Rakesh Roshan was born on September 6, 1949 in Bombay, State of Bombay, India as Rakesh Roshanlal Nagrath. He is an actor and producer, known for Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai (2000), Koi… Mil Gaya (2003) and Krrish (2006). He is married to Pinky.
Rakesh Roshan
Movies
Om Shanti Om
Om Prakash Makhija is a Junior Artist in the 1970s Hindi film industry and in love with actress Shantipriya. Om rescues Shanti from an out-of-control fire scene and they become friends. His hopes seem to be coming true–until he finds out that she’s married to film producer Mukesh Mehra and…
Fun Facts
Son of Roshan and Ira Roshan
Father of Hrithik Roshan
Was shot on January 21 2000 by hitmen believed to act for the mob targeting the Indian film industry. When the doctors opened his chest they found clogged coronary vessels which they cleaned. Without the incident they might have gone undetected before causing a deadly heart attack.
Brother of Rajesh Roshan
Became a grandfather when daughter-in-law 'Suzanne Khan' gave birth to a baby boy, named Rehaan Roshan, on March 28, 2006 at 3:30 pm at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai.
Brother in law of actor Rohit Kumar ( Pinky's cousin).
Director Mohan Kumar is wife Pinky's uncle ( Pinky's moms sisters husband).
Grandaughter's name is Suranika Soni. She is daughter Sunaina's daughter .
Former father in law of Fashion Designer Ashish Soni.
Nephew is Eshaan Roshan ( Rajesh's son).He is a assistant director and up coming actor.
Mother Ira Nagrath is a music director.
Eins Zwei & The Parallel Cinema sang a song titled "Rakesh Roshan"". The song released in 2013.
Has two sisters.
Daughter Sunaina wrote a coffee table book about her dad titled "" To Dad With Love "".
Was signed for the TV series Rajan (1985) but was later replaced by Karan Razdan.
Starred in the shelved film Inland Films ""Saath Jiyenege Saath Marenge ""(1983). Starring Rakesh Roshan
Quotes
(December 2000, about his son Hrithik Roshan): I can understand girls, boys, women and men being his fans, but when one-and-a-half and two-year- old children say 'Hrithik' it bewilders me -- how can they decide they like this person called Hrithik at a time when the only thing they can say is 'mama' and 'papa'?
(About Hrithik Roshan): Hrithik's way of working is the only way to make sure the industry moves ahead. He is fiercely focused and forces others around him to be the same.
[February 2013 - reflecting on his amazing 40-year journey as a successful actor, producer, & director] As an actor, I always felt I could do better but I wasn't getting good roles. [So you cut short an acting career and turned to producing films?] Eventually it's the producer that matters the most in the scheme of things, so slowly I switched over to producing ... it was then that I realized that it is the director who holds the key to the film!