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Hrithik wants SRK to quit smoking
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Hrithik-wants-SRK-to-quit-smoking/articleshow/7161915.cms
Prithwish Ganguly, TNN, Dec 26, 2010, 12.00am IST
After kicking his smoking habit for his children and wife, Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan has set his eyes on making sure that his friends too, chuck the butt .
TOI has already learned that his pal Arjun Rampal isn't lighting up his cigarettes anymore thanks to Hrithik and Duggu now wants to achieve the impossible - make Shah Rukh Khan, who is addicted to the cigarette and always seen puffing away almost more than a pack of it every single day, leave the habit.
When contacted Hrithik says, "Arjun Rampal has teamed up with me and given up. SRK is next!" A close friend of Duggu informs that Hrithik has kept his promise that he would quit smoking the day his last film Guzaarish released. And he has stuck on to the plan. He almost became addicted to it during filming the movie as he had to smoke to get into the skin of his character. At present whenever someone offers him cigarettes, he takes them and crushes them before throwing them away.
A close friend of the star says, "Now that he is living a healthy life and can feel it, he wants to tell his friends about the change that he is actually feeling. Hrithik has been able to make one chain smoker, Arjun Rampal to leave the habit. Let's see if SRK would give in to his friend's request. Hrithik is very motivated to see SRK quit cigarettes but understands that it will be a difficult proposition given SRK's habit of smoking so many of them in one day. He has to cut down very slowly. Hrithik will give him the company and support he needs and explain why he needs to do that."
Ask Hrithik how one can have so much will power and he shoots, "I started with the excuse of it being a part of the character two years ago with the idea that I'll stop after the film. I've always loved exploring with different experiences but a true adventurer needs courage and a will of iron. I love throwing challenges at myself and this was tough, but I've conquered it and grown stronger in the process. It's empowering."
After kicking his smoking habit for his children and wife, Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan has set his eyes on making sure that his friends too, chuck the butt .
TOI has already learned that his pal Arjun Rampal isn't lighting up his cigarettes anymore thanks to Hrithik and Duggu now wants to achieve the impossible - make Shah Rukh Khan, who is addicted to the cigarette and always seen puffing away almost more than a pack of it every single day, leave the habit.
When contacted Hrithik says, "Arjun Rampal has teamed up with me and given up. SRK is next!" A close friend of Duggu informs that Hrithik has kept his promise that he would quit smoking the day his last film Guzaarish released. And he has stuck on to the plan. He almost became addicted to it during filming the movie as he had to smoke to get into the skin of his character. At present whenever someone offers him cigarettes, he takes them and crushes them before throwing them away.
A close friend of the star says, "Now that he is living a healthy life and can feel it, he wants to tell his friends about the change that he is actually feeling. Hrithik has been able to make one chain smoker, Arjun Rampal to leave the habit. Let's see if SRK would give in to his friend's request. Hrithik is very motivated to see SRK quit cigarettes but understands that it will be a difficult proposition given SRK's habit of smoking so many of them in one day. He has to cut down very slowly. Hrithik will give him the company and support he needs and explain why he needs to do that."
Ask Hrithik how one can have so much will power and he shoots, "I started with the excuse of it being a part of the character two years ago with the idea that I'll stop after the film. I've always loved exploring with different experiences but a true adventurer needs courage and a will of iron. I love throwing challenges at myself and this was tough, but I've conquered it and grown stronger in the process. It's empowering."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Hrithik-wants-SRK-to-quit-smoking/articleshow/7161915.cms
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