Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan

Born January 10, 1974 (1974-01-10) (age 33)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Years active 1980-1986
2000-Present
Spouse(s) Suzanne Khan (December 2000 - present)
[show]Awards

Hrithik Roshan (Hindi: , Urdu: , pronunciation: {{}) (born Hrithik Roshanlal Nagrath on January 10, 1974), is a prominent Bollywood actor and five time Filmfare Award winner.

Contents [hide]
1 Career
2 Personal life
3 Controversy
4 Awards
5 Filmography
6 References
7 External links



[edit] Career
Roshan's first movie role was as a child artist when he was six years old in the 1980 movie Aasha, when he appeared in a dance sequence as an extra. Roshan went on to appear in Aap Ki Deewane (1980) and Bhagwan Dada (1986) playing minor roles. Roshan then became an assistant director for his father's films Karan Arjun (1995) and Koyla (1997).

Roshan made his debut as a leading man in the 2000 film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai opposite another debutante actress Amisha Patel. The film was directed by his father and proved to be very successful at the box office, becoming the highest grossing film of 2000[1] and winner of the Filmfare Best Movie Award. Roshan's performance earned him the Filmfare Best Debut Award and the Filmfare Best Actor Award. The film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai entered the Limca Book of Records in 2003 for the most number of Awards won by a Bollywood Film - 102 awards.[2]

In 2000, Roshan starred in Fiza, which did poorly commercially but was critically acclaimed, and the moderately successful Mission Kashmir which was the third highest grossing film of the year. [3]


As Child artist in Bhagwan Dada (1986)In 2001, Hrithik starred in Yaadein which was a failure at the box office and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham which did extremely well at the box office, becoming the second-highest grossing film of 2001.[4]

Roshan had an unsuccessful year in 2002 when all three of his releases - Mujhse Dosti Karoge!, Na Tum Jaano Na Hum, Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage - failed to make an impact the box office and were declared flops.[5] In 2003, his film Koi... Mil Gaya was the highest grosser of the year and won many Filmfare Awards, including another Filmfare Best Actor Award and the first Filmfare Best Actor (Critics) for Hrithik.[6]He had only one release in 2004, Lakshya, directed by Farhan Akhtar, which did not do well at the box office[7] although critics called it his most impressive performance so far.[8]

Roshan took a two-year break from acting before resurfacing with the superhero film Krrish, a sequel to his 2003 hit Koi Mil Gaya which released in June 2006. Krrish was a major box office success and one of the highest grossers of 2006.[9] His most recent release is Dhoom 2, a sequel to the 2004 hit Dhoom, in which he played a negative role (a villain) for the first time. The film released on November 24, 2006 and is declared to be the highest grossing film ever in the Hindi film industry. [10] Hrithik is called the first complete bollywood actor as he can dance, he got the look the hieght and is an exellent actor. Kareena kapoor has been in love with him, but he loves his wife too much.


[edit] Personal life
Hrithik Roshan was born in Mumbai, India, to Pinky and actor/director Rakesh Roshan. He is the nephew of well-known music director Rajesh Roshan. Music director Roshan is Hrithik's paternal grandfather, and veteran producer and director J. Om Prakash his maternal grandfather. Hrithik has a supernumerary thumb on his right hand.[11]

Roshan is married to Suzanne Khan (who is now Suzanne Roshan), his high-school sweetheart and daughter of Sanjay Khan. Film clans (see List of Bollywood film clans) tend to intermarry.

The couple had their first child, a baby boy, on March 28, 2006, at 3:08pm at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, India. The child was named Hrehaan.[12]


[edit] Controversy
In 2001, a rumor alleging Roshan made disparaging remarks about Nepal and its people c
aused outrage in the country. Several newspapers carried the report, leading to student protests, in which four people died.[13] The unrest the protests caused forced the government to cancel a flight from Kathmandu to India.[14]Later the Indian embassy and the actor himself clarified that he had made no such remarks. [15]The rumor(s) was indeed spread by gangs run by Dawood Ibhrahim and Abu Salem who failed in their attempts to extort money from Hrithik and his father, Rakesh Roshan .

In 2006, at the London press conference for his film Krrish, Roshan said that he knew it was time to leave Shanghai and Hong Kong after six weeks of stunt training and go home when his eyes started "turning into little slits like the Chinese".[16]


[edit] Awards
Main article: List of Hrithik Roshan's awards and nominations

[edit] Filmography
Year Film Role Other notes
1980 Aasha Child Artist
1980 Aap Ke Deewane Child Artist
1986 Bhagwan Dada Govinda (Child artist)
2000 Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai Rohit/Raj Chopra Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award
2000 Fiza Amaan Ikramullah Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
2000 Mission Kashmir Altaf Khan
2001 Yaadein Ronit Malhotra
2001 Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham Rohan Raichand Nominated, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
2002 Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage Rohit
2002 Na Tum Jaano Na Hum Rahul Sharma
2002 Mujhse Dosti Karoge! Raj Malhotra
2003 Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon Prem Kishen Mathur
2003 Koi... Mil Gaya Rohit Mehra Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award
Winner, Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance
2004 Lakshya Karan Shergill Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award
2006 Krrish Krishna Mehra aka Krrish/Rohit Mehra Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award. Dubbed in Tamil and Telugu with the same title.
2006 I See You Pedestrian in Subah Subah song Special Appearance
2006 Dhoom 2 Aryan / Mr. A Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award. Dubbed in Tamil and Telugu with the same title.
2007 Jodhaa Akbar Akbar Releasing October 12, 2007
2007 Om Shanti Om Himself Special Appearance
2008 Kismat Talkies Announced


[edit] References
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^ "BoxOfficeIndia.com". Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
^ "Box Office Report 2006". Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
^ "Hrithik Roshan - factfile". Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
^ Hrithik's son to be named Hrehaan. IANS, DNA News. Retrieved on March 23, 2006.
^ "BBC News". Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
^ "The Tribune,Chandigarh,India". Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
^ "The Tribune,Chandigarh,India". Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
^ "Asians in media magazine". Retrieved on 2007-02-05.