FOR Hrithik Roshan, who by his ain admittance “doesn’t similar attention”, sharing images of respective pages from his aged notebook needed a momentous occasion. Ahead of Hrithik completing 25 years arsenic a pb histrion — his debut diagnostic Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai released connected January 14, 2000, giving him instant superstardom — the histrion posted these pages connected societal media filled with his scribbles that are much similar dialogues with the self. Through these notes, the histrion seems to person kept himself motivated arsenic helium prepped for playing the treble role, being the good-hearted but mediocre Rohit and the affluent feline Raj.
“I’d beryllium embarrassed sharing these (his notes), but aft 25 years of being successful the industry, I conjecture I tin grip it. The lone happening I privation to observe are these scribbles. Only happening I americium relieved astir is the impervious of resilience,” wrote Hrithik, who turned 51 earlier this month.
While prepping for his begetter Rakesh Roshan’s Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai, helium was “nervous” — thing that Hrithik says helium often experiences erstwhile starting a caller movie adjacent today. Yet, if 1 goes done his scribblings carefully, it’s imaginable to drawback glimpses of his vulnerability, intensity, ambition and self-assurance. “One life. That’s it. Only 1 life. One chance…Don’t springiness a s**t astir tiny failures, small mistakes. Just support going.” The information that Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai marked the commencement of a true-blue Bollywood prima is impervious that these ‘notes’ worked.
Hrithik with co-star Ameesha Patel successful a inactive from the highly palmy Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai
Born into a movie household — his paternal gramps Roshan Lal Nagrath was an acclaimed euphony composer; maternal gramps J Om Prakash was a shaper and director; uncle Rajesh Roshan a euphony manager and begetter Rakesh a palmy actor-turned-director — Hrithik became a pop-culture sensation. He not lone made a large interaction successful the movie world, astatine a clip erstwhile the trio of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan dominated the scene, but besides earned a dedicated fanbase and captious praise.
In the just-released Netflix docu-series, The Roshans, Hrithik talks of being “extremely shy” and having a “debilitating stutter”. He mentions however having “two thumbs” further enactment him successful the bracket of not being normal. However, erstwhile helium realised that determination was “something” successful him, helium dreamt of being an histrion with the tendency to beryllium “seen and validated”.
With the astounding occurrence of his archetypal movie astatine 26, the light-eyed histrion was called “a Greek God” — a moniker that has stuck with him till date. With the wide popularity of creation sequences featuring Hrithik successful Kaho Naa… arsenic good arsenic successful respective different movies that followed, helium besides became 1 of ‘India’s top dancing stars’, described arsenic “poetry successful motion” by histrion Madhuri Dixit.
Even though his movies similar Yaadein (2001), Mujhse Dosti Karoge! (2002) and Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon (2003) during the archetypal years of his vocation did not repetition the commercialized occurrence of his archetypal movie, helium managed to triumph accolades for the coming-of-age movie Lakshya (2004); Dhoom 2 (2006), wherever helium was a suave thief; Krrish (2006) successful which helium played a superhero and Jodhaa Akbar (2008), successful which helium played the titular emperor. Over the years, Hrithik has captivated audiences with his range, and charisma. While movies similar Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) tapped into the romanticist leader successful him, fashionable movies specified arsenic Bang Bang! (2014) and Vikram Vedha (2022) consolidated his presumption arsenic an enactment hero.
In the past decade, Hrithik has been successful the quality astir apt much for his idiosyncratic life, including his divorcement from Sussanne Khan (with whom helium has 2 sons) successful November 2014 and a nationalist spat with his Krrish 3 co-star Kangana Ranaut successful 2016. Even though the fig of his pb appearances reduced during this period, his enactment thriller War (2019) registered the highest opening for the histrion astatine Rs 53.35 crore.
It volition beryllium absorbing to spot however his vocation unfolds now. While it is authoritative that helium is acting successful War 2 and Krrish 4, helium has posted a amusive video with co-actors Farhan Akhtar and Abhay Deol, teasing astir the anticipation of doing Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’s sequel.