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Veteran filmmaker Rakesh Roshan spoke to Times Now about the success of south Indian films and said, “South films are very grounded, they’re carrying on pertinently with old-school format of song-action-dialogue-emotions. They’re not progressing. They are successful because they are not breaking any path.”
He added, “We are breaking paths. After I made Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai, I didn’t want to make romantic films. Then I did Koi… Mil Gaya. After that, I made Rohit (Hrithik Roshan’s character in Koi… Mil Gaya) a superhero. These are the challenges we took. They don’t take. They play on safe grounds.”
Before Rakesh Roshan became one of Bollywood’s most successful filmmakers, he was a very successful leading man. During his brief stint as a hero, Rakesh worked with every top heroine : Hema Malini in Paraya Dhan, Rekha in Khubsoorat and Akraman (the latter directed by Rakesh’s father-in-law J Om Prakash), Raakhee Gulzar in Aankh Micholi, Leena Chandavarkar in Ek Kunwari Ek Kunwara, Reena Roy in Zakhmee.
Most of these films were hits. But Rakesh’s heart was not in acting. In Khel Khel Mein, he had a role equal to Rishi Kapoor ’s and the best song of the hit soundtrack Sapna mera toot gaya. But Rakesh moved on to what he thought was his true vocation.
It is easy to ignore Rakesh Roshan the actor and move on quickly to his blockbuster career as a film director. When you have a superstar-son at home, you don’t have to look anxiously over your shoulder for star dates and unaffordable remunerations. Rakesh Roshan insists he pays his son Hrithik his market price whenever they work together, which is literally every time Rakesh Roshan makes a film. He has sworn to cast only his son in the lead each time.