One of the best dancers in India, with an artful, flexible style of his own.
Son of Rakesh Roshan.
Was catapulted overnight to instant superstardom with debut hit film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000).
Has two thumbs on his right hand that are grown together.
Has a sister called Sunaina.
Has been called the Indian Sylvester Stallone, Brad Pitt and Michael Jackson rolled into one person.
Made stubbles fashionable in India.
The country wide hysteria following the release of his first film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000) is known as hrithikmania and is unprecedented.
The look of his muscular, chiselled body started a fitness boom in India.
Eye color: Green
Often supports charities of various kinds.
Known as a perfectionist and control freak. Believes in extensive rehearsals and preparations.
Friend of Salman Khan who showed him how to work out and eat properly to put on muscle.
Hindi megastar.
Often visits terminally ill children in hospitals that desperately wish to meet him.
Role models as actor: Raj Kapoor and Sylvester Stallone.
Wanted to quit the film business altogether after his father Rakesh Roshan was shot at and wounded by hitmen sent by the Bollywood mafia, but changed his mind.
Prepared himself extensively for his screen debut, taking acting, singing, dancing, fencing, riding etc. lessons for years. He also worked hard on his diction and physical appearance (strenuous workout routines).
Fought hard to overcome a stammering problem.
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.
Believes in the good in every person, a character trait often misinterpreted by others as gullibility and/or naïvety.
Got 30000 (!) marriage proposals on Valentine's day 2000.
Was the victim of a defamation campaign in late december 2000. Rumors were spread that he stated in an interview that he hates Nepal and its people. This immediately led to riots in Nepal, cinemas showing his films were attacked, posters burnt, Hindi movies banned in general for some days and several people shot dead by the police. The events made headlines all over the world and the governments of Indian and Nepal got involved as well. Anti Indian/Hrithik sentiment died down quickly when it became clear that the alleged statements were a fabrication and the rumors were spread by a malicious third party, possibly the Bollywood mafia, still pissed about not getting the foreign rights to Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000). Nepal born actress Manisha Koirala played an important role in getting the news to the people in Nepal that the accusations were false.
In January 2001 Hrithik Roshan was again involved in a controversy. This time about a poster created and used by the Democratic Alliance in South Africa in November 2000 to woo Indian voters. The poster used his face without permission. The ANC reacted angrily and threatened to ban his films.
Gets 20-30 million rupees per year for endorsing a brand for one year, including commercials [2001]
Occasionally smokes cigarettes
His total income from product endorsements in 2000 is estimated to be 20 crore Rupees (~5 million $), by far the most among Bollywood stars.
Was awarded the "National Citizen's Award" on August 25 2001 in Delhi. The award recognises excellence in various activities affecting national life.
Son-in-law of Sanjay Khan.
Has been called the first complete Bollywood actor who has no weakness and scores very high in every department: face, physique, voice, dancing, drama, romance, action, comedy, macho, softie...
Can't handle money. His wife and parents are taking care of the financial details.
On January 14 2000 Hrithik Roshan entered a cinema to attend the premiere of his first film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000). 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.
Learnt Urdu to sound more eloquent in his films, this can be seen by the special reference to his ability with the language in the film Kaho Na...Pyaar Hai.
Came in on number 9 on a Bollywood power list released in December 2003, and on number 4 among actors (behind Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai).
Was diagnosed at age 21 with scoliosis and told he could never be an actor, dance and do all the things a Bollywood hero needs to do.
Hrithik has been documenting his daily life for many years by taking pictures and putting them in scrapbooks.
Hrithik Roshan Detailed Biography
Hrithik Roshan, the new comer into the Bollywood and The Heart Throb of the girls around India is born to the gentleman actor-director of the Bollywood, Rakesh Roshan.
Hrithik Roshan's first movie "Kaho Na.. Pyar Hain" produced and directed by his dad is still doing all the magic for the new comer and the movie is a superb hit at the box office making the girls go crazy about him and all the movie-goers, of course. In one night, the boy who was an unknown personality to the Bollywood had to taste the aroma of the hit and is undoubtedly going to be a run for the stars who are already established there in the field. Though his debut movie has hit the media head lines highlighting Hrithik Roshan as the super model of the Bollywood, the perfect hero and the complete actor, Hrithik wants to be in a low-profile classification and gives all the praise to his dad - "the credit goes to dad for presenting me so well. People say i have vindicated dad by giving him the biggest hit of his career. I look at it a little differently. Dad has vindicated me by his hard work and his magic. The success has nothing to do with me. You'll have to see my other films to appreciate how hard dad worked to bring the best out of me" - was Hrithik's appreciation of his dad for the movie.
But one could see the amazing abilities of Hrithik in all the departments - be it dance, expressions, stunts and a lot of other skills he's surprisingly posessed and exhibited in the very first movie that he acted in apart from a healthy and unbeatable physique that he's got which is a vital factor of being a heart throb in the WOOD. Though it's the sheer determination of his dad, Hrithik too put in a lot of dedication and hard work which is clearly visible in the movie "Kaho Na.. Pyar Hain"
Inspite of all the glory that his first ever movie "Kaho Na.. Pyar Hain" won him, Hrithik tends to be as normal as he's used to be, keeps his cool and the way he talks about the life after the grand run of his movie makes one spell-bound. The shoot out on his dad which is the dropout of the grand run of his movie had him announce his decision to quit the Bollywood which he loved a lot. Though the hit was a dream come true, the attack on his dad was a nightmare making Hrithik think that the world is crazy. He just couldn't digest and get over the fact that he happened to be on the threshold of losing his dad who means so much to him and that had given him sleepless nights.
But Hrithik Roshan is back in "Fiza". "Fiza" is one of the few films he signed long time before the release of his first movie "Kaho Na.. Pyar Hain". Hrithik Roshan plays a boy of 14 years in "Fiza" which is quite contrary to the two roles he had in his first movie. The expectations are as high as the sky but the actor who is the heart throb of the Bollywood today is unmoved by the media's hype about him. Hrithik Roshan, with all the greatest qualities in him - has got his own speciality differing from all other stars or actors in the Bollywood.
And as far as his family life is there, he says he's very much looking forward to getting out of this phase and spend his happy times with his mom, dad and his long time love Suzanne Khan.
