20 September 2007
VENI, VIDI, Vici, said Julius Caesar. Three words that mean 'I came, I saw, I conquered'. But on Monday afternoon, the words were personified by none other than the Krrish of Indian cinema Hrithik Roshan. Tall, bronzed, lean and lithe...
Hrithik looked every bit a Greek god. Going by the frenzy that he created at a city five-star hotel, you knew that Hrithik Roshan did not need magical powers to make the crowd cry out Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai.
Although, Hrithik was about 40 minutes late from the scheduled time, the moment he entered the room and waved a 'Hello', you knew the wait was worth it. Without further delay, Hrithik was all set to serve and volley. "It's always nice to be back in Kolkata. My grandmother, Ira Roshan, was from here. This city runs in my blood. There's always a deep affection for the city and its people". The right words at the right time what a shot that was. This was, of course, only the beginning.
The witty side of Hrithik was discovered too. When we asked him 'How does the man Hrithik define the brand Hrithik?' without batting his eyelids, Hrithik replied, Well, right now brand Hrithik is managing the man Hrithik. And as long as brand Hrithik continues to do that, I am a happy man." You could hear ripples of laughter in the room.
After a while the tete-a-tete veered towards the flavour of the season SRK's six-pack abs. Does Hrithik feel that he's inspiring Bollywood's heroes to take to bodybuilding? It's good that SRK's sporting six-pack abs. He is looking good. But about me inspiring heroes well, if you say so, that's nice." And before long, we also got to see the diplomatic side of the Roshan boy who gets inspired by 'good people'.
When asked which hero is his role model, Hrithik said, "All the actors in Bollywood inspire me. Another ace. Next question, please." Which Bengali director is good? To this Hrithik replied, "All of them are doing such a great job. It would be unfair to single out one."
Clearly, Hrithik takes his role of Krrish to heart a superhero can't be unfair to anyone. Right? Before leaving Hrithik informs us that he is looking forward to his forthcoming release Jodhaa Akbar with Aishwarya Bachchan.
What about the 'liplock controversy' with Ash which created a Dhoom? To this Hrithik retorted, "The media created the controversy, they should answer it." Talk about skirting the issue! Firm, crisp, candid. When asked about the three film contract that he has signed with Adlabs, Hrithik points at us and adds, "I will let you know about it the next time I am here." With this, he winks and bids us goodbye. Here's hoping that the wait won't be too long.https://khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?col=§i on=citytimes&xfile=data/citytimes/2007/September/citytim es_September203.xml
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