Former actor Imran Khan, who is mulling a comeback after regaining popularity in recent months, spoke about the hobbies that he developed and the skills he learned when he was out of the public eye. Imran’s last film was released in 2015, and he was rarely spotted publicly in the next several years. In a new interaction, he shed some light into what he was up to during that time, in addition to taking care of his mental health.
Chatting with comedians Sapan Varma, Raunaq Rajani and Prashasti Singh, Imran said that he was always interested in architecture, and in the last few years, he learned 3D modelling and designed his new house himself. He also refurbished and retrofitted a car with his own hands, after having discarded all the expensive vehicles in his garage. “The two things that I immersed myself in, I’ve always been interested in architecture and design,” he said.
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He continued, “So, I designed, and have just completed building a house out in Karjat. I work without an architect. I taught myself 3D modelling, I got the software and designed the thing. I spent a year going to the property, after we’d purchased it, to track the movement of the sun. Different times of day, different times of year. I spent one year, 2021, tracking the movement of the sun, to see how the light would be. I worked with a contractor and a structural engineer, but the design and the 3D model I built.”
Imran also opened up about his obsession with cars, and his realisation about material things. “I’ve always been into cars, and I always fantasised that I would be that guy who could open the hood and… I spent a lot of time on Reddit, on Team BHP, and I dove into the thing. I ditched the fancy, expensive cars, and I bought myself a Volkswagen Polo. I have a fully kitted-out Polo GT with wheels, custom suspension, custom exhaust system… I swapped out internal system and got third-party paddle shift… I spent the last four years doing this.”
Imran said that he once owned a Ferrari, but let it go because he realised that it didn’t mean anything to him and he couldn’t drive it around Mumbai anyway. “I was 30-31, I was a recent father, I lived in this grand, beautiful house. I had these expensive cars. All of these should have made me very happy, but I felt like sh*t. So, bit by bit, those were the things I started to shed. Genuinely, I have gotten more pleasure out of working on my Volkswagen Polo than I would get from the monthly drives that I’d do in my Ferrari.”
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