Source:: Mid-Day
Mumbai: Duggu prepares for role in wheelchair, amusing his kids to no end
As preparation for his role of a paraplegic in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzarish, the method actor has been moving around in a wheelchair at home. This is proving to be of amusement for his tots Hrehaan and Hridhaan.
A source close to Hrithik reveals, "As he wants to appear natural on screen, he has taken it up as a challenge to get his nuances for the character right."
Right moves
In the movie, the upper half of his body is paralysed. Hrithik is not only working on acquiring the right moves on the wheelchair, but also giving attention to the way a paraplegic talks, looks and reacts. He has also been reading books to understand the psyche of paraplegics."
The source continues, "But his learning sessions at home are providing much mirth to his sons. They cart him around the house or insist on sitting on his lap while he wheels himself around."
Earlier too, for his role of a mentally challenged character in Koi... Mil Gaya, Hrithik had also done plenty of research to mould himself into the character.
It is learnt that Bhansali has also given him a list of guidelines to be followed.
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Source:: BusinessOfCinema
MUMBAI: Sanjay Leela Bhansali is all set to start his latest magnum opus, Guzarish. Come 20 July, the director will start shooting with his lead pair, Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Mumbai's Mehboob Studio, where a big set will be put up.
Adding to the details, his associate from the movie, said, "Bulk dates of the two actors have been taken. For the next four months, the film will be shot in Mumbai and two other outdoor locations, which we cannot disclose. Hrithik will start shooting with us from 22 July."
Guzarish is a love story and will be Bhansali's fifth film. Like all his other films, Bhansali prefers shooting at a studio. Bhansali says, "I like to construct sets and then light it up. It is a part of my story telling. My story needs a setting and I like to create that ambience."
Hrithik has taken a long break from his film shooting. Apart from a commercial shoot in the first week of July, the actor will be confined to the edit studios where the post production of his film, Kites is being done. Likewise, the female lead of the film, Aishwarya also took a break recently. Prior to that, she was busy finishing the talkie portion of Vipul Shah's Action Replay in Karjat, where she stars opposite Akshay Kumar.
It is a casting coup for Bhansali to get the duo together after all the brouhaha about their famous kissing scene in Sanjay Gadvi's Dhoom 2. However, both said that the script and working with Sanjay Leela Bhansali was too great an opportunity for them to miss. And not to forget the magic they created for Ashutosh Gowarikar's Jodhaa Akbar, which has won the film over 50 awards till date.
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SOurce::: Glamsham
The last quarter of 2009 had the average cine-goer ecstatic with expectations. The reason was the probable release of three of the most anticipated movies of the last couple of years. They were Hrithik Roshan's international project KITES with Spanish star, Barbara Mori, Shah Rukh Khan reuniting with Kajol, after eight years for Karan Johar's MY NAME IS KHAN and last but not the least, Aamir Khan teaming up for the first time with Kareena Kapoor for the iconic MUNNABHAI series director Rajkumar Hirani's 3 IDIOTS.
However all that was before the multiplex versus producers-distributors face off threw the release schedules haywire. Unfortunately all the three above mentioned biggies got hit. Till about 2-3 weeks back, reliable section of the trade told us that all the three movies namely, MY NAME IS KHAN, 3 IDIOTS and KITES had been postponed and will now release only next year.
However, there is no need to despair because as per the latest input from our reliable trade and distribution sources, efforts on war footing are on to release Rakesh Roshan's KITES and Aamir Khan's 3 IDIOTS in 2009 itself. They also inform us that the third project, MY NAME IS KHAN has no chances of preponing to 2009 as Karan Johar has already announced the February 2010 release plans of MNIK, even before he left for the San Francisco schedule of the film a couple of months or so back.
All the same here's sincerely hoping that both KITES and 3 IDIOTS hit the screens this year itself and end it on a high note.
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Source :: TOI
Maybe he didn’t think it was a big deal earlier, but now with Jackson dead, and looking at the worldwide mourning for the King of Pop — Hrithik couldn’t help sharing his moment with the great singer.
According to the Roshans, Jackson casually walked into Hrithik’s makeup room in a Bel Air apartment in LA, where the actor was shooting for Kites. The story goes that first Jackson’ bodyguards entered. Hrithik was taken aback to see the burly men. On questioning them, he learned that they were Jackson’s bodyguards come to do a recce as the Pop Star was shooting the next day at the same venue.
Coincidentally, Jackson also dropped in the same day as the Kites team was shooting. “My name is Michael,” he is reported to have told Hrithik, his Mexican co-star Barbara Mori, and Rakesh Roshan. “It was funny to see someone like him who the whole world knows introducing himself. Jackson and Hrithik spoke for a short time and then the singer left,” said a source.
“I’ve been a huge Jackson fan since childhood,” said Hrithik. “So dad requested the mansion owner that we’d like to come over and meet Jackson. Instead he turned up in the room to meet us. That meeting is etched in my memory.”
According to Roshan Sr, “Michael Jackson was very curious about our shooting.” Naturally, the Roshans were grief-stricken when they heard the news of his untimely death on June 25. Anything else they remember about that meeting? They do, actually. The singer, who was usually seen wearing gloves, didn’t have them on that day!
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Source :: BollywoodHungama
With Kites all set to go global, Rakesh Roshan has also revived the idea of a Krrish sequel. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra will not be directing the Krrish sequel for Rakesh Roshan.
Rakesh has decided to take over the responsibility from Rakeysh, and with good reason. After Kites, Rakesh Roshan wants to take Hrithik's career to the next international level.
The next installment of Krrish will therefore be a super-hero film to compete with the Hollywood films of the genre like Batman, Superman and Spiderman.
Confirming these developments Rakesh Roshan, who has won the 'director of the decade' award in Macau, says, "The destiny of the next Krrish movie depends entirely on the way Kites goes. Kites director Anurag Basu and I are preparing two different versions of Kites in Hindi and English. The English version will be viewed by our potential buyers in the US. Only then will we move forward with plans on how to release Kites and how to make the next Krissh movie. We should release by December."
Rakesh Roshan hasn't directed a film since Krissh in 2006.But now he plans to go fully international with the Krissh sequel. "It all depends on the fate of Kites in the international market," says Rakesh Roshan.
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