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<b>My Life My Style:</b> Ayaan Ali Khan

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Ayaan Ali Khan
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Last Updated : Sep 06 2013 | 9:44 PM IST
Best work moment
My concerts at Carnegie Hall in New York in 1997, 2000 and 2006

Books on your bedside
None

Massage or workout to de-stress
Workout

Designs that've caught your eye recently
Bought a sari recently for my mother from Nachiket Barve

Your IT tools
iPhone/ iPad

Favourite accessory
My cell phone

Favourite spirit
Wine

Favourite wine
Pinot noir

Favourite champagne
Dom-Perignon

Your sleeping ritual
Few hours at night

Favourite TV show
Modern Family, Family Guy

Best gift received?
Zohaan Ali Khan and Abeer Ali Khan, my sons

Best gift given?
The one I'm yet to give!

Favourite cuisine
Italian and Thai

What food items do you shop for?
Don't really shop but perhaps I'd go buying cheese

Where do you like to sit when being driven? Upfront with driver of back seat like sahib?
Upfront. Ideally like to drive myself

On a plane do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Sleep and catch up on films

Fancy coffee or masala tea
Black coffee and espressos

What do you cook on your day off?
I can't cook yet but it's on my list of things to do

Your favorite city?
New York City

What's your favorite fragrance?
Eau de Cartier Concentrate by Cartier for Men

You get your work clothes from:
Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna of H20. The kurtas are by Subhalakshmi Khan - my mother

The shoemaker you trust your sole with?
Harley Davidson and Joy shoes for my concerts

Your shaving mantra
Shave when required, else stubble works

Your favorite evening wear?
Black suit or black shirt and jeans

What's your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
Stays the same. Cereal and egg whites

Your current set of wheels
Whichever wheels are parked upfront in the driveway

God for you is…
The reason why things happen or don't happen

Favorite cafe
The Oberoi Patisserie and Delicatessen

Favorite restaurant
Indian Accent and Wasabi

Workday lunch is
Simple

Your workout regime
At least four times a week when not on the road

Your ideal holiday
Any beach place

Your ideal dance music
Bollywood

At parties do you like to talk turkey or make PC?
Little bit of both

A few of your Goddesses are
Audrey Hepburn and Julia Roberts

Alpha males you know
Farhan Akhtar and Hrithik Roshan

Your favorite motto
Do your best and leave the rest to God

Ayaan Ali Khan
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First Published: Sep 06 2013 | 9:37 PM IST

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