Rahul Khanna has kind of been off the grid for a while now. His last commercial Bollywood outing was Wake Up Sid, where he played the Jazz-loving boss of Ayesha (played by Konkona Sen Sharma). But Twitter is notorious for digging up old treasures, and this time, it’s Rahul Khanna‘s initial Twitter’s exploits.
Turns out, when Rahul Khanna joined Twitter and had a limited fan following, he used to DM the people who used to tweet to him or mention him.
Youguyz I figured out a way to DM Rahul Khanna. Ha. pic.twitter.com/WGCRZTmATU
— enthem (@enthahotness) May 29, 2013
RAHUL KHANNA SENT ME A DM WITH SMILEY FACE. This is totally going into my resume. pic.twitter.com/7ZPpD3Ev
— Lavanya Mohan (@lavsmohan) September 24, 2012
So Rahul Khanna replied to a tweet I mentioned him in, through a DM! pic.twitter.com/cCRpwOx2vq
— Ria Kapur (@RiaKapur) March 2, 2015
And people were ecstatic that Rahul Khanna was replying to their DMs and the loving tweets started pouring.
@R_Khanna In reply to your wonderful DM – I can't wait till Saturday 🙂 Thank you for accepting Mr.Gorgeous
— Manali NZ (@Urban_Kutchi) December 25, 2012
@R_Khanna Thanks a L🎅T 4 your Dm ! When do v get 2 c you in a movie ? Hope soon 🙂
Merry Xmas & Happy Holidays
FanFriend 🎅😄🎅😄🎅😄🎅— Bubby (@bubbysharma) December 22, 2012
https://twitter.com/RajeshKonsam/status/279644030382514176
@shaaqT *nods* And, creepy as this may sound, I've stored his 'haha' DM responses in a folder code-named "<3". *bats eyelids* @R_Khanna
— Swati Randev-Verma (@silv3rglee) December 12, 2012
@R_Khanna Thank you for the compliment! 🙂 My sister went bonkers when we saw your DM. But Twitter won't allow me to DM u, hence the tweet.
— This one (@Loony_Xuddy) November 24, 2012
The DMs kept happening for a while and then they kinda fizzled out.
Good: A DM from @R_Khanna after a loong time! 🙂
Bad: Cannot able to DM back 🙁
Ugly: But OCD ANXIETY DOES NOT BURN CALORIES!!11 :'(
— wastrelette (@wastrelette) July 28, 2014
@laisserilpluie @HTBrunch @R_Khanna @SofiReturns love u guys! 😀 Rahul sent a sweet dm to say thank u! :") very very sweet of him awwwie
— Dana.B (@Danabolly) October 26, 2014
@R_Khanna Thank you so much for the DM sir 🙂 Means a lot 🙂
— Kush ❤️ (@iBollyKush) December 27, 2014
And now since Rahul Khanna’s trending, half the people don’t know why, and the other half are having the time of their life for a new subject to joke on.
https://twitter.com/Gotham3/status/740479587566669824
1. when she gets dm from you.
2. when she gets dm from Rahul Khanna pic.twitter.com/XhJF5aGoOd— Ravi (@RaviBoltoy) June 8, 2016
Still Rahul Khanna is way behind KRK in DM'ings girls on Twitter.
— AtmanirBarkhurdaar… 🇮🇳 (@BloodyKamina) June 8, 2016
Some girls think the world about themselves…like how Rahul Khanna should DM them…I like their confidence
— Miarukherjee (@tweetria) June 8, 2016
This DM outrage is just a reminder that Rahul Khanna still exists.
— Ajmira Shaikh (@Soberphobiccc) June 8, 2016
No trolls. No slys. No DMs. Not even a Rahul Khanna DM. Am I doing Twitter wrong?
— Moon (@moonsez) June 8, 2016
WHO DID RAHUL KHANNA DM AND WHY DID HE NOT DM ME WHAT IS THIS
— sic(k) mundam (@ObiWanManobi) June 8, 2016
Has Rahul Khanna been #RIP ? Why is he trending ? #BigQuestion !
— Suman Gangopadhyay (@TheSumanG) June 8, 2016
#Internet is a #crazy place. Rahul Khanna is #trending because no one knows why is he trending!
— Disha Pandey 🖋💁👑 (@DishaPandey12) June 8, 2016
Why is Rahul Khanna trending ww? What did he do!?
— ¹ᵇ ･̀- ･́ | ㅇㅅㅎㄴ 🏴☠️🏹 (@soloshixun) June 8, 2016
Ok. So who's Rahul Khanna? Why is he trending?
— Being Desi (@TheVivekSharma) June 8, 2016
Why is this Rahul Khanna trending?
Baba – Because everyone is asking 'Why Rahul Khanna is trending?'— North Ka Raja (@BabuBarfani) June 8, 2016
And some people, sadly, don’t even know who Rahul Khanna is.
Who is Rahul Khanna :- Maria, Aaria, Jaria..evry1 😂😂
— दीमाग से पैदल !! (@DeemagSePaidal) June 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/_Promaniac/status/740483382144962560
People who are asking 'Who is Rahul Khanna?' You realise how obviously wannabe you sound right?
— कआ (@hkadforever) June 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/KunalStark1/status/740482593838239744
Who is this Rahul Khanna..?😡
— AnJaLi💫 (@bhaad_me_jao) June 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/SirBinny/status/740465836637495296
https://twitter.com/sarcastictroler/status/740449480798048260
Me to google : Who is Rahul Khanna ???
Google : Who is Rahul Khanna??
😦😦😦😦— जिज्ञासा (@imcurious__) June 8, 2016
And then this guy shut everyone up!
If u dnt knw who is Rahul Khanna , he is son of Vinod Khanna and brother of Akshay Khanna, Deepika dumped him on honeymoon in love aaj kal
— Mahendra Singh Dhoni (@ChoopaRustam) June 8, 2016
It so happens that half of the trends on Twitter are for the wrong reasons, and Rahul Khanna just snowballed into one such trend today.
Anyway, stay awesome, Rahul!