When I was growing up… all I saw, heard, ate, were films.
Having my father as a producer, director…
My chacha as a… a music director…
It gave us momentum… you know?
I think, maybe, because of that, we all developed this one-track… mindset.
I had a struggle of my own, my father had a struggle…
My chacha had a struggle.
So, yeah, three soldiers aiming at the same point.
So, the chance of… not hitting bullseye was…
Less, perhaps.
A superstar was born in 2000.
He was so beautiful to look at, he was like… he was made for the camera.
The camera loved him like no other actor the camera loved.
It kind of changed the perception of how a hero should be.
The way a hero looks, the way a hero's body is,
the way a hero dances…
I think probably for me, it was the first time,
Subconsciously, I might have dreamed of becoming
an actor someday.
And Hrithik used to share his doubts, and his insecurities with me…
I used to never take them seriously.
I was like, "Hrithik… chill…forget it. You are a superstar."
I had never witnessed such a scene before… where a new actor's film comes out…
and his photographs… and his posters are being
sold on the streets.
The film industry on one side, and Hrithik Roshan on the other.
He was like a lone horse, riding his own stardom.
People went crazy in cinema halls… everytime he came there was applause.
His dance steps had become sensations…
He had become a sensation… I was like, "Whoa!"
He's like poetry in motion, you know, when he dances.
It comes from his heart. And he works very hard for it.
I think that's probably one of his "superpowers," if you may… Yeah.
His discipline.
And I think that's something that I've definitely imbibed from him as well.
Especially after working with him.
He will take the time he needs to prep.
He will focus, he will do whatever he needs to, and…
When you work with Hrithik, it is always prep-oriented.
I bring the Khana, Hrithik brings the prep.
When I'm behind the camera, looking at the monitor, and he's acting…
He knows when he looks at me that "Sid is not happy with this."
And what I want, I don't need to go tell him.
And if I try and tell him, he'll say, "I got it, got it, got it."
He's got a sensitivity…
that you won't expect when you look at him.
Because he looks like a Greek god, you know?
Like, there's, there's something so vulnerable about him.
There's something special.
He has not taken the easy route…
You know, of saying "Okay, now let me stick to my comfortable,
safe space.
"Where everybody likes me and everybody thinks I'm good at this."
That he challenges himself…
Why? Why am I not like other boys?
Rohit!
He has maintained a kind of a balance, that… "Look, this inner actor of mine…
I'm never going to let it die."
And I think that keeps him fresh. That keeps him, I think, relevant also.
It's unbelievable.
Because you're not playing to what your perceived strengths are,
You're doing the complete opposite.
You're going against the grain, and you're taking a big risk.
And I think it's important to do that. Because…
It keeps your audience interested in you… They're like,'what'll he…do next?"
They started this game…
I'm going to finish it.
I think you've done enough. This is good enough.
You don't have to do more.
Yeah, I think I have that in routine.
Uh… more…
Yeah, you know, I have that thing.
I became an assistant.
And, ah… I used to fall sick… every third day.
That means you need to do it more.
Ah, it was just the environment.
There was too much of dust, there was too much sun…
My mom used to, you know…
Check my temperature…
And I'm been lying down, and my dad is going for work,
and I'm sick.
I just didn't like the environment… of the set.
And I got very scared.
And I said, "If I don't like my environment,
how will I…
"live my life… within it?"
"I hate it!"
Yeah. You gotta keep your… the scaps depressed, as you're going up.
But once I…
-Started getting deeper into the script… -Yeah, I did.
As an assistant, sitting with my father on…
The sessions where we were making and building the story…
Creation, the creation process.
When I got involved in that…
My reality of where I was didn't matter.
There's trash, there's muck…
I saw everything through the lens of the camera.
So that became my world.
-Yeah. -Just for fun.
It is the best cardio.
We're building a skill.
You're getting motor, ah, function, efficiency.
-Dad! -It has really.
And you feel good. Because there's music…
When we were shooting for 'Khel', that was when I met Hrithik for the first time.
You have to amp up… the beat. It is fun.
And he was a young boy, you know, thin, very sweet.
He used to behave like an assistant director.
He used to do everything that he was required to do.
So, we had been shooting… And after shooting,
I was just going out for a walk.
And from somewhere I started hearing sounds of Anil Kapoor's dialogues.
And when I listened the voice was different.
Then I realized that it was…
Hrithik Roshan who was…
saying the lines, memorizing them, and trying to act them out.
There's, I mean, you know as they say a 5 to 10 percent
inkling that you get, that, "This boy has an interest in acting,
he just might to get into acting." He had that in him. I think,
also because as a child he had acted in a couple of movies.
Bhagwan Dada'. My father-in-law, Om ji, was directing it.
And there was a role for a small child in it.
So, the day we were supposed to shoot, just two days before that
that boy fell ill.
And the set was already up.
So I said, "Daddy, what do we do now? Shall we cancel the shoot?"
He said, "No, we'll er get Duggu to do it."
I said, "Daddy, Duggu? He barely opens his mouth."
"Always sits quietly. How do you expect him to act?"
He said, "You don't worry about that, we'll figure it out."
From a distance I was watching what he was doing?
When Om ji said, "Action!"… He turned into an entirely different boy!
Father, I am not a teeny kid anymore.
Dada, is everything okay?
This is Uncle Swaroop, say hello.
Hello.
But this uncle here, so suddenly?
I will tell you about that later. First let me show him my Janata factory.
One minute, wait, wait. Just a minute.
Who is the manager of this factory?
You, My Lord.
At that point,
it struck me that he's got those same skills
that you need to become a good actor.
To be a good actor.
That gave me confidence, when I was… starting my new film…
To… cast him.
When Hrithik was being launched, I remember he came to me
and what he said was, "I'm thinking of casting him in this film.
You think he's too young?"
I said, "No sir, cast him, he's very handsome, not too young.
I had spent a lot of time with Hrithik, he used to assist in films.
I said, "No sir, he's very handsome." Obviously,
Duggu's very very handsome… off and on camera.
Rakesh ji and my father were childhood friends. So we used to meet very often.
So Rakesh uncle looked at me one day and said…
"Do you want to star opposite Hrithik in 'Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai'?"
I was very happy because I'm someone who just… I wanted to take the chance.
So I called her home the next day. And I didn't tell Hrithik anything
She came over and sat down, had some tea.
And I noticed that their pairing looked pretty good.
That's when I told Hrithik that "We're casting Ameesha as the heroine."
Then I asked Rakesh uncle, "So,
Rakesh uncle shooting begins in six months right?" Because I was absolutely new.
And he said, "No, we're starting in three days!"
The set has been built. "We're starting with a song,
and that too your song."
We started doing rehearsals with aaaa Hrithik…
Duggu, as we were calling him and… We thought, "this guy is new.
We can't expect much from him?"
So we used to give him… simple stuff to do.
And then one day we were sitting, and er…we were getting bored.
So I told my assistant, "Choreograph a really difficult
sequence for him… and then we'll tell him now
you have to quickly learn this."
He didn't say anything, he did this that and followed it to the T.
And he actually did it better than my assistant and…
The joke was on us, because…
he did that, and we were all, like, "Oh my God!"
On 'Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai,' it didn't happen even once that Guddu ji would say,
"This song's… not good,
that's good." On rare
occasions it happened.
And there'd be huge fights too.
And they would have an actual…
Differences of opinion.
Rakesh sir would have a very strong opinion…
Raju bhai would have his own strong opinion…
And Duggu bhaiya would come as the peacemaker sometimes.
And I used to also jump into the fights…
Eventually.
Because I was also extremely headstrong,
I was also extremely, ah… you know, passionate.
So if I, if I thought what chacha's
saying is actually…
You know, sounds right to me…
Then I used to fight with my dad…
You know, and try and convince him.
Raju ji's music for Rakesh ji's films was always special.
That is a little bit unfair for the other directors.
But! I think they were brothers, they understood each other.
They would discuss. That's how…
Closely a director should work with a music director.
Because music is an extremely important part of mainstream Hindi cinema.
We've actually travelled all around the world for 'Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai.'
I've seen some pretty spectacular locations thanks to Rakesh sir.
And that's the one thing about Rakesh sir, it's all for the movie.
If it's for the movie, he will go that extra length.
If you remember that song, "Pyaar ki Kashti Mein"…
And, he's taking the top shot because he wanted to do it that way.
Okay, even if it couldn't be done it wouldn't have made a difference…
But that was his thing.
He loves doing difficult things.
So, every day, or every second day…
I would go and ask Duggu, you know,
"How was your day?" "How's the shoot going?" and all that.
Sometimes he was very happy.
But there were days when…
I found him a little sad, you know, sometimes.
I said, "What happened? You don't look good."
But then he would come out of it eventually,
and tell me that, you know,
He wanted to do it a different way… and Papa said "No, this is fine."
So I used to hear him and I used to feel bad as a mother.
So, from his room I used to go to my room, and then I would talk to…
My husband and ask…
"What happened today?"
"He doesn't know anything! I'm the director!"
"It's my job to make films!"
I said, "Can you please… listen to his idea."
My father… is… was, is…
And I think always will be… um…
Um… someone who… who loves deeply…
But… his expression of love…
Is the kind…
That was… taught to him…
When he was growing up.
I don't think he was granted…
The kind of compassion from the world, and the kind of… love…
So the only way he learnt was to be hard on himself.
And that is how he expresses his love now.
Ah… And… it's often misunderstood.
So I and Hrithik also used to argue. He'd say, "Papa,
let me do it this way." I'd say, "No Duggu, It won't look good that way…
Do it like this."
But I had to find a balance, because he's an actor and also my son.
He too had the same issue, that he is my director,
and also my father. So, yes there were arguments…
But then the result used to be positive.
I always saw the glass half full. So I, I complained a lot.
I remember…
I had not color-corrected…
Ah, Raj, the second, ah… the character in the second half.
I had not corrected his skin…
For two or three scenes, because I was handling that.
And the overseas print had already left.
So I came to my dad really upset, that
"How could you let that go? It's so important!"
And I think that's the first time my dad…
he gave it back to me. He gave it back to me in my face,
you know.
He turned to my mom and he said, "I am doing everything… for him!"
"And he's sitting here and he's complaining."
And that's the night I found out that… my mom told me, that…
The house was mortgaged…
You know, the cars were mortgaged…
How much was at stake.
Mother used to say…
When a loved one leaves the world and goes away…
they become a star.
And tonight, these very stars…
have brought light into our lives.
When we went in to see the film…
I mean, obviously we knew this
is Hrithik's first film.
And we knew that, I mean, Rakesh uncle will make a good film…
I think the big question was that…
How good is Hrithik going to be in the film, you know?
And obviously you're going in with the best of intentions
And the best of energy because you want it to be amazing.
I mean, "I simply have to love this film!"
You know? That feeling. We were still blown away.
It was his first film… So obviously he must be nervous,
he must be…
searching things, finding things…
And to come out as if…
he'd been working in films for ten years.
I mean, my mum had told me…
While they were shooting and stuff…
And Farah had told me, because she was doing all the songs…
That he's special, you know, he's really good.
And I was like, I obviously believed them, and…
But I didn't… When I saw it on screen…
I was just like, "Oh my God! This is something else!" You know?
It's unleashed.
This…This dance move… To this day, so many heroes have come,
so many dance directors have come such novelty has never been seen again.
This step, the one that goes…
I mean it was such a simple step.
But I think Hrithik and me, we always laugh. I also say,
people will be doing this step when they come and see me at my funeral.
When he appeared on my program…
he did this same dance move and whatever action he was doing… I was observing him.
I can't dance like him in this life, maybe the next one.
Hrithik… was always a dancer.
But till a lot older, he basically just had one step.
I don't know what the official term is,
But we used to call it the 'Wall Walk.' Where he used to…
That's the only step he used to do. I have photographs!
But you know, Duggu was this very thin, quiet, shy child.
I never remember Duggu being…
Boisterous, and loud, and being, wanting to be the center of attention.
He was very happy being quiet and in the background.
When I look at…er some er…
some of the pictures from my childhood I can see that there is some posturing.
I'm always posturing.
So, I said, "There is something that I…
I can see something in myself…
That I think…
I could contribute to the world with, you know?
I was clearly not vain.
Because I was extremely shy, extremely… afraid of everything.
Ah, I had a… debilitating stutter.
Um…
I couldn't talk.
Somehow, even having, you know, two thumbs…
put me further into that bracket of…
you know, I'm not… not okay, not normal.
But I… I remember that moment where…
I knew, there's something in me.
From then on, I just knew that I had to do this.
I had to try and be an actor.
But I couldn't, because all my… all my tools were… were broken.
I was… born with a… a curved spine.
Which led to a lot of pain.
The doctor said to us that… "The alignment is not… correct."
"So you will not be able to make a physique.
"You will not be able to carry any heavy weights."
But Hrithik used all these books and began exercising. And in just one year.
He built such a physique… that…
He defied all the doctors in the world.
So… insurmountable odds, and… incredible desire…
Powered by fear… to do something.
To be seen, you know, to be validated.
So, I think, what happens when…
When an unstoppable force…
Meets an immovable object…
I'd say, the implosion that that causes inside…
It leads to some kind of… madness, I think.
Where failure didn't matter, death didn't matter…
Nothing mattered.
I just had to get through it.
Hrithik!
We watched the first half of the film. Then the interval happened…
and the entire public outside. They began to surround us.
They were all yelling our names…
And I think Hrithik and I were very numb, thinking…
"Hello? You know, people recognize us now. Have we become stars?"
Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai!
Ameesha Patel is very cute.
Hrithik is damn cute.
-The movie's very nice. -It's a fantastic movie!
-The music's very fine. -He's the next superstar.
-Stars of the millennium. -I'm in love with Hrithik Roshan!
It felt like the kids would just leap and jump out of buses, when they saw Hrithik,
that's how they would scream.
This hotel where we were shooting in the hotel manager he came up and
started saying, "Sir there's a huge crowd outside."
"Some 2-3000 people have gathered." I asked, "Why?"
I thought maybe they'd come to meet me, or maybe they wanted to meet Jackie.
He said "No sir… they want to meet Hrithik Roshan.
That's when I… That's when I saw him, as…
As "Hrithik Roshan," as the world sees him.
That's the day I realized he was like… destined for great things.
I guess, growing up, I saw him on like billboards,
And in movies, and I knew that was different.
But the part that relates to me,
And the part of me that relates to him is the humanness…
And the… the sweeter side of him.
I spoke to all the distributors from all over India.
Asking, "How's the response?" They began to send me videos on my phone, saying,
"See, this is the reaction".
So I figured that the movie had been accepted
by the public. So I rang up Hrithik.
And my dad, ah… my dad's voice… broke.
For the first time I heard my dad's voice break into a cry.
And he said, "We did it."
"Duggu, we did it!"
And I remember even… till now,
when I go back to that, that moment, my eyes just well up.
Because it was… That's when it hit me.
How much, how much…
Work had gone into… that moment.
Fifteen years of my life.
And getting it from my dad… you know…
Getting that… that validation from my dad, before even the world…
No award in the world…
Will match up to… that moment.
The award for 'The Best Debut ' goes to…
Hrithik Roshan!
And I remember my dad turning to me and saying,
"Duggu, this does not happen."
"This is something special."
"Wave back at every single person."
Because I thought… you know…
If I wave back, I… Am I thinking, "Oh, I'm a star"?
He taught me. He flipped it in my head.
He said, "It's humility…
"That should make you… wave back."
"Not ego."
I'd like to thank all my fans… and Dad again, of course.
Thank you, Papa.
This is because of you.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
"How big a star Duggu has become!"
But my only… My first joy and happiness was…
That "My family is saved."
Rakesh Roshan has struck gold…
-He has a perfect hold on. -The film was doing very well.
Every day it was getting bigger, and bigger, and bigger.
But the joy of the success, unfortunately…
It was very short-lived for… the family.
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
As you all know… in the past few weeks…
My family has been through a lot.
My father, who has always believed
in doing good work,
Was recently attacked by unknown assailants.
I was losing faith in people, in goodness in the world.
Saw no point in all the hard work that we people put in.
Basically… nothing made sense.
I just wanted to quit even before things had begun for me.
It was a very, very difficult time.
It was very hard to…
Manage two very deep emotions…
At the same time.
Oh, my God, Hrithik has become an overnight sensation…
And then, Dad has been shot at.
So, both the things, for me, were unbelievable.
Guddu's a very strong man. He was shot by a bullet,
and went straight to the police station.
He was bleeding in the police station and he said, "Catch them, catch them!
Come on!"
And that man was so resilient, so brave…
Whatever pain, suffering, fear… Not once did it show anywhere on his face.
I felt like I'm coming to a set, and he's directing some scene.
He was so calm.
Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai' news would keep coming in… It's a hit here, it's a hit there…
todays collections are this much todays collections are that much…
So all these things…
It, ah… so overwhelming…
And… And that was the reason that
I… I came out of all this mess.
God, it's a… It was a hard time, of course.
But I still can't remember me feeling…
feeling afraid for my dad.
Because… he was Superman.
Even when he was in the hospital…
And I did see a glimpse of…
You know, blood-red white sheets…
I remember that.
It made me feel, ah…
Scared for a second, perhaps.
But… just the next moment…
My dad was… conversing, laughing.
And… it just seemed…
like he… could handle this.
It was only months after that…
When my mom narrated… what happened last night…
My dad… woke up in his sleep.
He was having a nightmare.
And he woke up, ah, screaming…
"Help! Help! Help!"
Because he thought he was being shot at.
That was the first time I realized… the vulnerability…
Behind that… Superman.
So, you know, he had such a strong facade.
He never let his, ah… his soft side…
Uh…
Out… he just never expressed it.
And when I went to see him, he said, "I want to have a cigarette."
"So… Can you organize a cigarette?"
In spite of all that, that had happened.
Absolutely smiling and laughing, and he was out there, you know?
So he's a tough guy. You know… So I think…
When he… when I came to know about it, I said,
"Hey, for Guddu this is no big deal.
Well, that's my reason to rejoice…
Which is why I am up here, this evening.
And also to let people know…
That no matter how much some people might try and put us down…
We will only rise.
Because we people believe in only one thing…
And live… by only one thought…
That the show must go on.
And I must tell you, that Dad is hale and hearty.
He's among us this evening.
And what's more, he's already started working
on his next project.
Making of the movie 'Koi mil gaya' was in itself a big risk.
But it's in Rakesh ji's very nature that, "What has never been done, I will do."
He had his fears too.
Rakesh ji during the scripting and shooting, would keep asking me,
"Have I screwed us all?" "Will making this movie put us in a fix?" I said, "No, sir.
Now that we've dived in,
we'll swim our way through."
A theme like extraterrestrials,
it's quite a marvel that he even managed to complete it successfully.
The common man wouldn't understand the concept of someone coming from a
different planet. They'd think "What the
hell is going on here? What is this science fiction?"
What is this?
But he makes sure that his narrative is always
so deeply rooted in the Indian ethos.
And because of that, even in the smaller cities of India,
people managed to… grasp it and they also loved it.
Will you be our friend?
When making the alien I… had this idea,
that the alien should be small and he should be able to emote with his eyes.
So I went to Australia… And out there there's a studio
called Bimini Effects.
Looked after by a husband-wife, James and Lara.
So, I narrated the story to them. And… the next day they called me.
And they had drawn a sketch for me to see.
"This is how we imagine it."
And immediately, I said, "Yes. This is good."
What do you eat?
The skylight?
When I actually began shooting…
I could only take one or two shots in a day.
Because the only way to operate it was from the outside.
So, Sometimes, Jadoo's eyes would meet Hrithik's eyes,
sometimes they wouldn't.
Sometimes it's eyes would go this way, sometimes that way.
What are you laughing for?
Go, go, go!
It was the first science fiction film, it had an amazing story.
Um…
I wasn't typically the heroine in it. It was more…
Nisha wasn't… She was everything but a heroine.
Now I'm going to say "Sorry."
And not just me… but Raj, Monty…
and all those boys will say "Sorry" to you.
And after today, no one will bully you.
And if someone does?
Hmm… Then you and I… will beat them up together!
Oh God! You too?
Hmm.
Really?
And, um… 'Idhar Chala Main Udhar Chala'…
I think it's one of the purest songs in terms of emotion,
Between an actor and actress, because it wasn't very sexualized,
It was just beautiful, about friendship and fun.
Like, every time I look at it,
I just get this warm feeling in my heart, and it's so sweet.
Hrithik was just amazing in that movie.
To still dance so beautifully,
despite not wanting, not to look like he can dance well.
It's okay. I had to keep telling Hrithik, "Please don't dance so well,
"because Rohit is not a fabulous dancer."
And Farah would say, "You're only saying that to him so that…
"You know, ah, ah, you look better." And I was like, "No!"
And the first time we used a harness, for a dance number.
But I wanted to use it
Because I wanted him to go right till there, and right till there.
And I think that really made that song magical.
I really believe that when I learn the steps, I'm only learning the steps.
Now, how do I interpret those steps?
Steps are like, the dialogues on a sheet.
Every human being will interpret that dialogue in his or her own way.
And then, if the steps change,
Because of interpretation then they change.
And I… I… fight for it.
I say that "This is how my body is, is wanting to express your step."
The path, the journey was to come to this point
where we had this film. "Oh, one more take!
One more!" I used to turn
towards Irani Aunty,
"Irani Aunty, help please."
"Somebody help! Somebody say, 'No!'"
We were all sitting for 'Koi Mil Gaya.'
And Rakesh ji came up to us and said that… "Hrithik wants to sit on the sitting."
So the three writers, we all looked at each other.
Now the actor will come and he'll say, "Guys I…
I don't like this" or "I won't do that," or "I'll do it this way,
I won't do it that way."
So this is going to… disturb our pattern of working.
But when he came, he was telling us,
"Honey aunty,
I want to catch this shade of this character." "I'll be talking like
this."
That helped us… to put in the scenes.
They'll all be new boys in my class, Mom. They'll tease me all over again.
They'll say I'm too tall, call me names.
So I'm not going to go to school.
He was brilliant in that character… A grownup boy with a what do you call…
that… an underdeveloped mind,
or a grownup who has the intelligence of a child to speak in that manner,
to walk and to sit… that was brilliant.
He… He lived that role. He lived that role.
He became the character.
He breaks your heart. He, he really can access places in him…
And bring, ah… things out without dialogue.
And that is rare.
He's rare.
When I saw 'Koi… Mil Gaya'…
Ah… I was going home, and I… found his number.
And I… rarely ever call actors to say, "Very good."
Because I feel one should not disturb them.
But after seeing 'Koi… Mil Gaya,'
I said I don't care whether I disturb him or not.
I picked up the phone and I called him. And I said…
"You were superb in this film. And thank God you did it."
"Because you broke the pressure of delivering a box-office role…
"And a conventional box-office hero. You broke it."
And that's such a courageous thing to do for an actor.
An actor should be courageous.
To make such huge big commercial film…
And make it such a big blockbuster, is not easy.
So I would give full credit to, ah… Rakesh Roshan.
For making 'Koi… Mil Gaya' such a, such a huge blockbuster.
You know, with that kind of a character.
But I think there are very few directors who have, over time…
Managed to tread the path of 'masala' commercial cinema with sensibilities.
And, it's a very difficult balancing act, and he's just done it beautifully.
The shape of Indian cinema is not the same before… Rakesh Roshan and after.
Because there were entire genres that were non-existent.
And people were afraid… of… thinking out of the box.
And doing something like a superhero.
Everybody across the board said…
"You are making a mistake. A superhero in a Hindi film?"
Our hero, wearing a cape and flying… "It will look terrible. It'll never work."
And my dad went ahead and, and made 'Krrish.'
To me, it's one of the finest superhero films ever made in this country.
And to pull it off with such a traditional and modern thought.
Superhero, but, seeped in tradition,'
I think this combination and his understanding of what masses like.
His contribution…
Is to all the young minds, all the students.
He's given them…
A living, breathing example… that they can use…
When they want to do something out-of-the-box
And people are stopping them.
Say, "This is what happened with Krrish. Don't stop me."
In 'Koi Mil Gaya,' as Jadoo left Rohit with powers.
So I could take the story forward, that Rohit has a son who
inherits his powers… And he become a superhero.
I have never, you know, worked in this genre.
So for me it was a little this, but…
The way he narrated the thing…
We were like we may or may not know how to write a film but he definitely knows
what he's making…
He was so, so, so convinced and so sure…
That we're making this!
Just knowing that…
Krrish would fly, and this is our own Indian superhero,
you know?
He's homegrown, and… I was very excited.
I was extremely tickled by the magic of the movies at that time.
Again, I was very young when I
did the first 'Krrish.'
To create the first Indian superhero film…
The kind of visuals he… he wanted, the kind of music that he wanted…
It was a very difficult task… Especially for a composer,
for a background score music director.
And of course, Hrithik, he's so involved in the music.
From the time the piece starts to every detail, every changeover.
Like, you know, if Krrish's clothes the costume
that he's wearing… shifts even by this much, then…
There is a certain music change which he is suggesting.
And you know his… suggestions are… always so impactful.
I mean,
hats off to Rakesh ji for his conviction regarding 'Krrish,'to believe that
such work could be done on the Indian screen for the first time.
And then there was also Tony Ching who was from Hong Kong a reputed action
director and he was he was also hired. To do the wirework,
Which had never been done in our industry before.
Hrithik went to Hong Kong.
He stayed there for three months to learn how to do action when he's hanging.
And when he's running,
With his leg movements and his hand movements, what it should be.
So it all became believable.
There is no tomorrow.
You've seen Rocky?
Hrithik Roshan and Rakesh Roshan when these names are mentioned, people say…
"It's a magical combination."
And it is a magical combination.
100 pecent track record as a producer-director-actor combination.
One thing that's great about them is…
That they listen to each other.
There is no this, that, you know, "I'm a superstar,
or I'm a this, or I'm a that."
never ever
I've never seen that.
And the discipline that he has in front of…
When he's working with his father, it's amazing.
We were shooting in Singapore,
where he runs on top of cars crosses over bridges while chasing the villain,
who's leaving in a helicopter.
So an incident occurred where…
In Singapore, in the center there's an… eating joint, market-type,
and it's at quite a great height so…
Hrithik was supposed to take running steps over the top of that. He had a harness,
he had wires.
So Hrithik is practicing up there, like this.
-Now try it. -Pulling…
And suddenly, right before our eyes… . as Rakesh ji and I watched,
his foot starts to slip off…
And I before I could even get up the cable snapped…
And he fell.
A little shop on the main street had opened a canopy.
And I fell right in the center. I didn't-- I even…
I didn't even hit the… the rods…
That were separating the…
And I… my heart just… leaped into my mouth and stopped
with shock, I think.
I disappeared behind the trees, so my dad thought…
"He's gone."
As soon as I realized what had happened, I…
I did a… a physical scan in my head, you know…
"Do I feel pain? Am I okay?"… "I'm fine."
Then I put my hand up and I… ah… informed the crew that I'm okay.
And then I said to everyone… It was already 3:
30 in the afternoon… so I said,
"Let's pack up now." And he said, "No, Papa. "
"If you pack up today… then this fear will remain with me."
But I do remember the next day when I went up on the cables…
The fear was lurking.
It was… It was very hard to… you know, take it from here…
And, and shove it behind me. You know?
Ah, I think what, what helped was, was the vision of that shot.
The next day, after the incident, this actually happened in front of me…
Rakesh ji started getting a lot of calls from Bombay, "What is this,
you don't care about your son"
So in response, one sentence I heard him say was,
"A person could have an accident while walking on the road,
so do we stop working because of that?"
He's learnt how to be a soldier.
So as a soldier… he's always in prep.
He's always preparing. He's always waiting for the bomb to drop.
As they say… "God doesn't give you control
over everything."
Some things he keeps in his control.
I was diagnosed with cancer of the tongue.
Uh…
And then… I, I got operated.
So I went to see him. He was lying down, he was asleep, I don't know why or what…
So I just went and saw him and I came back, and sat down in the drawing room.
He guessed.
They are scared.
So he came out of the room.
Smiling, he said… "Hey, it's okay, it's all okay."
"Don't worry. I'm first-class. I'm first-class."
Even though the reports were very bleak.
This man, Mr. Roshan Sr.,
He is… is a…
He wears, like, this armor…
And that armor is real.
I think what sets my father apart is that…
He doesn't wait for motivation.
You're never going to get… to where you want to get…
If you're always waiting for motivation.
It's the discipline… that you have to be in practice of.
Discipline says…
"I don't care whether you're feeling like… feel like doing it or not."
"You just have to do it, because that's what you have decided."
My dad… is so disciplined, that when cancer hit him…
He didn't have to change much.
He just took that discipline and applied it to cancer… Boom! Cancer gone.
That's magic.
They are the heroes of their own lives. Where…
It's like they say, "No one can have a perfect world."
Ah, knowing that… . things aren't going to be perfect,
this is a different kind of film.
To take those high-end risks…
Those high points and low points, how do we…
endure them and still keep moving forward…
I think all these things they've endured are their teachings…
More than a legacy. This is not work for posterity
or remembrance of any kind.
It is actually what… the elders have passed on to
their younger generation.
I think this is the reason why… that grain runs in all three of them.
So 75 years ago,
the values that were brough by Roshan Saab they're still running in the family.
The same traditions, the same values, the same moral fiber,
find their way into their work as well.
That attitude to grow, you know, to always look forward…
To always try to do something new, conquer a new, you know, horizon.
I think that is something that will…
Always keep their name right up there in the industry.
Almost out of 76 years of independence of India, we're talking about 60 years.
Six decades.
And in that context, when we see the contribution
of the Roshans…
I think it's phenomenal.
Every Roshan has lived up to their names and they'll continue to do so.
It's very very difficult to…
Generation after generation after generation, to hold on to it.
Something which is not achieved everyday by everyone.
One, or two, people can do that.
You have to constantly come out of the shadows of your forefathers.
And I think every generation in the Roshan family has done that
With a lot of, ah… lot of dignity and a lot of passion.
Fantastic artists.
But for me, it makes more…
It makes me feel even better about the Roshans…
That they are incredible human beings.
And you know, they make their table longer.
They pull in people like me who didn't grow up in the industry…
Um… and create opportunities.
Um… So that it's not just them.
That's benefitting from what they've been able to create.
And I really admire, um, that, you know, their table doesn't stay small.
This current generation isn't… very well aware of the originator of this…
Which was Roshan Saab.
I hope that through this documentary and this entire exercise…
First and foremost they realize where the genius started.
And then, how wonderful to see that the legacy…
Was carried forward by his two sons…
And now, by the third generation.
I don't know if I want to burden them with the word 'legacy.'
I want them to live… fulfilling… lives.
In fact… not even lives. I want them to live… fulfilling days.
I don't mind if they do a hundred things.
They should.
Explore everything. But choose two or three things
to go really deep into.
But…
I also want them to…
hear what I'm saying… and forget what I'm saying.
Because their destiny, their… inner…
You know… self, their soul…
Iit's going to find its own way.
I think about him sometimes… and I smile quietly to myself.
That if only Papa were here today… how happy he would be.
When that… vision comes to my eyes,
that view you know… The feeling that I get is…
, this is what heaven is…
this has to be heaven… If he were here.
Papa said to mummy that…"one day the Roshans
will light up the entire industry.
And today, even after so many years… we have done our best…
to ensure that his name shines even brighter… and brighter.