Rakesh Roshan

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Rakesh Roshan Lal Nagrath
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Born September 6, 1949
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Occupation Actor, producer, director

Rakesh Roshan (Hindi: राकेश रोशन, Urdu: راکیش روشن) (born Rakesh Roshan Lal Nagrath on September 6, 1949 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India) is a producer, director and former actor in Bollywood films. He is a member of the famous Roshan film family; his father was the legendary Bollywood music director Roshan and his brother, Rajesh Roshan, is also a music director. Rakesh himself is married to film actress Pinky Roshan who is a daughter of noted Hindi film director J. Om Prakash, and Rakesh's son, Hrithik Roshan, is currently one of the most popular and sought-after actors in the industry. He is known for directing films with the title always beginning with "K".

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[edit] Career

Rakesh Roshan started his career as an actor in the 1970s and has acted in over 70 films. He then set up his own production company Filmkraft in 1980 and his first production was Aap Ke Deewane (1980). He made his directorial debut with Khudgarz (1987) and went onto direct several Box office hits such as Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) and Karan Arjun (1995). Rakesh launched his son Hrithik's career as an actor with Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000) This film enters the Limca Book of Records for the most number of Awards won by a Bollywood Film and was also the highest grosser of 2003.[1] He directed his son once again in the science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya (2003), and its sequel, the science fiction superhero film Krrish (2006) both of which have been very successful at the box office. [2]. He is set to direct a sequel to Krrish and is the producer of the film Krazzy 4 which released on April 11. This marked the first time he produced a film but did not direct it. Krazzy 4 stayed in the news in the days leading to its release due to a copyright dispute over the music of the film. Musician Ram Sampat went to court against Rakesh Roshan alleging that music composed by him for an advertisement starring Hrithik Roshan had been plagiarised for a song in Krazzy 4. Rakesh Roshan lost the lawsuit in the Supreme Court and had to pay 2 crore rupees (About $500,000) to Ram Sampat as compensation. Rakesh Roshan has been known for plagiarising music and stories for his films throughout his career. [3]

[edit] Awards

[edit] Popular Awards

[edit] Other Awards

Apart from Popular Films Awards, Rakesh Roshan has won many Aashirwaad Awards, Anandlok Awards, Apsara Awards and other Awards.

[edit] Honor

[edit] Select filmography

[edit] As a producer and director

[edit] As an Actor

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