





Hrithik Roshan (Hindi: ऋतिक रोशन, Urdu: رتک روشن, born 10 January 1974) is a prominent Bollywood actor and five time Filmfare Award winner.Roshan, who began his career as a child actor in a few films in the 1980s, made his film debut as a leading actor with the blockbuster Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai (2000), which earned him two awards for Best Actor and Best Debut at the Filmfare ceremony, as well as numerous other awards. During his career, he was praised for his performances in films like Koi Mil Gaya (2003), Krrish (2006) and Dhoom 2 (2006), being his biggest commercial successes so far, and winning him many Best Actor awards each. His commercial success and critically appraised performances have established Roshan as one of the prominent actors of India.[1]Roshan's first movie role was as a child artist when he was six years old in the 1980 movie Aasha, where he appeared in a dance sequence as an extra. Roshan went on to play minor roles in Aap Ki Deewane (1980) and Bhagwan Dada (1986) both of which were produced by and starred his father in the leading role. He then became an assistant director assisting in the production of his father's films such as 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[2] 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.[3]
Later that same year, 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.[4]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.[5]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.[6] In 2003, he made a comeback with the science-fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya which was the highest grosser of the year and also won many Filmfare Awards, including another Filmfare Best Actor Award and the first Filmfare Best Actor (Critics) for Hrithik.[7] He had only one release in 2004, Lakshya, directed by Farhan Akhtar, which did not do well at the box office[8] although critics called it his most impressive performance so far.[9]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.[10] His most recent release of 2006 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 went on to become the highest grossing film of 2006, as well as one of the most successful films of Bollywood. Both Krrish and Dhoom 2 won him acclaim. He won his third Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in Dhoom 2 as well as numerous other Best Actor awards for his performance in Krrish.[11]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.
Roshan is married to Sussanne Khan (who is now Sussanne 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 Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, India. The child was named Hrehaan
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