Playing Ameesha Patel’s husband in Honeymoon Travels Pvt Limited and stocking interesting vintage sunglasses and Rajasthani cupboards might come across as a unique contrast. Meet 36-year-old actor Karran Khanna, who runs an online vintage curio showroom, The Vintage Boutique even as he reminds us that “acting is still on. I am meeting a lot of people and looking for something good.”

Khanna, who took a sabbatical from acting and the city, had been running an antique shop in Parra, Goa for three years, “I needed to give me some peaceful time, and a release from this city. I was tired of shuttling between SoBo and Lokhandwala. Goa fitted the bill, and I moved there.” But while some actors dabbled with interior designing, fashion or theatre, Khanna started an antique shop as he was always interested in art, furniture and paintings.