I have a fetish for handbags: Rakshanda

Actor Rakshanda Khan gets candid about her likes and dislikes.

Indulgence: Handbags - "you can say they're a fetish for me."

From: All over the world. "I don't really care where I get my bags from - some of them are from Mumbai, some from Dubai or London or New York. And some are just designer bags."

How many: "About 50 or 60, but unfortunately I end up using just one or two a year. It's a pain to keep transferring the infinite things I stuff in my bag into a different one everyday…though the one I'm using now is ready to fall to pieces!"

Why: "I don't know - it's just an inexplicable predilection, I guess!"

Brands favoured: She has a few bags from Aldo, but she's not really a believer in the superiority of brands. "I've picked up a lot of rasta stuff that has lasted just as long as the branded bags."

Stores: Besides 'In Touch' in Lokhandwala, none other in particular. "I never walk into a store intending to buy a bag - but when I see an interesting one sitting on a rack, I just have to pick it up!"

Playing favourites: "At 'Nine West' in Chicago, I picked up a black leather handbag which can double as a haversack - I loved using haversacks at one point of time. Then there is a white furry Aldo bag with brown spots which looks like a little dog - my friends call it my 'pet'! And from London I bought a bag made from a pair of shorts - it's like I'm carrying a baby!"

Gifted or bought: A friend in Chicago once gave her this sleek black evening bag splattered with multi-coloured pictures of Betty Boo - "I just love cartoons!"

Special memories: "Farah Khan gifted me this interesting bag she got made at home - she and her tailor were tinkering about with a lot of material she had at home and they ended up making a really funky, ethnic bag with plenty of brocade work on it." Much later, such bags became the fad in London and Mumbai too.