Hrithik Roshan

Hrithik Roshan was born in Mumbai on January 10th 1974. His father is film director Rakesh Roshan and his mother is Pinky Roshan who is the daughter of producer and director J. Om Prakash. He went on to attend Bombay Scottish School, Churchgate and has a degree in commerce from Sydenham College.

Hrithik Roshan started working in Bollywood as a child in films like ‘Aasha’ and ‘Aapke Deewane’ but didn’t make his official mark in the industry until 2000. In ‘Kaho Na Pyaar Hai’ a love story directed by his father Rakesh Roshan, Hrithik starred opposite Amisha Patel. The film was very successful and earned it eight Filmfare awards. The film also earned other awards including Hrithik winning for best debut and best actor.

Following that film he played a terrorist in the film ‘Fiza’ and also played a similar role to that in ‘Mission Kashmir’. He followed those up with the films like ‘Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham’ and ‘Yaadein’, and while ‘Yaadein’ was not that successful ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham’ was an instant hit.

2002 brought Hrithik Roshan a string of flops like ‘Aap Mujhe Acche Lagne Lage’ and ‘Na Tum Jaano Na Hum’ leaving fans and critics skeptical of where Roshan’s career was going. Finally in 2003 he earned an award for best actor at the Filmfare Awards for his part in ‘Koi Mil Gaya’ where he played a mentally abnormal Rohit.

In 2006 he reprised the same role in the sequel ‘Krrish ’. The movie earned well at the box office and became another hit for Roshan. His next role was in ‘Dhoom 2’ where he won another Filmfare best actor award for his role as Mr. A.

Hrithik Roshan is currently married to his high school sweetheart Suzanne Khan and has two sons with her.