A very Happy Birthday to Hrithik Roshan

Bollywood star Hrithik , the heartthrob of millions of his fans, turns 34 today. Lets analyise the actors Bollywood journey. Hrithik Roshan, also known as Duggu by his near and dear ones, was born into a filmi family on the 10th of January, 1974.

His mother is Pinky Roshan, the daughter of producer and director J.Om Prakash while his father is Rakesh Roshan, who was an actor before turning into a director, besides being the son of music director Roshan. He is the nephew of music director Rajesh Roshan. He also has a sister Sunaina.

Hrithik did his schooling from the Bombay Scottish School, Churchgate and has a degree in commerce from Sydenham College.

Soon after his successful debut in Bollywood, he tied the knot with his childhood sweetheart Suzanne Khan, daughter of actor Sanjay Khan and sister of actor Zayed Khan. They have two sons, Hrehaan and Hridhan.

He had his bad moments after stepping into the spotlight. His father was shot by the underworld when he refused to give the foreign rights of Kaho Na Pyaar Hai. It was followed by rumours that the actor had made remarks against Nepalese which resulted in outrage against the actor in Nepal. However the actor denied it.

Hrithik is known to be a perfectionist and has worked very hard to be where he is today. He is a very sincere actor and prepares himself thoroughly for every role he portrays, he has trained in dance and acting besides working on his diction and his appearance. He started working out under Salman Khan‘s guidance, when he worked as an assistant director on the sets of Karan Arjun and Koyla.
He also appeared in Bollywood films as a child artist in the film Aasha (1980), Aapke Deewane (1980) and Bhagwan Dada (1986). But it was the year 2000 that made all the difference and people noticed him.

He appeared in the year 2000 in the film Kaho Na Pyaar Hai, a love story directed by his father, in which he starred opposite newcomer Amisha Patel and it became a super duper hit ,bagging eight Filmfare awards among countless others, out of them Hrithik received two of them for Best Debut and Best Actor. This was followed by Fiza with Karishma Kapoor and Jaya Bacchan, in which he plays the role of a terrorist Amaan which was appreciated. He played a similar role in Mission Kashmir with Preity Zinta.

In the year 2001 we saw him in the film Yaadein with Jackie Shroff and Kareena Kapoor which wasn’t a big success while Karan Johar‘s family drama, the star studded Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham was an instant hit.

2002 The year saw a string of flops like Aap Mujhe Acche Lage, Na Tum Jaano Na Hum and Mujhse Dosti Karoge, making people wonder if Hrithik would come back or exit from here.

In the year 2003 Hrithik removed all doubts with the science-fiction film Koi Mil Gaya with Preity Zinta, in which he played the role of a mentally abnormal Rohit who befriends an alien called Jadoo. He bagged the Filmfare Best Actor award as well as the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance.
2004 Farhan Akhtar‘s Lakshya did moderately well, while Hrithik’s role was appreciated and he was nominated for the Filmfare Best Actor award.

In 2006 he returned back as Rohit alias Krrish in Krrish, the sequel to Koi Mil Gaya, this time with Priyanka Chopra, the movie was a hit and a top earner. This was followed by the action oriented Dhoom 2, the sequel to Dhoom. He played a negative character Mr.A and won another Filmfare Best Actor award.

In 2008 it was Ashutosh Gowariker’s Jodhaa Akbar, set in the sixteenth century, where Hrithik Roshan took over as the Mughal Emperor Akbar. The film did well overseas while in India the response swung both ways.

In the current year 2009 Hrithik will be starring in Anurag Basu’s Kites shot extensively in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New Mexico, which will mostly be released in the middle of 2009.

This year Hrithik celebrated his birthday by throwing a small party for his near and dear ones where his special guest was his Kites co-star, Mexican actress Barbara Mori. He said that all his wishes are fulfilled and he doesn’t want any gift from anyone. The only thing that he wishes for is his wife Suzanne to be with him all his life.

We wish this handsome hunk a very happy birthday and may all his wishes come true.

-Preity Punjabi