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Hrithik Roshan: Trivia-
Gets 20-30 million rupees per year for endorsing a brand for one year,including commercials [2001]Occasionally smokes cigarettesHis total income from product endorsements in 2000 is estimated to be 20crore Rupees (~5 million $), by far the most among Bollywood stars.
- Son of Rakesh Roshan.
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Was catapulted overnight to instant superstardom with debut hit film KahoNaa... Pyaar Hai (2000).
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Has two thumbs on his right hand that are grown together.
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Has a sister called Sunaina.
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Has been called the Indian Sylvester Stallone, Brad Pitt and MichaelJackson rolled into one person.
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Made stubbles fashionable in India.
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Excellent dancer.
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The country wide hysteria following the release of his first film KahoNaa... Pyaar Hai (2000) is known as hrithikmania and is unprecedented.
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The look of his muscular, chiselled body started a fitness boom in India.
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Eye color: GreenOften supports charities of various kinds.
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Known as a perfectionist and control freak. Believes in extensiverehearsals and preparations.
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Friend of Salman Khan who showed him how to work out and eat properly toput on muscle.
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Hindi megastar.
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Often visits terminally ill children in hospitals that desperately wishto meet him.
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Role models as actor: Raj Kapoor and Sanjeev Kumar.
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Wanted to quit the film business altogether after his father RakeshRoshan was shot at and wounded by hitmen sent by the Bollywood mafia, butchanged his mind.
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Prepared himself extensively for his screen debut, taking acting,singing, dancing, fencing, riding etc. lessons for years. He also workedhard on his diction and physical appearance (strenuous workout routines).
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Fought hard to overcome a stammering problem.
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Worked for many years on the sets of his father Rakesh Roshan in variousfunctions, including sweeping the floor and serving tea to the stars, tolearn the business from scratch.
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Believes in the good in every person, a character trait oftenmisinterpreted by others as gullibility and/or navety.
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Got 30000 (!) marriage proposals on Valentine's day 2000.
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Was the victim of a defamation campaign in late december 2000. Rumorswere spread that he stated in an interview that he hates Nepal and itspeople. This immediately led to riots in Nepal, cinemas showing his filmswere attacked, posters burnt, Hindi movies banned in general for somedays and several people shot dead by the police. The events madeheadlines all over the world and the governments of Indian and Nepal gotinvolved as well. Anti Indian/Hrithik sentiment died down quickly when itbecame clear that the alleged statements were a fabrication and therumors were spread by a malicious third party, possibly the Bollywoodmafia, still pissed about not getting the foreign rights to Kaho Naa...
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Pyaar Hai (2000). Nepal born actress Manisha Koirala played an importantrole in getting the news to the people in Nepal that the accusations werefalse.
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In January 2001 Hrithik Roshan was again involved in a controversy. Thistime about a poster created and used by the Democratic Alliance in SouthAfrica in November 2000 to woo Indian voters. The poster used his facewithout permission. The ANC reacted angrily and threatened to ban hisfilms.
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Gets 20-30 million rupees per year for endorsing a brand for one year,including commercials [2001]Occasionally smokes cigarettesHis total income from product endorsements in 2000 is estimated to be 20crore Rupees (~5 million $), by far the most among Bollywood stars.
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Was awarded the "National Citizen's Award" on August 25 2001 in Delhi.
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The award recognises excellence in various activities affecting nationallife.
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Son-in-law of Sanjay Khan.
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Has been called the first complete Bollywood actor who has no weaknessand scores very high in every department: face, physique, voice, dancing,drama, romance, action, comedy, macho, softie...
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Can't handle money. His wife and parents are taking care of the financialdetails.
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On January 14 2000 Hrithik Roshan entered a cinema to attend the premiereof his first film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000). When he came in somepeople recognised him but not much happened. When the film was over therewas a stampede and mass hysteria broke out. He got mobbed. The police hadto come and escort him out of the cinema and away from a crowd ofthousands. It was the first day of Hrithikmania in India, which held thecountry in its grip for many months to come.
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Learnt Urdu to sound more eloquent in his films, this can be seen by thespecial reference to his ability with the language in the film Kaho NaPyaar HaiCame in on number 9 on a Bollywood power list released in December 2003,and on number 4 among actors (behind Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan,Shahrukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai).
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Was diagnosed at age 21 with scoliosis and told he could never be anactor, dance and do all the things a Bollywood hero needs to do.
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Hrithik has been documenting his daily life for many years by takingpictures and putting them in scrapbooks.
- Hrithik Roshan and wife Suzanne became parents of a baby boy, named Hrehaan Roshan, on March 28, 2006 at 3:30 pm at Lilavati Hospital inMumbai.
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Hrithik's normal weight is 72kg. He adds to it or reduces it as the rolerequires. For Krrish (2006) he added ~6kg muscle, for parts of Koi... MilGaya (2003) he lost several kilos to look more childlike.
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Very close friends with actress Preity Zinta, who is also a good friendof his wife 'Suzanne Khan' . Hrithik and Preity have worked together inthree movies.
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Came in on number 4 on the Filmfare Bollywood power list in January 2007.
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