Happy Birthday Hrithik Roshan

10th January marks the birthday of a talented Bollywood actor who made his debut a decade ago and became an overnight sensation. Heartthrob to many girls, Hrithik Roshan celebrates his birthday today and turns 37 years old.

 

 

Hrithik started his career in Bollywood as a child artist when he was just six years old in the 1980s movie, Aasha and later in movies such as Aap Ke Deewane and Bhagwan Dada in which his father, Rakesh Roshan, starred as the lead actor.

 

Hrithik grew up with a severe case of stammering and at age twenty-one, he was diagnosed with scoliosis, a medical condition where a person's spine is curved into a 'S' or 'C' shape, where the doctors said he could never act, dance and do all the things a Bollywood hero needs to do. But Hrithik was persistent and for years he trained himself taking various speech, acting and dancing lessons and with the help of the work-out king, Salman Khan, Hrithik muscled himself up to the handsome fellow we see today.  

 

Overcoming his various problems, Hrithik made his debut as a star in his father's directorial venture, Kaho Na Pyar Hai, also starring debutant Amisha Patel. The film became an overnight success and catapulted Hrithik into stardom, proving that he indeed was an actor. The film also brought to him his first two of his six Filmfare awards with Best Male Debut and Best Actor.

 

Hrithik carried on to perform in many films, of some which failed at the box-office but continued to garner him recognition. Such movies include Mission Kashmir, Koi Mil Gaya, Lakshya, Krrish, Dhoom 2, and Jodhaa Akbar.

 

2010 hasn't been so lucky for the light eyed actor. In fact both of his released films, Kites and Guzaarish didn't fare too well at the at box-office, even his critically acclaimed role of the paraplegic in the latter did not earn the audiences' approval.

 

However, 2011 hopefully will reign in better news for Hrithik where we will see him in a few new projects. First up is Zoya Akhtar multi-starrer Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara where he will be seen alongside current sensations, Katrina Kaif, Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar and Kalki Koechlin. Agneepath, a remake by Dharma Production co-starring Priyanka Chopra is also in the pipeline as well as Paani, where he will be paired up with Awarapan star, Shriya Saran.

 

 

Hrithik who is fondly known as Duggu, is happily married to Sussanne Khan, the daughter of Sanjay Khan, since 20th December, 2000. They both became proud parents of a baby boy, named Hrehaan Roshan, on March 28th, 2006 and again of a baby boy, Hridhaan on May 1st, 2008.