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TV to show life of Hrithik Roshan
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Reuters
MUBAI:
Millions of adoring fans will get a peek at the rise to stardom
of Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan in a TV series to be
aired next month that will include clips of him as a child
dancer and actor.
"Hrithik
- The Man Behind The Star", a two-part 90-minute film
on the making of the screen idol, will be aired by Sony Entertainment
Television on April 16 and April 23. The film is about Roshan's
life from his childhood to the prestigious Filmfare's Bollywood
award he won this year for his blockbuster debut film, "Kaho
Na Pyar Hai" (Say You Love Me).
"Hrithik
was not an overnight success. He had to really struggle,"
producer Farah Khan who is also Roshan's sister-in-law told
a news conference announcing the series.
Although
Roshan's father was a big actor and director in Bollywood,
"he's never had everything on a platter," she said.
Home videos
showing Hrithik dancing at friends' birthday parties are in
the programme. There are also clips of Roshan as a child dancing
in father Rakesh Roshan's films "Aap ke Deewane"
(Your Admirer) and "Asha" (Hope), and acting in
"Bhagwan Dada" (God Man), made by his film-maker
grandfather J. Om Prakash.
"He
was the only star son in the film industry who was always
broke," said Khan, referring to his father's desire to
make sure his son was not spoiled by money.
Khan said
many do not know that Roshan used to stammer and was a shy
person. "Thanks to his father's hard discipline, he was
put through the grind of film work," said Khan.
He honed
his acting and dancing skills and worked on his physique in
gyms to create a macho image of a Hindi film hero.
"He
had to sweep the floor during shooting schedules and give
tea to the unit people," Khan said of Roshan's days while
he was learning his craft in film studios. After a screen
test of him waking up to an alarm bell ringing, his father
cast him in "Kaho Na Pyar Hai" which turned out
to be a mega box office hit.
"I
was just shocked at his decision," Hrithik Roshan said
in the programme.
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