There are many prominent Bollywood families, with multiple generations becoming actors, directors or producers in the film industry. Unlike other stars who started with humble beginnings, Hrithik Roshan was born into Bollywood royalty. His father, mother and both sets of grandparents all had ties to the Bollywood industry. The young Roshan felt ostracized at school because he was born with an extra thumb.
After getting his first line of dialogue in a film at age 12, he decided he wanted to become an actor, but his father wanted him to finish out his education first. Home India News Entertainment. HT Insight. My Account. Sign in. Sign out. Pyaar Hai Hrithik has never looked back, always continually pushing himself in new directions. Thus he has achieved critical, commercial, and award-winning success with roles as diverse as a charming but brain-damaged child-adult, Koi Mil Gaya , an enigmatic master thief, Dhoom 2 , a quadriplegic, Guzaarish , India's first film superhero, Krrish , and even the moghul emperor Akbar the Great himself, Jodhaa Akbar Hrithik married his childhood sweetheart and longtime girlfriend, successful interior designer and businesswoman Sussanne Khan herself from a Hindi film clan , in December They have two sons: Hrehaan, born , and Hridaan, born Sign In.
Edit Hrithik Roshan. Showing all items. Was catapulted overnight to instant superstardom with debut hit film Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai Prepared himself extensively for his screen debut, taking acting, singing, dancing, fencing, riding etc. He also worked hard on his diction and physical appearance strenuous workout routines. Worked for many years on the sets of his father Rakesh Roshan in various functions, including sweeping the floor and serving tea to the stars, to learn the business from scratch.
On January 14 Hrithik Roshan entered a cinema to attend the premiere of his first film Kaho Naa When he came in some people recognised him but not much happened. When the film was over there was a stampede and mass hysteria broke out.
He got mobbed. The police had to come and escort him out of the cinema and away from a crowd of thousands. It was the first day of Hrithikmania in India, which held the country in its grip for many months to come.
Hrithik has the honour of being an insatiable foodie as well as a complete health nut. The discipline he keeps himself under results in him being able to binge eat without suffering any effects. However, he was a very fussy eater in childhood. His refusal to eat meant many moments of exasperation for his father.
He has played the most number of disabled characters in mainstream commercial cinema and done so successfully. When his statue was created at Madame Tussaud's gallery in , he was the youngest Bollywood celeb to be featured there.
He's a Rubik's cube aficionado - his personal record is 8 minutes. Hrithik is a huge superhero fan - and while he admires Batman and Ironman, his favorite hero is Superman. Many Indian actors have attempted to play superheroes on screen but Hrithik's Krrish is the only which was successful and spawned its own franchise. Bang Bang was the first Indian film to introduce the sport of flyboarding as a stunt. However, in the process of executing this stunt, Hrithik suffered an injury which led to a subdural haematoma.
It wasn't caught in the initial CT scan and thus the blood continued to build up within the cerebral membranes and kept putting pressure on his brain. Finally, after two months of acute headaches, another check was carried out. This exposed the clot, and necessitated emergency brain surgery. In his spare time, he is either working out, reading or his personal favorite - doing absolutely nothing. For the Krrish ride in Dubai, Hrithik was personally involved in the concept development until the final stages.
Hrithik is a regular contributor to various charities and has even set up his own Foundation to help with the finances of paraplegic people since Guzaarish. He also takes care of the educational needs of the children of his staff. He had multiple disguises during Dhoom 2. Each disguise took around 6 hours to set up. Hrithik has been writing poetry in his spare time since childhood. He wrote his first poem at the age of A stunt gone wrong during the shoot of Krrish in Singapore was almost catastrophic.
He was suspended from the side of a skyscraper with cables when they snapped and sent him hurtling down towards the pavement almost eighty feet below.
Thankfully he fell on the canopy of a shop which was put up just minutes earlier due to rain. He was selected as the face of Hong Kong tourism in to leverage on his appeal and the high number of visitors from India. He is widely regarded as the best dancer in Bollywood.
He has also experimented with many different dance styles including hip-hop for Kites, contemporary for Guzaarish and salsa for Zindagi Na Milegi Dobaara.
The sense of smell is supposed to act as the most powerful memory trigger. Hrithik uses this in a unique way.
He uses a different cologne for each character he plays and then never uses it again. So if he has to draw upon the memories of playing a particular character, the specific cologne helps him focus. The highest number of views any video featuring Hrithik has received is the music video 'Dheere Dheere'. It was created in collaboration with the music label T-Series and has over million views. Hrithik played a dubbing artist in Kaabil and carried all the voice mimicry himself.
He dubbed in a total of 6 voices in the film. Yet the most visible accessory for both these characters - the glasses - were the same pair. Like many other young children, he was obsessed with action figures and toy models of cars. He would get so involved in his own world while playing that he would lose track of time. One day his entire family was in an uproar as he couldn't be found anywhere.
After hours of fruitless searching and on the brink of calling the police, his parents found him sitting on the floor underneath the bed, playing with his figures and completely oblivious to the chaos outside. At the age of 21, he was diagnosed with scoliosis and was told that he would never be able to dance. He was also told that he would never be able to do all the things a Bollywood hero was required to do.
To top it, he had a stammering problem. But Hrithik fought hard. He overcame his stammering problem with regular speech therapy, read up on all material he could find on scoliosis and finally built up his physique and stamina to the extent that he was considered to be one of the fittest actors around by the time of his debut. His looks get him worldwide attention - he was in the Top 5 in a worldwide poll on 'Most Handsome Faces'.
He's also won the 'Sexiest Asian Man' title three times in a row, as well as the title of 'Sexiest Father'. He is the only actor to have received the awards for both Best Debut and Best Actor at all awards ceremonies. The success of Kaho Na Pyaar Hai made New Zealand, the setting of the second half of the movie, a major tourist destination. He was felicitated by the New Zealand government for increasing the tourist footfall in the country.
He was passionate about extreme cycling. He even participated in the state level BMX championship at the under level. His mom surprised him by showing up for the competition even though nobody in his family knew about him participating. When Facebook reached the milestone of 1 billion active users, the company released a video commemorating the fact. Hrithik was the only Indian featured in that video.
As a young child, he was fascinated with the way gravity changed the trajectory of objects falling from a height. Unfortunately the way he used to observe this effect was by throwing empty beer bottles down from the building terrace on to unsuspecting passerby's.
Needless to say they weren't happy at all. And neither was his father. When a crucial scene in Jodhaa Akbar needed him to perform alongside an elephant, he built up the camaraderie with her by feeding her bananas daily for close to two months. Starred in Raj Kanwar's shelved film in See all results matching 'mub'. Ever since then there has been no looking back for the actor. He recently opened up about how he bagged his debut film and it is one helluva story!
According to Hrihtik, it was an interesting challenge for him to essay two contrasting characters in the movie. Hrithik also went on to talk about his experiences working with senior Roshan. He confessed that they often have difference of opinions and he is still scared of upsetting his father. However, the actor is yet to confirm or announce his next projects.
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