Hrithik Roshan, Bollywood’s heartthrob ruling the hearts of millions worldwide.  He had always wanted to be an actor but he had faced some major problems in his life that would have held him back. At age of 6 he used to stammer, At 9 his family was thrown out of building as they were unable to pay rent, he slept on the floor without any furniture and without fans.  At  21 yrs  he was diagnosed with a bad case of scoliosis of the spine. But Hrithik is a fighter. He overcome every problem and made his dreams come true. We need to learn from Hritik how “Zindagi na mile dubara” so live fully. 

Birth of super star

January 2000, a new movie was released, “Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai” and a new star was born Hrithik Roshan. He was catapulted overnight to superstardom . Hrithik Mania took the nation by storm. The craze was unbelievable. The film entered the Limca Book of Records in 2003 for the most number of awards won by a Bollywood film – 102 awards.Got 30000 marriage proposals on Valentine’s day in 2000. To many he became a “God of Dance”  making dancing look beautiful, graceful in men. He has been called the first complete Bollywood actor who scores very high in every department: physique, face,dancing,  voice, drama, romance, action, comedy, macho, softie. He has grown tremendously as an actor since his debutant movie.

I know what is it like to have no money at all

Among the things that bring happiness in today’s world is money – and as a superstar you would have no deficit of it. Doesn’t it make it easier to have a philosophical take on things?
I have a good understanding of how important money is. And now that I have children, I want to gather as much of it as I can, yes. But I know what it means. Money is a means to an end. For me, it is also a means to help people. I can never say no to anyone, and if I am in a position to help, I help. I have seen my father struggle for 20 years. I know what it is like to have no money at all. I have slept for four nights on the floor in a house with no furniture and not even a fan, and I remember crying to my mother that I couldn’t sleep without a fan.

How old were you?
I must have been about nine. We were thrown out of our building because we couldn’t pay the rent. And then for about six months, we lived at my nani’s house. My father was too embarrassed to live there, and so he stayed with a friend. And as soon as he got some money, he got this place, and he just had to get us into our own place. So, for the first four nights, I slept on the floor with my family in a house without any furniture and without fans. Those are the memories that keep me grounded.

What sort of memories would your kids have? What do you share with them?
I think the poison of our world are the fairy tales that are taught to our children. There is not one fairy tale that speaks of how beautiful real life is, where there is no happy ending. It’s just a journey filled with sadness, happiness – it’s all there – and you have to live that and know that that’s your fairy tale, how you’re going to overcome every little obstacle and how it’ll never end. The End is something that is a poison; the Prince Charming comes, he and the girl fall in love, The End. The End is something that never happens in real life. Even in death, there is no The End. How do you know if that’s the end? You don’t, really.
I personally have built a fairy tale for my children which I narrate at their bedtime. It is on a character called the Blue Light Kid. He is as old as my sons, who are three and five. I talk about all the things that my sons go through. My son came last in a race, and so I created a chapter on that, about how the Blue Light Kid came last in a race. He was in his room and a Blue Light appeared and spoke to him; he asked why he came last, though he worked hard, and the Blue Light told him that he didn’t work hard enough. So he works really hard for the next race, and he again comes last, and gets really angry and says to the Blue Light that it’s not fair because he worked really hard. And the Blue Light says, ‘As I said, you didn’t work hard enough.’
I have these chapters and talk to them about things like losing toys. I tell them that you will get excited about your toys and at some point you will also lose interest in many of them. I talk about these little things; hopefully it’ll continue till I can compile it all and release it as a real life fairy tale about this Blue Light Kid.After all, fairy tales are about a world of fantasy, but none of us live in such a world.

Can’t handle money. His wife and parents are taking care of the financial details.
These are Excerpt from an interview (Complete interview is at:
http://ilovebollywood.com/bollywood-news/i-know-what-it-is-like-to-have-no-money-at-all-hrithik-roshan/)

Stammering

Hrithik revealed that the defect surfaced when he was around six years old. “Everything seems normal till you start talking. The minute you start talking, you get stuck and you don’t know why? Right from your toes to the ends of your hair strands, you are in complete shock. Your heart palpitates, you don’t understand and you are aware of people looking at you. You can compare it to hell,” Hrithik said.

Attending oral examinations was the most dreaded on “For oral tests at school, I used to bunk school, I used to fall sick, I used to break my hand, I used to get a sprain.” His childhood turned hell after his classmates began teasing him. “Unfortunately, it’s one of those handicaps that is made fun of. Especially kids, you can’t blame them but they end up being mean because it looks funny. So the childhood of a person suffering from a problem like this is pure hell… you have to go through all those little moments of hell”

To overcome his stammering problem, Hrithik tried everything from homeopathy, hypnotism, physiotherapy, speaking with marbles under tongue but nothing helped. Finally, he developed his own techniques as he found out few ways of playing with tongues to get the correct pronunciation. Be it books or even big novels, he would read the books aloud and never silently. Hrithik read  loudly to himself, page by page, line by line and word by word. He had been advised to do so by a speech therapist.  This gradually healed his stammering problems. He specially stressed his pronunciation after which he could clear his articulations. Hrithik follows the therapy to this day. In 2009, Hrithik opened an institute for speech therapy where he has taken an initiative to help those who are facing the same problem. When asked how long the speech defect has bothered him, Hrithik said, “Six to 35. I am 35 (years old now).”

 

Medical struggle

At 21 he was diagnosed with scoliosis a medical condition in which a person’s spine is curved. On an x-ray, the spine of an individual with a typical scoliosis may look more like an “S” or a “C” than a straight line. Because of scoliosis Hrithik got bed-ridden for a year and was told he could never become an actor or dance. This was until one day he realized that he was take this and stood up.  Prepared himself extensively for his screen debut, taking acting, singing, dancing, fencing, riding etc. lessons for years. He also worked hard on his diction and physical appearance under the guidance of Salman Khan. Worked for many years on the sets of his father Rakesh Roshan in various functions, including sweeping the floor and serving tea to the stars, to learn the business from scratch.

For more on scoliosis.

Misc information

He was born on 10th January 1974. His nicknames are Duggu and Bolunath .

His eyes are green in color.

According to Hrithik, “I have an unusual name, Hrithik refers to the purity of the soul that is attained by all those who perform havan. It has a spiritual connotation.”

Hrithik Roshan carries two thumbs on his right hand. The additional thumb is a small extension which curves inwards towards his main thumb.

As children in Abhishek’s birthday party, Aditya Chopra won over Hrithik Roshan in the dance competition. Hrithik came second and Aditya Chopra came first and Ekta Kapoor came third Ekta Kapoor bawled and then Adita magnanimously gave her the crown and made her get the first prize!
[From Koffee with Karan Johar :Interview with Ekta Kapoor ]

In Jan 2011, Hrithik  became the youngest male actor, fifth from India,  to have his wax statue at prestigious Madame Tussauds wax museum.The figure was made at cost of   150,000 pounds, took four months and joined  Indian film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan in the special Bollywood section of the museum.

Just Dance:.Hrithik Roshan is extremely involved with his dance reality show Just Dance. Right from the auditions he has made sure that he takes the show very seriously. He believes that each and every contestant is extremely talented and will make a mark. Hrithik will provide all eliminated contestants a cheque of Rs 3 lakh to enable them to accomplish their goal.

 

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As he sings in Zindagi Na Mile Dubara
Chahat ke do, Pal bhi,Mil payein, Duniya mein, Yeh bhi kum Hai kya
Do pal ko,Toh aao, Kho jaaye, Bhule hum hota gum hai kya
Senorita,Suno suno Senorita, Kehte hum hai kya

As Robert Kiyosaki(author of Rich Dad/Poor Dad) says “The subject of money is as volatile as politics, religion and sex” . People hardly talk of money. At bemoneyaware.com we have tried to put information about what celebrity think/talk about money.  Nita Ambani (wife of richest man of India, Mukesh Ambani)says “Money is a vehicle; not a destination”, Farhan Akhtar( Bollywood Film Director, Actor) says “Having money makes sense only if you can use it to do what gives you joy..”, Mallika Sherawat (BollyWood actress) says “TO BE very rich isn’t my goal in life”, Baichung Bhutia(Footballer) says “To me, fame can’t be divorced from money. I need fame to earn money.” For more such talks read MoneyTalk. Read about President of USA Obama’s suggestion “Don’t spend all your money” or Obama’s financial struggle