1. Rakesh Roshan was born on 6 September 1949 and is an Indian film producer, director, screenwriter and actor who works in Hindi films.
21 Facts About Rakesh Roshan
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Rakesh Roshan had appeared in 84 films throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
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Rakesh Roshan has won the Filmfare Award for Best Film and Best Director for Kaho Naa.
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Rakesh Roshan got such roles in more women-oriented films, such as Paraya Dhan with Hema Malini, Aankh Micholi with Bharati, Khubsoorat with Rekha and Kaamchor with Jaya Prada.
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Rakesh Roshan set up his own production company, Filmkraft, in 1980 and their first production was Aap Ke Deewane, which was a box office flop.
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Rakesh Roshan's next solo hero film Shubh Kaamna, directed by K Vishwanath, was a hit.
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Rakesh Roshan tried to re-launch himself as a lead hero with Bhagwaan Dada, directed by J Om Prakash and starring Rajinikanth as the main lead and himself in the second lead.
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Rakesh Roshan's last film as a leading hero was Bahurani, which was a woman-oriented film starring Rekha in the lead, which was directed by Manik Chatterjee and released in 1989.
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Rakesh Roshan made his directorial debut with the action drama, starring Jeetendra, Shatrughan Sinha, Govinda, Bhanupriya, Amrita Singh and Neelam Kothari.
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Rakesh Roshan next directed the revenge drama thriller Khoon Bhari Maang, starring Rekha alongside Kabir Bedi and Sonu Walia.
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Rakesh Roshan followed it up with the action comedy Kishen Kanhaiya, starring Anil Kapoor in dual roles, alongside Madhuri Dixit and Shilpa Shirodkar.
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Rakesh Roshan next directed the action thriller Koyla, starring Shah Rukh and Dixit.
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On 21 January 2000, Rakesh Roshan was shot at by two Budesh gang members near his office on Tilak Road at Santacruz, Mumbai.
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The attack on Rakesh Roshan was not undertaken with the intent to kill, but to signal that the Shiv Sena could no longer protect its clients.
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Rakesh Roshan had stonewalled demands from Budesh for a percentage of the profits from the overseas earnings of his hit film Kaho Naa.
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Rakesh Roshan launched his son Hrithik's career as a lead actor with the musical romantic thriller Kaho Naa.
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Rakesh Roshan later revealed that this film was inspired by Shakti Samanta's Aradhana, starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna.
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Rakesh Roshan directed his son again, alongside Rekha and Preity Zinta, in the 2003 science-fiction film Koi.
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Rakesh Roshan directed his son for the third time in its sequel, the science-fiction superhero film Krrish, alongside Priyanka Chopra, Rekha and Naseeruddin Shah.
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Rakesh Roshan is next set to direct Krrish 4, with Hrithik and Priyanka Chopra reprising their roles.
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In January 2019, Rakesh Roshan was diagnosed with early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the throat.