Rakesh Roshan is a prominent figure in the Hindi film industry. Over his career of more than five decades, the veteran actor-director has helmed several popular films, including Khoon Bhari Maang, Khudgarz and Karan Arjun, as well as his son Hrithik Roshan’s debut film, Kaho Na..
.Pyaar Hai. However, the filmmaker underwent a challenging phase after his 1997 action-thriller Koyla, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit, was released.
In an earlier interview with ETC Bollywood, Hrithik Roshan talked about the three times he saw his father get emotional. Revealing that the director got teary-eyed thrice in his life, the Krrish actor shared that he witnessed his father crying over a call when his first film, Kaho Na..
.Pyaar Hai was released in 2000. The next time, the actor’s father was emotional when he underwent brain surgery in 2013.
However, the first time Rakesh was sentimental was when there was a financial crisis at home. Recalling the time, Hrithik said, “Ek aur time tha jab Koyla k baad, there was some problem in the house. (There was a time when we faced a problem in our house after Koyla had flopped).
” The Kaabil actor continued, “He had lost all his money, whatever he had earned. Kuch kuch he had invested woh bhi gayab ho gaye aur kisi ko paise diye the woh bhaag gaya (He lost all the money he had invested and someone who had borrowed money from also ran off).” Hrithik mentioned that his father cried upon realising that his hard-earned money and his lif.