<p>Twitterati were left baffled when they saw Rahul Khanna's name crop up on Twitter trends and started wondering why the actor was among the top trending topics on the micro-blogging website.</p>
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<p>Don't believe us? Here's a screenshot of the Twitter trends:</p>
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<p><br />We're sure you'd be wondering why Rahul Khanna suddenly started trending. You aren't alone. Twitterati, too, were as puzzled.</p>
<p>Confused Twitter users started asking why the actor was trending. Such was the case that he trended more because no one knew why he was trending!</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why is Rahul Khanna trending now?</p>
&mdash; Pooja Pilankar (@Pooja_Pilankar) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pooja_Pilankar/status/740461501950103552">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="et" dir="ltr">No idea why is Rahul Khanna Trending !!</p>
&mdash; rigveda (@bindukesari) <a href="https://twitter.com/bindukesari/status/740453984624906240">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A person trends on twitter for a reason, but Rahul Khanna is trending for no reason &eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0082</p>
&mdash; Intasar Khan (@the_victimized) <a href="https://twitter.com/the_victimized/status/740495520192401408">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why is this Rahul Khanna trending?<br />Baba - Because everyone is asking 'Why Rahul Khanna is trending?'</p>
&mdash; Udta Baba (@BabaNaamDev) <a href="https://twitter.com/BabaNaamDev/status/740477240853561344">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rahul Khanna is trending and no one knows why, such is life</p>
&mdash; Sneha (@stylesaaga) <a href="https://twitter.com/stylesaaga/status/740459981338615808">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Some users were left wondering who Rahul Khanna is in the first place!</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">That awkward moment when everyone in your TL is talking about Rahul khanna and you have no idea who the hell he is &eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&laquo;&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&iexcl;</p>
&mdash; Tu rahne de (@RahneDe) <a href="https://twitter.com/RahneDe/status/740471389488979968">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who is Rahul Khanna?<br /><br />It feels like I was on a Different Earth for last few hours...<br /><br />My General Knowledge is so Poor.&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&sup3;</p>
&mdash; &agrave;&curren;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0085&agrave;&curren;&uml;&agrave;&yen;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0081-&agrave;&curren;&deg;&agrave;&curren;&frac34;&agrave;&curren;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0097 (@Zandu_Baam) <a href="https://twitter.com/Zandu_Baam/status/740468847199674368">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who is this Rahul Khanna..?&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&iexcl;</p>
&mdash; Typo Queen (@bhaad_me_jao) <a href="https://twitter.com/bhaad_me_jao/status/740470130707070976">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">RT if you dont know who is Rahul Khanna</p>
&mdash; Sir Stuart Binny (@SirBinny) <a href="https://twitter.com/SirBinny/status/740465836637495296">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who the hell is RAHUL KhAnna..&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091</p>
&mdash; ^Butter chicken^ (@pujaparashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/pujaparashar/status/740462882559823872">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Am I the only one who doesn't know who Rahul Khanna is?</p>
&mdash; Sir Regino Phalange (@theravidarade) <a href="https://twitter.com/theravidarade/status/740452101227216897">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Who is Rahul Khanna why is he all over my TL?</p>
&mdash; LordAnusHahaha (@TheVacuumHead) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheVacuumHead/status/740440362452418560">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Some mentioned how "Who is Rahul Khanna" should be the trend instead!</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">'Who is Rahul Khanna' will trend soon.</p>
&mdash; Sag*r*asm (@sagarcasm) <a href="https://twitter.com/sagarcasm/status/740440784252571648">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I think the Trend should be Who is Rahul Khanna ??</p>
&mdash; DIVYA (@theCandidDiva) <a href="https://twitter.com/theCandidDiva/status/740472224579244032">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>On digging further, it became apparent that the real reason why Rahul Khanna is trending is because some users discovered his habit of replying to direct messages (DMs).</p>
<p>For example, he received and accepted a wedding proposal in 2013:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I ask Rahul khanna to marry me! and this is what he replies! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bestdayever?src=hash">#bestdayever</a> man! thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/R_Khanna">@R_Khanna</a> <a href="http://t.co/W9GDc3vv">pic.twitter.com/W9GDc3vv</a></p>
&mdash; Samira Lavekar (@clueless_samira) <a href="https://twitter.com/clueless_samira/status/289283069867855873">January 10, 2013</a></blockquote>
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<p>A user replied to the three-year-old tweet and that apparently triggered the trend.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/clueless_samira">@clueless_samira</a> Ya, thats ok! But you didnt answer his proposal! Are you ready? <a href="https://twitter.com/Madan_Chikna">@Madan_Chikna</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/R_Khanna">@R_Khanna</a></p>
&mdash; Shaktimaan (@iAtulB) <a href="https://twitter.com/iAtulB/status/740445155468152833">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>And, apparently, Rahul Khanna didn't message only women.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">lol all you naive ladies. Rahul Khanna has DM'd me too :D</p>
&mdash; scaryhairyman (@scaryhairyman) <a href="https://twitter.com/scaryhairyman/status/740456765335216129">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>And for all those who have been asking who Rahul Khanna is, these Twitter users have some apt responses:</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">People don't know who Rahul Khanna is.. &eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0090 seriously guys, stop watching movies like Dilwale &amp; start watching movies like 'Earth 1947' .. &eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008d</p>
&mdash; Stuti Jain (@StutiJain1) <a href="https://twitter.com/StutiJain1/status/740472371056762881">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">People who are asking 'Who is Rahul Khanna?' You realise how obviously wannabe you sound right?</p>
&mdash; &agrave;&curren;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0085&agrave;&curren;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0095&agrave;&curren;&iexcl; (@24Yupp) <a href="https://twitter.com/24Yupp/status/740487121635540992">June 8, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Rahul Khanna, son of Vinod Khanna and brother of Akshaye Khanna, is also an active user of social media. We wonder what he has to say on this topic! We'll have to wait and watch!</p>

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