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There are many stories that surround KNPH, stories that
have entered into the mythology of Bollywood lore. The foremost
of these 'tales' (the veracity of which is inconsequential as
they very may well be true and then again not but they are regardless
part of the KNPH folklore and as such are taken to be true)
is that the casting of Hrithik was a spur of the moment whim
by the director (who just happens to be Hrithik's father Rakesh
Roshan). Legend has it that the originally intended lead actor
for KNPH had backed out and the director and producer Rakesh
Roshan was having a production meeting at his house when Hrithik
walked in gleaming with sweat from a recent workout. The production
team looked up at Hrithik where upon Hrithik said, "What
are you looking at?" Where upon Dad offered him the part
as the lead actor of KNPH. Reportedly Hrithik turned white as
a sheet and almost fainted then turned down the offer. Hrithik
had plans to go the United States to study computer science
and had no interest in acting, but being the obedient son he
reassessed these career plans and took the acting part per his
father's wishes. The rest is as they say history.
The second story surrounding KNPH is strangely similar in
regards to the casting of Amisha Patel. Amisha hails from one
of the richest families in Mumbai and they had been family friends
of the Roshan's for years. Reportedly as legend goes Amisha
was offered the lead of KNPH by Rakesh Roshan at a social gathering
at the Patel's. The lead role had just recently been dropped
by Kareena Kapoor (it was to have been Kareena's debut film,
but as legend has it she did not want to debut opposite another
'newcomer', Hrithik). Amisha who had been pestering her parent's
to let her venture into Bollywood accepted the part with dad's
consent and earned Amisha the eternal wrath of Kareena Kapoor
and her sister Karisma Kapoor.
The third story associated with KNPH lore is that Hrithik
almost had a nervous breakdown on the set because he couldn't
do the dance steps. Apparently he was crying and calling his
mom saying he just couldn't dance and wanted to quit the film.
The choreographer calmed Hrithik down and asked him to just
loosen up by dancing the way he would if he was at a disco.
The choreographer liked what she saw and then incorporated Hrithik's
own dance steps into the sequence. This way the very unique
'Hrithik Style' was born.
The fourth story, which is very true indeed, but by whom
and really why remains a mystery is that Rakesh Roshan was shot
in the arm narrowly escaping with his life in a Mafia based
assassination attempt. The official story states that Mr. Roshan
refused to pay extortion 'protection' money to the Indian Mafia
and as a result a hit was put out on his life. Bollywood is
rife with extortion attempts by the Mafia and Rakesh Roshan
has been an advocate against the Mafia. A couple of weeks before
the Filmfare Awards ceremony. Roshan's car was ambushed and
he was shot. At the Filmfare awards Hrithik gave a stirring
speech talking about the highs and lows of his year alluding
to the failed assassination attempt on his father by the Mafia
as being the low.
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