Hrithik Roshan (Born 10 January 1974)[1] Is an Indian Film Actor Known For

Hrithik Roshan (born 10 January 1974)[1] is an Indian film actor known for his versatility and work ethic in addition to great dramatic range.[2][3] After small appearances as a child in several films throughout the 1980s, Roshan made his film debut in a leading role in Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai in 2000. His performance in the film earned him Filmfare Awards for Best Actor and Best Male Debut. He followed it with leading roles in Fiza and Mission Kashmir (both released in 2000) and the multi-star blockbuster Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001). Following through with several unnoticed performances from 2002 to 2003, he starred in the blockbusters Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) and its sequel Krrish (2006), both of which won him numerous Best Actor awards.[4] Roshan received his third Filmfare Award for Best Actor in 2006 for his performance in the action film Dhoom 2, and his fourth for Jodhaa Akbar[5] for which he was also awarded at the Golden Minbar International Film Festival. He later received further acclaim for his work in Guzaarish (2010), and critical and commercial success with Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), Agneepath (2012) and Krrish 3 (2013), his biggest commercial success so far. He has thus established himself as a leading contemporary actor of Indian Cinema.[6][7] Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early career 1.2 2000: Debut 1.3 2001-2002: Growing pains 1.4 2003–present: Success 1.5 Industry related activities 2 Personal life 3 Filmography 3.1 Film 3.2 Television 4 See also 5 References 6 External links Biography Early career Hrithik's maternal grandfather—famous director-producer J. Om Prakash—first introduced his beloved grandson on-screen at age 6 in the hugely successful Aasha (1980), by secretly having his camera crew film without the little boy's knowledge as he danced spontaneously while 'visiting Grandpa' on Grandpa's movie set. As J. Om Prakash later recounted the event: 'The song was to be shot on Jeetendra. Hrithik was on the sets, and he liked the interlude music very much and started dancing. I had asked my cameraperson and crew to be ready. I asked Hrithik if he liked the song, and he said, "Yes, Deda, it is lovely music." I replayed the music and he started dancing, and we shot it without his knowledge. When the music got over, the entire studio applauded excitingly. The remaining part of the music was to be shot in the same way with Jeetu. After Jeetu's shot was over, he came to me and said, "For God's sake don't shoot a single more shot in this film with this boy, otherwise the audience will hoot my performance!" That was a remark that came from Jeetu [Jeetendra, the male lead of Aasha and a major Hindi filmstar].'[8] What followed over the next several years is what adult Hrithik describes as his childhood "lucky mascot" period:[9] tiny one- or two-shot uncredited appearances in various of his family's film projects, where his only task was to have fun and supposedly bring luck to the movie. Thus child Hrithik (aged 6) can be seen riding a tricycle on a beach during the song "Ram Kare Allah Kare" in his father Rakesh Roshan's production Aap Ke Deewane (1980). In his grandfather J. Om Prakash's Aas Paas (1981), a gap- toothed Hrithik (aged 7) even received a costume and a close-up, as he passes a love note from Dharmendra to Hema Malini during the song "Shehar Main Charchi Hai". Hrithik's one childhood speaking role—his only substantial film performance as a child— came about at age 11-12 through a family emergency, of sorts: The boy originally cast as Govinda, the title character's adopted son in director J. Om Prakash's Bhagwan Dada (1986), fell seriously ill just as shooting was supposed to start. They needed a boy immediately, so at the very last minute his grandfather suggested taking Hrithik.[10] Although still completely untrained, the key role of Govinda required young Hrithik to not only trade dialogue with some of the biggest film stars of the day -- Rajnikanth as the title character, a former gangster morally reformed by his love for this child, plus Sridevi and his real-life father Rakesh Roshan and Danny Denzongpa as the villain—but do songs with Rajnikanth, dance with Sridevi, and fight Danny Denzongpa. He even had to die. Govinda's brutal murder at the hands (or rather, feet) of the evil ganglord played by Danny Denzongpa becomes the catalyst for the film's climax. J. Om Prakash recalls how Bhagwan Dada revealed to him Hrithik's unvarnished "artistic endowment": ' I was telling him how to perform in his death scene but he said, "Wait, Deda (that's what he calls me), check me out in the scene". He did a mind-blowing take and I knew that a brilliant actor was in the making.'[8] After completing school and college, Hrithik turned down a Masters Degree scholarship for further study in the United States, in order to concentrate instead on film.[11] To learn filmcraft from literally the ground up—he started off sweeping floors, then gradually progressed to more demanding responsibilities like story development, camera work, direction, and editing—Hrithik spent the next six years as a largely uncredited assistant to his father, director Rakesh Roshan, from Khel (1992) through Koyla (1997).[12] 2000: Debut On January 14, 2000, Roshan made his film début as leading man in the film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai opposite another débutante, actress Amisha Patel. The film, which was directed by his father Rakesh Roshan and saw him playing a double role, proved to be very successful at the box office and was declared a runaway "blockbuster" with a revenue of INR620 million (US$9.9 million)[13] which became the highest grossing film in India for year 2000[14] and winner of the Filmfare Best Movie Award. Roshan's performance was extremely well-received, and the film made him an star overnight all across India.[15][16] The Hindu newspaper (Chennai) proclaimed: "A perfect professional has come to stay."[17] National newsmagazine India Today's feature cover story on March 20, 2000 compared him favorably, not against other débutants, but rather the industry-reigning "Khan" triumvirate – Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, and Salman Khan – celebrating Hrithik's "sophistication", "intelligence", "charisma", and "honesty" before concluding: "Finally you have an actor who is also a star."[18] Hrithik eventually received both the 2001 Filmfare Best Male Debut Award and the Filmfare Best Actor Award for his double-performance in Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000). Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai ultimately entered the Limca Book of Records in 2003 for the most number of awards ever won by a single Bollywood film – 102 awards.[19] Roshan was next seen in September 2000 as the younger brother of Karisma Kapoor's title character in Khalid Mohammed's Fiza, portraying an innocent Muslim boy who becomes a terrorist after the Bombay Riots between Hindus and Muslims in 1992-93. Although the film was a box office flop, Hrithik's performance was much praised, earning him a second nomination for Best Actor at the 2001 Filmfare ceremony. Taran Adarsh from indiaFM noted, "The mainstay of the film is undoubtedly Hrithik Roshan. His body language, his diction, his expressions, his overall persona deserves great praise. With this film, Hrithik proves that there is more to him than just being a fashionable rage, a Mills & Boon lover-boy and a sex symbol. His talent comes to the fore in several scenes, especially those with Karisma. All said and done, the show belongs to Hrithik, who saves Fiza to a major extent. A brilliant performance undoubtedly!"[20] Hrithik's last release of 2000 – director Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Mission Kashmir with Sanjay Dutt, Preity Zinta, and Jackie Shroff – became the third-highest grossing film of the year.[14] Roshan's performance, as a young man traumatized by the discovery that his adoptive father had been responsible for the death of his entire birth family, was yet again hugely acclaimed. One critic praised him, "Hrithik once again cuts a splendid performance as a youngster sucked in the vortex of terrorism. He is portrayed as anti- government in the early part of the film -- a bold role to play for even a seasoned actor, leave alone a budding superstar." All these achievements established Hrithik Roshan firmly as one of the biggest stars in the Hindi film industry.[21] "Hrithikmania" swept India.[22] 2001-2002: Growing pains Subhash Ghai's Yaadein was his first release in 2001, a straightforward romantic drama which for the first time paired him with Kareena Kapoor and also reunited him with veteran lead actor Jackie Shroff from Mission Kashmir. Despite major hype surrounding the film, Yaadein failed to do well critically and commercially within the Indian domestic market. Yet it became a major box office success overseas. Hrithik's chemistry with Kareena Kapoor was praised and became extremely popular. He bounced back by co-starring in director-producer Karan Johar's mammoth reaffirmation of traditional family values amid the global Indian diaspora – Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham – which did extremely well at the box office, becoming the second-highest grossing film of 2001 and the biggest hit overseas.[23][24] Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham co-starred Hrithik for the first time with India's all-time most revered actor Amitabh Bachchan, as Mr Bachchan's natural born younger son, as well as senior Hindi superstar Shah Rukh Khan who played the adopted elder son whom the younger brother strives to reunite with the estranged family.

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