Hrithik Roshan is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language films. As a child, he made uncredited appearances in three films directed by his maternal grandfather, J. Om Prakash, the first of which was in Aasha (1980). [1] [2] In 1986, Roshan played the adopted son of Rajinikanth's character in Prakash's crime drama Bhagwaan Dada. [3] Roshan subsequently worked as an assistant director on four films, including Khudgarz (1987) and Karan Arjun (1995), all of which were directed by his father, Rakesh. [1]
Roshan's first leading role came opposite Ameesha Patel in Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000), a highly successful romantic drama directed by his father, for which he won two Filmfare Awards— Best Male Debut and Best Actor. [4] [5] In 2001, Roshan played a supporting role in Karan Johar's lucrative ensemble melodrama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.... [6] This initial success was followed by roles in a series of critical and commercial failures, including Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage (2002) and Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (2003), leading critics to believe that Roshan's career was over. [7] [8] [9] His career prospects improved in 2003 when he played the role of a mentally disabled teenager in his father's science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya. [10] The film emerged as one of the highest-grossing Bollywood film of that year and earned Roshan the Best Actor – Critics and the Best Actor awards at Filmfare. [11] [12] His next release, the war drama Lakshya (2004), performed poorly at the box office despite earning positive reviews. [13]
In 2006, Roshan starred in two top-grossing productions of the year. [14] He portrayed the eponymous superhero in Krrish, a sequel to Koi... Mil Gaya, and won another Best Actor award at Filmfare for playing a thief in the adventure film Dhoom 2. [15] [16] Two years later, he gained a fourth Best Actor award at Filmfare for playing the Mughal emperor Akbar in Ashutosh Gowariker's period romance Jodhaa Akbar (2008). [17] Roshan starred in two commercially unsuccessful films of 2010— Kites and Guzaarish—but earned praise for portraying a quadriplegic magician in the latter. [7] [18] In 2011, he featured as a talent judge for the television dance reality show Just Dance. [19] Roshan also played one of the three leads alongside Farhan Akhtar and Abhay Deol in the Zoya Akhtar-directed comedy-drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), following which he played a man seeking vengeance in Agneepath (2012), a remake of the 1990 film of the same name. [20] [21] In 2013, Roshan starred in the third installment of the Krrish franchise, and the following year, he starred in Bang Bang!, a remake of the 2010 Hollywood film Knight and Day. [22] [23] These films rank among his biggest commercially successes. [24] In 2019, Roshan starred in the biopic Super 30, in which he portrayed the mathematician Anand Kumar, and in the action thriller War, which ranks as his highest-grossing release. [25] [26] [27] His first film in three years, the action thriller Vikram Vedha (2022), was not financially profitable despite positive reviews. [28]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | Aasha | Unnamed | Uncredited appearance in song "Jaane Hum Sadak Ke Logon" | [29] |
Aap Ke Deewane | Young Rahim | Uncredited appearance | [1] | |
1981 | Aas Paas | Unnamed | Uncredited appearance in song "Shehar Main Charchi Hai" | [2] |
1983 | Aasra Pyaar Da | Unknown | Uncredited appearance; Punjabi film | [2] |
1986 | Bhagwaan Dada | Govinda Dada | Child artist | [30] |
1987 | Khudgarz | — | Assistant director | [1] |
1993 | King Uncle | — | Assistant director | [1] |
1995 | Karan Arjun | — | Assistant director | [31] |
1997 | Koyla | — | Assistant director | [31] |
2000 | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai | Rohit Kumar/Raj Chopra [a] | [5] [32] | |
Fiza | Amaan Ikramullah | [33] [34] | ||
Mission Kashmir | Altaaf Khan | [35] | ||
2001 | Yaadein | Ronit Malhotra | [36] | |
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | Rohan Raichand | [37] [38] | ||
2002 | Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage | Rohit | [39] | |
Na Tum Jaano Na Hum | Rahul Sharma | [40] | ||
Mujhse Dosti Karoge! | Raj Khanna | [41] | ||
2003 | Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon | Prem Kishen Mathur | [42] | |
Koi... Mil Gaya | Rohit Mehra | [12] [43] | ||
2004 | Lakshya | Karan Shergill | [44] [45] | |
2006 | Krrish | Krishna "Krrish" Mehra/Rohit Mehra [a] | [46] [47] | |
Dhoom 2 | Aryan/Mr.A | [16] [48] | ||
I See You | Unnamed | Special appearance in song "Subah Subah" | [49] | |
2007 | Om Shanti Om | Himself | Special appearance | [50] |
2008 | Jodhaa Akbar | Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar | [17] [51] | |
Krazzy 4 | Himself | Special appearance in song "Krazzy 4" | [52] | |
2009 | Luck by Chance | Ali Zaffar Khan | Extended cameo | [53] |
2010 | Kites | Jay Ray | Also playback singer for song "Kites in the Sky" | [54] [55] |
Guzaarish | Ethan Mascarenhas | [55] [56] [57] | ||
2011 | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | Arjun Saluja | [58] [59] [60] | |
Don 2 | Don | Special appearance | [61] | |
2012 | Agneepath | Vijay Deenanath Chauhan | [62] [63] | |
2013 | Main Krishna Hoon | Himself | Cameo | [64] |
Krrish 3 | Krishna "Krrish" Mehra/Rohit Mehra [a] | [65] [66] | ||
2014 | Bang Bang! | Rajveer Nanda/Jai Nanda | [67] [68] | |
2015 | Hey Bro | Unnamed | Special appearance in song "Birju" | [69] |
2016 | Mohenjo Daro | Sarman | [70] | |
2017 | Kaabil | Rohan Bhatnagar | [71] | |
Hrudayantar | Krishna "Krrish" Mehra | Special appearance; Marathi film | [72] | |
2019 | Super 30 | Anand Kumar | Also playback singer for song "Question Mark" | [73] |
War | Major Kabir Dhaliwal | [74] | ||
2022 | Vikram Vedha | Vedha | [75] | |
2023 | Tiger 3 | Major Kabir Dhaliwal | Cameo | [76] |
2024 | Fighter | Shamsher "Patty" Pathania | [77] | |
2025 | War 2 † | Major Kabir Dhaliwal | Filming | [78] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | The World History of Organized Crime | Himself | Television documentary | [79] |
2011 | Just Dance | Judge | Reality show | [19] |
2023 | The Romantics | Himself | Documentary | [80] |
Year | Title | Performer(s) | Album | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | "Lets Party" | Ganesh Hedge | — | [81] |
2015 | " Dheere Dheere" | Yo Yo Honey Singh | — | [82] |
2016 | "Ae Raju" | 6 Pack Band | — | [83] |
2021 | "DNA Mein Dance" | Vishal–Shekhar | Free Fire | [84] |
Hrithik Roshan is an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language films. As a child, he made uncredited appearances in three films directed by his maternal grandfather, J. Om Prakash, the first of which was in Aasha (1980). [1] [2] In 1986, Roshan played the adopted son of Rajinikanth's character in Prakash's crime drama Bhagwaan Dada. [3] Roshan subsequently worked as an assistant director on four films, including Khudgarz (1987) and Karan Arjun (1995), all of which were directed by his father, Rakesh. [1]
Roshan's first leading role came opposite Ameesha Patel in Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000), a highly successful romantic drama directed by his father, for which he won two Filmfare Awards— Best Male Debut and Best Actor. [4] [5] In 2001, Roshan played a supporting role in Karan Johar's lucrative ensemble melodrama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.... [6] This initial success was followed by roles in a series of critical and commercial failures, including Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage (2002) and Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (2003), leading critics to believe that Roshan's career was over. [7] [8] [9] His career prospects improved in 2003 when he played the role of a mentally disabled teenager in his father's science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya. [10] The film emerged as one of the highest-grossing Bollywood film of that year and earned Roshan the Best Actor – Critics and the Best Actor awards at Filmfare. [11] [12] His next release, the war drama Lakshya (2004), performed poorly at the box office despite earning positive reviews. [13]
In 2006, Roshan starred in two top-grossing productions of the year. [14] He portrayed the eponymous superhero in Krrish, a sequel to Koi... Mil Gaya, and won another Best Actor award at Filmfare for playing a thief in the adventure film Dhoom 2. [15] [16] Two years later, he gained a fourth Best Actor award at Filmfare for playing the Mughal emperor Akbar in Ashutosh Gowariker's period romance Jodhaa Akbar (2008). [17] Roshan starred in two commercially unsuccessful films of 2010— Kites and Guzaarish—but earned praise for portraying a quadriplegic magician in the latter. [7] [18] In 2011, he featured as a talent judge for the television dance reality show Just Dance. [19] Roshan also played one of the three leads alongside Farhan Akhtar and Abhay Deol in the Zoya Akhtar-directed comedy-drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), following which he played a man seeking vengeance in Agneepath (2012), a remake of the 1990 film of the same name. [20] [21] In 2013, Roshan starred in the third installment of the Krrish franchise, and the following year, he starred in Bang Bang!, a remake of the 2010 Hollywood film Knight and Day. [22] [23] These films rank among his biggest commercially successes. [24] In 2019, Roshan starred in the biopic Super 30, in which he portrayed the mathematician Anand Kumar, and in the action thriller War, which ranks as his highest-grossing release. [25] [26] [27] His first film in three years, the action thriller Vikram Vedha (2022), was not financially profitable despite positive reviews. [28]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1980 | Aasha | Unnamed | Uncredited appearance in song "Jaane Hum Sadak Ke Logon" | [29] |
Aap Ke Deewane | Young Rahim | Uncredited appearance | [1] | |
1981 | Aas Paas | Unnamed | Uncredited appearance in song "Shehar Main Charchi Hai" | [2] |
1983 | Aasra Pyaar Da | Unknown | Uncredited appearance; Punjabi film | [2] |
1986 | Bhagwaan Dada | Govinda Dada | Child artist | [30] |
1987 | Khudgarz | — | Assistant director | [1] |
1993 | King Uncle | — | Assistant director | [1] |
1995 | Karan Arjun | — | Assistant director | [31] |
1997 | Koyla | — | Assistant director | [31] |
2000 | Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai | Rohit Kumar/Raj Chopra [a] | [5] [32] | |
Fiza | Amaan Ikramullah | [33] [34] | ||
Mission Kashmir | Altaaf Khan | [35] | ||
2001 | Yaadein | Ronit Malhotra | [36] | |
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... | Rohan Raichand | [37] [38] | ||
2002 | Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage | Rohit | [39] | |
Na Tum Jaano Na Hum | Rahul Sharma | [40] | ||
Mujhse Dosti Karoge! | Raj Khanna | [41] | ||
2003 | Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon | Prem Kishen Mathur | [42] | |
Koi... Mil Gaya | Rohit Mehra | [12] [43] | ||
2004 | Lakshya | Karan Shergill | [44] [45] | |
2006 | Krrish | Krishna "Krrish" Mehra/Rohit Mehra [a] | [46] [47] | |
Dhoom 2 | Aryan/Mr.A | [16] [48] | ||
I See You | Unnamed | Special appearance in song "Subah Subah" | [49] | |
2007 | Om Shanti Om | Himself | Special appearance | [50] |
2008 | Jodhaa Akbar | Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar | [17] [51] | |
Krazzy 4 | Himself | Special appearance in song "Krazzy 4" | [52] | |
2009 | Luck by Chance | Ali Zaffar Khan | Extended cameo | [53] |
2010 | Kites | Jay Ray | Also playback singer for song "Kites in the Sky" | [54] [55] |
Guzaarish | Ethan Mascarenhas | [55] [56] [57] | ||
2011 | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | Arjun Saluja | [58] [59] [60] | |
Don 2 | Don | Special appearance | [61] | |
2012 | Agneepath | Vijay Deenanath Chauhan | [62] [63] | |
2013 | Main Krishna Hoon | Himself | Cameo | [64] |
Krrish 3 | Krishna "Krrish" Mehra/Rohit Mehra [a] | [65] [66] | ||
2014 | Bang Bang! | Rajveer Nanda/Jai Nanda | [67] [68] | |
2015 | Hey Bro | Unnamed | Special appearance in song "Birju" | [69] |
2016 | Mohenjo Daro | Sarman | [70] | |
2017 | Kaabil | Rohan Bhatnagar | [71] | |
Hrudayantar | Krishna "Krrish" Mehra | Special appearance; Marathi film | [72] | |
2019 | Super 30 | Anand Kumar | Also playback singer for song "Question Mark" | [73] |
War | Major Kabir Dhaliwal | [74] | ||
2022 | Vikram Vedha | Vedha | [75] | |
2023 | Tiger 3 | Major Kabir Dhaliwal | Cameo | [76] |
2024 | Fighter | Shamsher "Patty" Pathania | [77] | |
2025 | War 2 † | Major Kabir Dhaliwal | Filming | [78] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2001 | The World History of Organized Crime | Himself | Television documentary | [79] |
2011 | Just Dance | Judge | Reality show | [19] |
2023 | The Romantics | Himself | Documentary | [80] |
Year | Title | Performer(s) | Album | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2010 | "Lets Party" | Ganesh Hedge | — | [81] |
2015 | " Dheere Dheere" | Yo Yo Honey Singh | — | [82] |
2016 | "Ae Raju" | 6 Pack Band | — | [83] |
2021 | "DNA Mein Dance" | Vishal–Shekhar | Free Fire | [84] |