For a scene in Jodhaa Akbar, Hrithik built up the camaraderie with the elephant by feeding her bananas for two months.
For a scene in Jodhaa Akbar, Hrithik built up the camaraderie with the elephant by feeding her bananas for two months.
Hrithik is an insatiable foodie as well as a total health nut. His discipline allows him to binge eat without suffering any effects.
When Facebook reached 1 billion active users, Hrithik was the only Indian celebrity to be featured in the appreciation video.
Hrithik Roshan loved extreme cycling and even participated in under-15 at the state level BMX championship.
Hrithik Roshan is ambidextrous.
Hrithik Roshan loves building structures with Lego blocks.
Hrithik Roshan was felicitated by the New Zealand government for increasing the tourist footfall in the country after Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai.
Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai has an entry in Limca Book of Records for the most
awards won by a single film.
Hrithik Roshan is the first actor to receive awards for both Best Debut and Best Actor at all awards ceremonies.
Hrithik Roshan played a dubbing artist in Kaabil and carried all the voice mimicry himself. He dubbed in a total of 6 voices in the film.
Hrithik Roshan uses a different cologne for each character he plays and then never uses it again.
Hrithik Roshan is a registered eye donor.
Hrithik Roshan was selected as the face of Hong Kong tourism in 2004.
Hrithik Roshan is a certified sea diver.
Many Indian actors have attempted to play superheroes on-screen but Hrithik`s Krrish is the only one with a successful franchise.
Hrithik Roshan worked with South Indian Superstar Rajnikanth at the age of 10 in the film Bhagwan Dada.
Hrithik Roshan has been writing poetry in his spare time since he was the age of 11.
Hrithik Roshan had multiple disguises during Dhoom 2 and each disguise took around 6 hours to set up.
Hrithik Roshan has set up his own Foundation to aid paraplegic people. He also funds his staff`s children`s educational needs.
Two of Hrithik`s films have amusement park rides modeled after them - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Krrish.
In his spare time, Hrithik Roshan is either working out, reading or doing absolutely nothing.
While filming Bang Bang, Hrithik suffered an injury due to which he had to undergo emergency brain surgery.
Hrithik Roshan is a Rubik`s cube aficionado. His personal record is Eight minutes.
Hrithik was the youngest Bollywood celeb to be featured at Madame Tussaud`s gallery in 2011.
Hrithik Roshan has played the most number of disabled characters in
mainstream cinema.
At the premiere of Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000), mass hysteria broke out and Hrithik was mobbed. The police had to escort him out of the cinema.
Hrithik worked on the sets of his father Rakesh Roshan which included sweeping the floor and serving tea, to learn the business from scratch.
At the age of 21, Hrithik was diagnosed with scoliosis and was told
that he can`t dance but Hrithik fought hard and is now one of the fittest actors.
Hrithik Roshan has two thumbs on his right hand that are grown together.
Hrithik was catapulted overnight to instant superstardom with debut hit film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000).
Like Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Priyanka Chopra; Ram Charan also took classes from Kishore Namit Kapoor.
Hrithik Roshan underwent speech therapy to overcome a stammer. He inaugurated the Audiology and Speech Therapy department
Preity Zinta was supposed to debut in a Shekhar Kapur film, Tara Rum Pum Pum, opposite Hrithik Roshan but it got shelved
Hrithik Roshan has two thumbs on his right hand. It was used as a plot point in the movie Koi.... Mil Gaya.
With the first 100 INR he earned from appearing as a child actor in Aasha 1980, Hrithik Roshan bought 10 Hotwheels cars.
Ranveer Singh dressed up as Krrish as a part of a dare given to him by superstar Hrithik Roshan.
Hrithik Roshan was approached for Sid`s role in Dil Chahta Hai. It went to Abhishek Bachchan and finally Akshaye Khanna.
Akshaye Khanna was initially offered Akash in Dil Chahta Hai. After rejections, Farhan Akhtar asked Akshaye to play Sid.
On August 25 2001, Hrithik Roshan was awarded National Citizen`s Award in Delhi for services that affect national life.
Hrithik Roshan was the first choice but Farhan Akhtar was looking for a much-experienced actor to play Don.
The lead role in Swades was first offered to Hrithik Roshan but he declined as his image didn`t go with the character.
Facebook released a video to celebrate 1 billion active users and Hrithik Roshan was the only Indian who featured in it.
Bang Bang was first Indian film to portray flyboarding as a stunt. He got injured and had to undergo a brain surgery.
Hrithik Roshan was diagnosed with scoliosis, a spine issue, at 21. He also had a stammering issue but he overcame it.
Hrithik Roshan has the habit of documenting his daily life by taking pictures and adding them in scrapbooks.
Hrithik Roshan has been signed by the US-based Gersh Agency, which aims to introduce him to Hollywood filmmakers.
When Hrithik Roshan was 10 years old, he worked with Superstar Rajnikanth in the film Bhagwan Dada.
Honey Singh penned the lyrics of Dheere Dheere Se, a certain part of the song was written by his mother Bhupinder Kaur.
Hrithik Roshan's official surname is, in fact, Nagrath.
Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan gave up smoking by reading the book Easyway to Stop Smoking, by Allen Carr.
On Valentine's Day in the year 2000, Hrithik Roshan claims to have got around 30,000 marriage proposals from his fans.
Hrithik Roshan is a certified diver.
Hrithik is an insatiable foodie as well as a total health nut. His discipline allows him to binge eat without suffering any effects.
Many Indian actors have attempted to play superheroes on-screen but Hrithik`s Krrish is the only one with a successful franchise.
Hrithik Roshan had multiple disguises during Dhoom 2 and each disguise took around 6 hours to set up.
Hrithik Roshan worked with South Indian Superstar Rajnikanth when he was 10 in the film Bhagwan Dada.
Hrithik Roshan has been writing poetry in his spare time since he was the age of 11.
Hrithik is an insatiable foodie as well as a total health nut. His discipline allows him to binge eat without suffering any effects.
Hrithik is an insatiable foodie as well as a total health nut. His discipline allows him to binge eat without suffering any effects.
Hrithik Roshan is a registered eye donor.
Hrithik Roshan is widely regarded as the best dancer in Bollywood.
Hrithik Roshan is widely regarded as the best dancer in Bollywood.
Hrithik Roshan used the same pair of glasses to play Raj in Kaho Naa Pyar Hai and Rohit in Koi Mil Gaya.
Hrithik Roshan used the same pair of glasses to play Raj in Kaho Naa Pyar Hai and Rohit in Koi Mil Gaya.
Hrithik Roshan loves building structures with Lego blocks.
Hrithik Roshan used the same pair of glasses to play Raj in Kaho Naa Pyar Hai and Rohit in Koi Mil Gaya.
Hrithik Roshan used the same pair of glasses to play Raj in Kaho Naa Pyar Hai and Rohit in Koi Mil Gaya.
Hrithik Roshan`s family apparently forced him to stop working with Kareena Kapoor after they seemed to be getting close.
Hrithik Roshan's movie Guzaarish and Salman Khan's Yuvvraaj released at the same time. Salman Khan infamously commented on the film saying, “Koi kutta bhi nai gaya hoga”(not even a dog would have watched this film), to which Roshan responded, “it’s not heroic to laugh or make fun of a filmmaker just because his BO collections are not up there with yours. Guzaarish is a super success in its own way”.
Hrithik Roshan and Kites co-star Barbari Mohan's proximity while shooting for the film strained his relationship with his wife Sussanne. The two split in 2013 and got divorced in 2014, without, however, stating the exact reason for it.
When factions of the Bollywood mafia were denied the rights to sell Kaho Na... Pyaar Hai abroad, they shot Hrithik Roshan's father Rakesh Roshan, injuring him severely. Although the director wasn't critically injured, Hrithik Roshan was understandably angered and even considered quitting the Bollywood industry. The mafia supposedly even spread a rumor that Roshan hates Nepal and their people, which lead to widespread protests and riots across Nepal. Theatres were attacked, Hrithik Roshan's movie posters were burned, all Hindi movies were banned in some areas, and the police even shot several rioters dead. Eventually, with the help of Nepali-born actress Manisha Koirala, the citizens of Nepal were convinced that these accusations against Hrithik Roshan were unfound.
Hrithik Roshan's steamy kiss with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Dhoom 2, months before she was to get married to Abhishek Bachchan, wasn't too well received by the Bachchans and the scene was cut out from some versions of the movie.
After Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut indirectly referred to Hrithik Roshan as a “silly ex”, the latter filed a legal notice against her, denying being romantically involved with her in any way. Kangana responded by filing a counter-suit. Roshan claimed that the actress sent her around 50 emails a day and even suggested that she might suffer from Asperger's syndrome. Kangana Ranaut then actually accused the actor of hacking into her email account and deleting several emails. The battle between the two became one of Bollywood's most talked about controversies, with several other parties weighing in on the issue.
In January 2016, Hrithik Roshan tweeted saying that there are more chances of him having had an affair with the Pope than any actress the media was linking him up with, probably referring to Kangana Ranaut. He was handed a legal notice by a former Maharashtra Minority Commission Vice-Chairman, who asked the actor to apologize or face further action. Hrithik promptly did so on twitter, claiming that he never meant to hurt religious sentiments.
Hrithik Roshan's movie Guzaarish and Salman Khan's Yuvvraaj released at the same time. Salman Khan infamously commented on the film saying, “Koi kutta bhi nai gaya hoga”(not even a dog would have watched this film), to which Roshan responded, “it’s not heroic to laugh or make fun of a filmmaker just because his BO collections are not up there with yours. Guzaarish is a super success in its own way”.
Hrithik Roshan and Kites co-star Barbari Mohan's proximity while shooting for the film strained his relationship with his wife Sussanne. The two split in 2013 and got divorced in 2014, without, however, stating the exact reason for it.
When factions of the Bollywood mafia were denied the rights to sell Kaho Na... Pyaar Hai abroad, they shot Hrithik Roshan's father Rakesh Roshan, injuring him severely. Although the director wasn't critically injured, Hrithik Roshan was understandably angered and even considered quitting the Bollywood industry. The mafia supposedly even spread a rumor that Roshan hates Nepal and their people, which lead to widespread protests and riots across Nepal. Theatres were attacked, Hrithik Roshan's movie posters were burned, all Hindi movies were banned in some areas, and the police even shot several rioters dead. Eventually, with the help of Nepali-born actress Manisha Koirala, the citizens of Nepal were convinced that these accusations against Hrithik Roshan were unfound.
Hrithik Roshan's steamy kiss with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Dhoom 2, months before she was to get married to Abhishek Bachchan, wasn't too well received by the Bachchans and the scene was cut out from some versions of the movie.
Hrithik Roshan and Aamir Khan donated 25 lakh INR each, to the Uttarakhand flood victims. Roshan said "We must set examples so that others may follow. Among all the negatives in the world, the positives must not go unnoticed."
In one of the scenes, Hrithik Roshan receives a letter from his friends, while he's in Kargil, and puts it in his right pocket to read it later. However, when he remembers about the letter, he pulls it out of his pant's left pocket.