Posts Tagged ‘hrithik roshan’

Hrithik Roshan as akbar

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

hat Hrithik Roshan did a fantastic job as Akbar in Ashutosh Gowarikar’s period epic Jodhaa Akbar is a well-documented fact by now. And if you thought Hrithik was used to such adulation and praise for his prowess as an actor, forget it! He is as modest as it gets, despite delivering super whammies at the box office like Krrish and Dhoom 2 in the past. “I have never been this satisfied, in fact I should say I am rather pleasantly shocked with the feedback for my character Akbar,” says Hrithik, when asked how he felt about the tremendous praise still coming his way after the release of Jodhaa Akbar in February. Some people just never change… Guess that’s what keeps them way ahead of the competition.

He has also completed shooting a promotional song for dad Rakesh Roshan’s next production Krazzy 4. Roshan Sr is eagerly awaiting Hrithik’s song, Krazzy, which will hit air waves come March 27. “It is a very different picturisation and contrary to what people are saying, it’s not the same song we did with Shah Rukh Khan. Shah Rukh’s song is called Break Free and Hrithik’s is called Krazzy. They have nothing in common but the film itself. Hrithik’s dancing with the other heroes of the film — Arshad Warsi, Irrfan Khan, Rajpal Yadav and Suresh Menon and it has turned out very well. Hrithik worked very hard in spite of a knee injury and the effort shows,” says a proud Rakesh. We are sure that both Hrithik and SRK will make the audiences go Krazzy, just like we expect them to!

Jodhaa Akbar in Telugu

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Jodhaa Akbar has had a triumphant release in Telugu. “The film is doing really well in its Telugu version, not that well in the Tamil version. How do we explain that, since the Hindi version was released in both Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu before the regional versions? Distributors say that the Hollywood period film 10,000 B.C. was released in Tamil Nadu alongside Jodhaa Akbar.”

Ashutosh seems unconvinced by that logic. But you can’t argue with the box office. And the box office has been utterly kind to Jodhaa Akbar. “I don’t know the facts and figures,” shrugs Gowariker. “The success of Jodhaa Akbar has given me the freedom to make my next film. That’s what matters for me.” After having pulled itself out of the clutches of the protesters, Jodhaa Akbar seems to be on the way to becoming a big success.

“Frankly it’s a relief. I first had to deal with the film’s uncontrollable length. It isn’t as if I set out to make long films. But Lagaan turned out to be three hours 42 minutes long. Jodhaa Akbar was comparatively shorter. Anyway the length issue has been resolved in the audiences’ mind. Maybe I should make a short and racy thriller next just to prove I can make shorter films. I’m yet to feel a sense of triumph that I should be feeling. But it’s been a long battle. And we’ve managed to get the film extricated in MP and UP. But Rajasthan remains a sore point. I feel the film belongs to Rajasthan. How can it not be released there?”  he says.