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Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan, who is flying high with 'Kites', tells DEVANSH PATEL the film may redefine how romance is portrayed in Hindi cinema
HRITHIK Roshan is a guys' guy and, obviously, a ladies' man. It is not just the good looks, the voice, the charm, the political and social awareness and the not-phoney compassion - it is the whole package.
He must be too good, surely, to be true? The Hrithik effect is even more astounding. You can attract your own little fan club just by announcing that you are off to meet him.
Within minutes of telling people I was interviewing him, I started receiving comments from friends on Facebook.
Girls label him a 'Greek god' and boys call him 'the Italian stallion'. I simply call him the sexiest man alive.
He is being firmly guarded by his film and personal PR executives when I arrive for the interview in his vanity van. India's busiest star has just had three costume changes in a photoshoot and I am waiting for him to unwind before he calls me into his private room in the van.
But as soon as I clap eyes on him, and take in that kittenish smile, the leonine eyebrows and, of course, the lush whip of unwashed, curly hair, all my anxiety instantly vanishes as I ask him about his new film, Kites.
Q: You very rarely give interviews. Why is that?
A: Yes, I am a rare find because I am not easily accessible. I regard that as my shortcoming.
Other actors are able to do what I do, plus do the other social and media responsibilities.
I can't. I can't do two things at the same time when I am trying to give 100 per cent to one thing. It becomes a distraction.
The kind of roles I am doing are too different and it makes me immerse into the world completely. I don't see the point of being in the news and on the face of all covers just for the heck of it.
It makes sense when I have something to talk about.
Q: So you're like The Joker from The Dark Knight. You get sucked into your characters, huh?
A: (Laughs) Not really. I am not that crazy. It's not about my character sucking me in.
It's also about my personality.
I've always been shy. I don't interact too much.
Q: You have been flying high recently. How does it feel to be up there on cloud nine?
A: I am happier standing on the ground than flying high.
Feeling good about wherever you are is more important than thinking that you will feel better if you're up there.
I've been through failures and successes, and have understood that there are no bad experiences in life.
Every experience is good.
My mission in life is not money, fame or to be the best, it is to evolve as much as one can on a personal level as a human being.
Q: Will Kites be used as a teaching tool when it comes to romance in films? Is it going to reinvent romance?
A: I don't think anything that is creative can be taught. But I think Kites might prove to be successful in accessing people's minds and hearts.
An honest space is the source of all creativity.
Kites is honest when it comes to every single frame we've shot, every single aspect of its making, every single twitch, and so on.
Q: You debut as a singer in Kites too.
A: Yes, I tried. When the director Anurag Basu told me to sing in the film, we thought that if my character sings, it had to be my voice.
You can't fake that. So, I went through two weeks of training and that's all they gave me (laughs).
Q: How tight is the screenplay of Kites?
A: I don't believe in such words. They are manipulative.
If a scene requires a certain pace, then that's the pace. If the scene requires a certain sensibility, so be it. The audience liking it or not isn't the question. The story you're expressing has to be expressed in complete sanctity.
I don't think there is any right kind of film-making.
You have to be convinced, inspired and enjoy what you're trying to do.
http://www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/london-lifestyle/bollywood/2010/05/12/bollywood-i-ve-always-been-shy-82029-26433106/[/quote]
HRITHIK Roshan is a guys' guy and, obviously, a ladies' man. It is not just the good looks, the voice, the charm, the political and social awareness and the not-phoney compassion - it is the whole package.
He must be too good, surely, to be true? The Hrithik effect is even more astounding. You can attract your own little fan club just by announcing that you are off to meet him.
Within minutes of telling people I was interviewing him, I started receiving comments from friends on Facebook.
Girls label him a 'Greek god' and boys call him 'the Italian stallion'. I simply call him the sexiest man alive.
He is being firmly guarded by his film and personal PR executives when I arrive for the interview in his vanity van. India's busiest star has just had three costume changes in a photoshoot and I am waiting for him to unwind before he calls me into his private room in the van.
But as soon as I clap eyes on him, and take in that kittenish smile, the leonine eyebrows and, of course, the lush whip of unwashed, curly hair, all my anxiety instantly vanishes as I ask him about his new film, Kites.
Q: You very rarely give interviews. Why is that?
A: Yes, I am a rare find because I am not easily accessible. I regard that as my shortcoming.
Other actors are able to do what I do, plus do the other social and media responsibilities.
I can't. I can't do two things at the same time when I am trying to give 100 per cent to one thing. It becomes a distraction.
The kind of roles I am doing are too different and it makes me immerse into the world completely. I don't see the point of being in the news and on the face of all covers just for the heck of it.
It makes sense when I have something to talk about.
Q: So you're like The Joker from The Dark Knight. You get sucked into your characters, huh?
A: (Laughs) Not really. I am not that crazy. It's not about my character sucking me in.
It's also about my personality.
I've always been shy. I don't interact too much.
Q: You have been flying high recently. How does it feel to be up there on cloud nine?
A: I am happier standing on the ground than flying high.
Feeling good about wherever you are is more important than thinking that you will feel better if you're up there.
I've been through failures and successes, and have understood that there are no bad experiences in life.
Every experience is good.
My mission in life is not money, fame or to be the best, it is to evolve as much as one can on a personal level as a human being.
Q: Will Kites be used as a teaching tool when it comes to romance in films? Is it going to reinvent romance?
A: I don't think anything that is creative can be taught. But I think Kites might prove to be successful in accessing people's minds and hearts.
An honest space is the source of all creativity.
Kites is honest when it comes to every single frame we've shot, every single aspect of its making, every single twitch, and so on.
Q: You debut as a singer in Kites too.
A: Yes, I tried. When the director Anurag Basu told me to sing in the film, we thought that if my character sings, it had to be my voice.
You can't fake that. So, I went through two weeks of training and that's all they gave me (laughs).
Q: How tight is the screenplay of Kites?
A: I don't believe in such words. They are manipulative.
If a scene requires a certain pace, then that's the pace. If the scene requires a certain sensibility, so be it. The audience liking it or not isn't the question. The story you're expressing has to be expressed in complete sanctity.
I don't think there is any right kind of film-making.
You have to be convinced, inspired and enjoy what you're trying to do.
http://www.fulhamchronicle.co.uk/london-lifestyle/bollywood/2010/05/12/bollywood-i-ve-always-been-shy-82029-26433106/[/quote]
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