He
overcame
stammering;
witnessed
his
father's
failure
as
an
actor
and
producer
and
his
surviving
a
gunshot
wound;
saw
his
sister
battle
cancer;
underwent
a
near
fatal
brain
surgery;
and
has
faced
a
broken
marriage
with
his
childhood
sweetheart.
Yet,
actor
Hrithik
Roshan
calls
his
journey
a
"fairy
tale" and
says
it
is
life's
adversities
that
build
a
man's
"mental
muscle".
One
look
at
the
actor's
washboard
abs
and
chiseled
physique
in
his
forthcoming
film
Bang
Bang,
and
you
can
guess
the
strenuous
gym
routines
he
must
have
followed.
The
40-year-old
son
of
filmmaker
Rakesh
Roshan
spoke
of
his
learning
via
another
'workout'.
"Mental
muscle
can
only
be
built
in
times
of
adversity
-
when
you're
going
through
a
struggle,
pain
or
a
suffering.
Remember
that's
your
opportunity,
that's
your
gym
to
work
out.
Just
as
you
go
to
the
gym
to
work
out
on
your
body,
an
adversity
is
the
gym
for
the
mind," said
Hrithik.
"That's
the
time
you
have
to
build
your
mental
muscle
by
disciplining
yourself,
by
focusing
on
your
actions
and
by
not
sitting
for
more
than
10
minutes
to
think
'Why
is
life
so
unfair?'
Then
you
have
to
snap
out
of
it,"
said
the
actor
as
he
gave
out
his
"tools
and
rules"
of
living
life
the
way
he
now
does
-
with
focus,
discipline
and
by
challenging
the
impossibilities.
The
past
year
has
been
a
physical,
mental
and
emotional
roller-coaster
for
Hrithik,
but
tiding
over
the
ups
and
downs,
he
has
upped
the
ante
for
action
in
Bollywood
with
Bang
Bang.
Hrithik,
whose
Bang
Bang
releases
Thursday,
a
day
before
the
festival
of
Dusshera,
believes
man's
biggest
demon
is
his
"own
mind".
"What
you
think
is
impossible,
is
just
that
Raavan
in
your
mind.
You'll
have
to
kill
that
demon
to
focus
on
other
people
and
towards
contribution
to
the
world," said
the
actor.
Hrithik,
whose
Greek
god
looks,
flexible
dance
moves
and
versatile
acting
have
enthralled
Bollywood
viewers
for
almost
15
years
now,
feels
he
has
found
the
key
to
a
happy
life.
"It's
a
journey.
But
once
you
learn
to
trick
your
mind,
then
you
always
have
the
right
tools
and
right
rules
to
live
by," said
the
actor,
who
feels
responsible
to
teach
youth
and
children
to
face
bad
times,
rejection
and
impossibilities
with
a
bang.
"I
think
that's
something
I
feel
very
responsible
towards.
Knowing
the
struggles
I've
been
through
and
looking
at
where
I
am
today,
it's
such
a
large
paradox
that
it
sounds
like
a
fairy-tale.
It
sounds
unreal.
But
if
I
can
do
it,
I
also
want
my
children
to
know
that
it's
possible," he
said.
Apart
from
his
acting
career,
imparting
his
learning
and
sharing
them
with
the
world
form
a
major
part
of
his
focus
now.
"I
don't
know
how...but
I
will
do
it
through
my
brand
HRX,
in
time.
I
have
built
this
brand,
and
life
will
show
me
a
way
because
I
will
keep
on
trying,"
he
said.
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