Hrithik Roshan

The son of director Rakesh Roshan, with whom he has often worked, Hrithik Roshan was born Hritik Rakesh Nagrath on 10 January 1974 in Mumbai and belongs to the Roshan film family. He acts and produces in Hindi cinema. As a child in the 1980s he made brief appearances in several films, including Bhagwaan Dada (1986), where he played Rajinikanth's son, and he later assisted his father as an assistant director on four films. Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000), his first lead, was a box-office success and won him the Filmfare Award for Best Actor. Fiza and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham came next. The science-fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) was a turning point and brought another Filmfare Best Actor award, and he played the superhero lead in its sequels Krrish (2006) and Krrish 3 (2013). Critics praised him in Lakshya, Dhoom 2, Guzaarish and Jodhaa Akbar, where he played the emperor Akbar. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Agneepath, Super 30 and Siddharth Anand's action films Bang Bang!, War and Fighter were later successes. He has six Filmfare Awards, four of them for Best Actor. Dancing is a large part of his reputation, and he judged the reality show Just Dance in 2011. He made a cameo in Jailer 2 (2026), forty years after Bhagwaan Dada.