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Twinkle Khanna (also known as Tina Jatin Khanna; born on 29 December 1974) is an Indian author, columnist, interior designer, film producer and a former film actress.

In 2015, she released her first non-fiction book, "Mrs Funnybones" which was declared a bestseller, making Khanna India’s highest-selling woman writer that year. 

Her second book “The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad” a collection of short stories, one of which was based on social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham was later made into National Award winning feature film, Pad Man with the focus on dispelling taboos around menstruation  It was produced under Khanna's production house Mrs. Funnybones Movies which was set up in 2016. 

Her most recent book and first novel, Pyjamas Are Forgiving (Juggernaut Books, 2018) made her the highest-selling female author in India in the year 2018, according to Nielsen BookScan India.

In 2019, Twinkle Khanna also launched Tweak India, a bilingual digital media platform for women. 

Early life and family
Twinkle Khanna was born on 29 December in Mumbai, the first of two daughters of veteran Hindi film actors Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna, with whom she shared her birthday. Her maternal grandfather, Chunnibhai Kapadia was a Gujarati businessman and her father Rajesh Khanna, born in Punjabi Khatri in Amritsar, Punjab, was from a family of railway contractors. On her mother's side, she is the niece of Simple Kapadia, an actress and costume designer whom she "adored". Her sister Rinke Khanna and cousin Karan Kapadia have also acted in films.

Khanna attended the New Era High School, Panchgani and the Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics. After finishing her Class 12th, she wanted to pursue a career as chartered accountant and gave the entrance examination but joined the film industry instead on the insistence of her parents. Before beginning her film career, Khanna went through an eye surgery.

She is currently pursuing Master of Arts from Goldsmiths at University of London.