Hrithik
Roshan
is
a
guys'
guy
and,
obviously,
a
ladies'
man.
It's
not
just
the
looks
and
the
voice,
the
irony,
the
charm,
the
political
and
social
awareness
and
the
unphoney
compassion
-
an
Indian
who
isn't
an
embarrassment
to
India;
it's
the
whole
package.
He
must
be
too
good,
surely,
to
be
true?
The
Hrithik
effect
is
even
more
astounding.
You
can
attract
your
own
little
fan
club
just
by
announcing
that
you
are
off
to
interview
him.
Within
minutes
you
start
receiving
comments
from
friends
on
Facebook.
Girls
label
him
as
a
'Greek
God',
Boys
call
him
'The
Italian
Stallion'
and
I
call
him
'The
sexiest
man
alive'.
He
is
like
a
rare
Siberian
tiger.
He
is
being
firmly
guarded
by
his
film
and
personal
PR
execs
when
I
arrive
for
the
interview
in
his
vanity
van.
India's
busiest
star
has
just
had
three
changes
in
a
photoshoot
and
I
am
waiting
for
him
to
unwind
before
he
calls
me
in
his
private
room
inside
his
van.
But
as
soon
as
I
clap
eyes
on
him,
and
take
in
that
kittenish
smile,
the
tousled,
leonine
eyebrows
and
-
of
course
-
the
lush
whip
of
unwashed
curled
up
hair,
all
that
instantly
vanishes.
Roshan
is
calm,
polite
and
pleasant:
heaven
on
a
stick.
This
correspondent
meets
the
man
who
is
flying
high,
who
is
on
cloud
nine
but
yet
rooted
to
the
ground
when
it
comes
to
his
acting
prowess
-
Hrithik
Roshan.
In
this
interview
Hrithik
talks
about
Kites,
the
belleza
Barbara
Mori,
father-producer-director
Rakesh
Roshan,
the
temptress
Kangana
Ranaut
and
the
new
man
inside
Film
Kraft
-
Anurag
Basu.
Hrithik
Roshan
is
a
rare
example
of
what
I
consider
a
successful
interview
for
any
journalist.
Yes,
I
agree
I
am
a
rare
find
because
I
am
not
easily
accessible.
I
regard
that
as
my
short
coming.
Other
actors
are
able
to
do
what
I
do,
plus
do
the
other
social
and
media
responsibilities.
I
can't.
I
can't
do
two
things
at
the
same
time
when
I
am
trying
to
give
a
hundred
percent
to
one
thing.
It
becomes
a
distraction.
The
kind
of
roles
I
am
doing
are
too
different
and
it
makes
me
immerse
into
the
world
completely.
I
don't
see
the
point
of
being
in
the
news
and
on
the
face
of
all
covers
just
for
the
heck
of
it.
It
makes
sense
when
I
have
something
to
talk
about.
So
you're
like
the
joker
of
The
Dark
Knight.
You
get
sucked
into
your
characters
huh?
(laughs)
Not
really.
I
am
not
that
crazy.
It's
not
about
my
character
sucking
me
in.
It's
also
about
my
personality.
I've
always
been
shy.
I
don't
interact
too
much.
You've
been
flying
high
in
the
sky
more
than
the
Kites
do.
But
how
does
it
feel
to
be
up
there
on
cloud
nine?
Never
knew
I
completed
a
decade
in
acting.
I
am
very
happy
standing
on
the
ground
than
flying
high.
Feeling
good
about
wherever
you
are
is
more
important
than
thinking
that
you
will
feel
better
if
you're
up
there.
I've
been
through
failures
and
successes,
and
have
understood
that
there
is
no
bad
experience
in
life.
Every
experience
is
good.
My
mission
in
life
is
not
money,
fame
or
to
be
the
best.
It
is
to
evolve
as
much
as
one
can
on
a
personal
level
as
a
human
being.
Will
Kites
be
used
as
a
teaching
tool
when
it
comes
to
romance
in
films?
Is
it
going
to
re-invent
romance?
I
don't
think
anything
that
is
creative
can
be
taught.
But
I
think
Kites
might
prove
to
be
successful
in
accessing
peoples
mind
and
heart.
An
honest
space
is
the
source
of
all
creativity.
Kites
is
honest
when
it
comes
to
every
single
frame
we've
shot,
every
single
aspect
of
its
making,
every
single
twist,
etc.
You
debut
as
a
singer
in
Kites
too.
Yes,
I
have
tried.
When
my
director
Mr.
Anurag
Basu
told
me
to
sing
in
the
film,
we
all
sat
and
thought
that
we
were
stuck.
I
mean,
we
thought
that
if
my
character
sings,
it
had
to
be
my
voice.
You
can't
fake
that.
So,
I
went
through
two
weeks
of
training
and
that's
all
they
gave
me
(laughs).
Is
the
writer
a
better
of
his
film
or
the
director
or
both?
Wow!
I
always
feel
that
it
is
the
brain
that
gives
birth
to
the
germ.
If
it's
the
writer's
conception
and
if
it's
coming
from
that
heart,
he
can
convince
me
or
anybody.
It
usually
seems
to
be
that
the
person
who
writes
is
the
best
person
to
express
it.
Fortunately
for
us,
Anurag
Basu
is
the
writer
and
the
director
of
Kites.
So
far
in
my
life,
whoever
I've
worked
with,
it
seems
that
makes
the
best
combination.
How
tight
is
the
screenplay
of
Kites?
I
don't
believe
in
such
words.
They
are
manipulative.
If
a
scene
requires
a
certain
pace,
then
that's
the
pace.
If
the
scene
requires
a
certain
sensibility,
so
be
it.
The
audiences
liking
it
or
not
isn't
the
question.
The
story
you're
expressing
has
to
be
expressed
in
complete
sanctity.
I
don't
think
there
is
any
right
kind
of
filmmaking.
You
have
to
be
convinced,
inspired
and
enjoy
what
you're
trying
to
do.
How
objective
and
critical
do
you
get
when
it
comes
down
to
playing
your
characters?
Up
until
Kites,
everything
I
did
was
very
well
graphed
out
and
calculated.
Kites
was
all
about
unlearning
that.
Kites
needed
a
space
where
you
just
felt
like
you
were
seeing
that
moment
happening
for
the
first
time.
To
achieve
that,
I
had
to
let
go
of
all
my
past
conditioning
as
an
actor.
My
approach
to
my
art
completely
took
an
extremist
kind
of
a
shift
and
that
got
pushed
even
more
because
of
my
co-actor
in
the
film
Barbara
Mori.
I
was
very
influenced
by
her.
We
Indians
are
very
happy
in
a
small
pond
of
acting
but
the
people
from
the
West
with
whom
I've
worked
in
the
film
live
in
a
vast
ocean.
I
let
go
and
dived
into
the
ocean.
I
never
saw
the
reproduction
of
my
takes
in
the
video
assist.
I
never
wanted
that
safety
net.
I
instructed
everyone
around
me
that
if
anyone
saw
me
sneaking
a
peek,
they
had
to
stop
me.
That
was
me
being
critical.
Did
you
ever
land
up
in
a
debate
over
Kites
with
your
father
and
uncle
(producer
and
music
director
of
Kites)?
At
every
juncture.
Every
single
decision
was
either
agreed
instantly
or
discussed
and
argued
out.
It
was
about
the
process
of
convincing
each
other
about
the
better
thought.
There
was
the
fourth
head
too,
my
director
Anurag
Basu.
I
cherish
all
arguments
we
had.
We
work
without
egos.
It's
not
'my
thought'
or
'your
thought'.
The
moment
one
person
was
able
to
convince
the
others;
it
was
readily
accepted
and
celebrated
without
one
feeling
lesser
of
himself
that
his
thought
was
not
the
successful
one.
Story first published: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, 14:20 [IST]