It's Hrithik Roshan's Birthday: Kaabil @43
Hrithik Roshan is the quintessential Greek God as he celebrates his 43rd birthday. He debuted in the year 2000 with the blockbuster film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai.
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Hrithik Roshan is the quintessential Greek God as he celebrates his 43rd birthday. All in all, 2016 was not a great year for the actor. In 2016, he remained in news due to a well-publicised feud with actress Kangana Ranaut and the failure of his film Mohenjo Daro.
As he turns a year older, we take you through a pictorial journey of his life. -
Hrithik Roshan, who was born in Mumbai on January 10 (1974), hails from an out and out filmi family. His father is film director Rakesh Roshan, while his mother, Pinky, is the daughter of producer and director J Om Prakash. Hrithik has an elder sister, Sunaina. His uncle Rajesh Roshan is a famous music director. The actor did his schooling from Bombay Scottish School and earned a bachelor's degree in Commerce from Sydenham College.
His childhood was not exactly a bed of roses and Hrithik once revealed in an interview that he suffered from health problems and a speech disorder that led to stammering in his younger days. -
It was also in 2001 that Hrithik was made part of a huge star cast - for Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham - which was the second-highest grossing film of 2001. Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Jaya Bachchan were a part of the film and Hrithik was paired opposite Kareena.
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Hrithik's first major flop was Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage (2002) where his first heroine, Ameesha Patel was paired with him again. The expectations from the two were very high and the film just didn't deliver. His second film the same year - Naa Tum Jano Na Hum - opposite Esha Deol - also failed to impress the audience. Mujhse Dosti Karoge - also in that year was yet another dud despite him being paired opposite Kareena and Rani Mukerji.
Hrithik's first release in 2003, Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon - with Abhishek Bachchan and Kareena Kapoor, continued the lukewarm response his last few films had got. -
A determined Hrithik turned things around later that year and appeared in Koi Mil Gaya, a film based loosely on E.T. Despite the sci-fi angle, which was a risk since it had never been explored before in Bollywood, the film was a huge hit and earned Hrithik the popular as well as the critics' award at Filmfare.
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Hrithik didn't appear in any movie in 2005, but came back with a bang in 2006 with Krrish, a super-hero film, which also clicked with the Indian audience. The film was a major box office success and became the second highest grosser of 2006 earning him the Best Actor award at most ceremonies.
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Another dry year for Hrithik was 2007 when he appeared in no movie. However, when people saw Ashutosh Gowariker's magnum opus Jodhaa Akbar (2008), they understood why - because Hrithik was busy perfecting his skills and chemistry to play emperor Akbar opposite his Dhoom 2 partner Aishwarya who played his wife in the movie.
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In 2012, Hrithik reprised the role of Vijay Deenanath Chauhan in Karan Johar's blockbuster film Agneepath. The film, a remake of the 1990 Amitabh Bachchan classic of the same name, broke all opening-day records till then and is considered his most successful film so far.
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After a year's gap, Hrithik teamed again with Ashutosh Gowariker for another period piece Mohenjo Daro. The film released in August 2016 along with Akshay Kumar's Rustom. Mohenjo Daro received flak for historical inaccuracies while Rustom was movie-goers favourite.
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However, Hrithik and Sussanne's marital bliss proved to be short-lived and on December 13, 2013, the actor announced Sussanne's decision to end their marriage via an official statement. The actor clarified that would will forever remain the love of his life. "This is my greatest tribute to love. Sussanne is and always will be the love of my life for the rest of my life," the actor posted on his Facebook page. In her statement, Sussanne said that the separation was their "own individual choices". They were formally divorced in November last year.