Twinkle Khanna
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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.
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Tina
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Pune
- Spouse
- Akshay Kumar
- Father
- Rajesh Khanna
- Mother
- Dimple Kapadia
- Sibling
- Rinke Khanna
- Occupation
- columnist
- Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Twinkle Khanna snapped post an ad shoot in 2016 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Twinkle Khanna
- date of birth
- 1974-12-29
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- end of work period
- 2001-00-00
- name in native language
- Twinkle Khanna
- social media followers
- 5717118
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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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