This was the general sentiment:
Why is this Rahul Khanna trending?
— Udta Baba (@BabaNaamDev) June 8, 2016
Baba - Because everyone is asking 'Why Rahul Khanna is trending?'
Rahul Khanna is trending and no one knows why, such is life
— Sneha (@stylesaaga) June 8, 2016
Careful study of tweets referring to him indicated that Mr Khanna was trending because at some point in his social media life, he was in the habit of replying to direct messages or DMs received.
For instance, he received and accepted a wedding proposal in 2013:
I ask Rahul khanna to marry me! and this is what he replies! #bestdayever man! thank you @R_Khanna pic.twitter.com/W9GDc3vv
— Samira Lavekar (@clueless_samira) January 10, 2013
This DM was resurrected on Wednesday:
.@clueless_samira Ya, thats ok! But you didnt answer his proposal! Are you ready? @Madan_Chikna @R_Khanna
— Shaktimaan (@iAtulB) June 8, 2016
It appears that DMs from Rahul Khanna are still in demand in 2016:
Just change your twitter name to Rahul Khanna and DM chicks na. Win win for both.
— That Goan Boy (@schmmuck) June 8, 2016
And apparently folks are being a little unreasonable:
Now girls who don't even follow Rahul Khanna expect him to DM them. I don't even..
— Udta Mockingbird. (@VerifiedBeer) June 8, 2016
Some on Twitter claimed to be clueless not only about why Mr Khanna was trending but also about his identity:
That awkward moment when everyone in your TL is talking about Rahul khanna and you have no idea who the hell he is
— Tu rahne de (@RahneDe) June 8, 2016
Who is Rahul Khanna?
— (@Zandu_Baam) June 8, 2016
It feels like I was on a Different Earth for last few hours...
My General Knowledge is so Poor.
To those of you asking 'who?' - you know who you are - there's this:
People don't know who Rahul Khanna is.. seriously guys, stop watching movies like Dilwale & start watching movies like 'Earth 1947' ..
— Stuti Jain (@StutiJain1) June 8, 2016
As the tweet above points out, Rahul Khanna, 43, is the star of films such as 1947 Earth, Love Aaj Kal and Bollywood/Hollywood. He is active on social media and recently caused something of a flutter by joining Snapchat last month.
Rahul Khanna was last seen in 2013 film Fireflies.
