

20 random questions for Rajesh Khanna

1. What were you in your previous life?

An Actor

2. What would you like to be in your next life?

An actress – they get things on a platter.

3. In whose shoes would you like to be ten years from now?

Gorbachev’s – he’s the man of the century.

4. Who would you like to throw a rotten egg at?

The one who ditches me.

5. If you were the PM?

I’d rule the country romantically.

6. Who would you take on a trip to Mars?

Sophia Loren.

7. What are you frightened of?

Of being Amitabh Bachchan.

8. What would you like as a birthday present?

A date with a sexy young thing aboard a black Boeing.

9. What’s your most disgusting habit?

Talking endlessly on international trunk calls and turning a blind eye when the phone bill arrives.

10. Life would be complete if…?

If I could get back my college days.

11. When did someone last hit you?

Last night, my mother did in my dream because I was being naughty.

12. If you met Sunny Deol in the lift?

I’d wonder where I’d seen him before.

13. Tell us a secret.

Never tell a secret.

14. What moves touches you most?

My lady loves beautiful fingers playing on my hairy chest.

15. The most beautiful lady in the world?

Tina, my daughter

16. What would you like inscribed on your tombstone?

‘Died without regrets, played his innings well.’

17. Which is your most precious memory about your first love?

When I first tried to kiss her, our noses collided.

18. Which has been your most embarrassing moment?

When I was in college at s Sunday jam session my partner said my buttons were open and when I looked down she said, ‘Silly, I meant your shirt buttons’.

19. What is a perfect lover’s gift?

When the lady insists on paying for the dinner.

20. When was the last time you cried?

A minute ago when it was raining, I cry when it rains so nobody notices.

(This interview was conducted in 1990).

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