“My childhood days were like hell”- Hrithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan aka Duggu is a very shy person when it comes to talking about his personal life. But on the show Tere Mere Beach Main, he revealed his dark side to the host and dost Farah Khan, which was quite shocking. The actor had a stammering problem, and he talked about how he overcame his disability.
Since
when
did
you
discover
this
stammering
problem?
I
was
6-year-old
when
I
discovered
that
I
have
started
to
stammer.
I
don"t
exactly
remember
what
was
the
fear
or
the
phobia,
but
it
developed.
Even
today,
I
feel
that
there"s
no
proper
definition
of
why
and
when
this
happens,
but
there
is
certainly
a
way
out
of
it.
Once
I
could
not
speak,
but
today
I
have
found
a
way.
Were
you
ever
teased
for
this
in
schools?
Yes,
I
was
teased
a
lot
for
stammering.
I
use
to
feel
like
one
of
those
handicaps,
on
whom
people
laughed,
but
I
cannot
blame
them,
as
it
was
funny.
I
remember
during
my
oral
test
exams,
I
use
to
bunk
by
giving
reasons
such
as
stomach
ache
or
fever,
as
it
was
quite
horrifying.
My
childhood
days
can
be
termed
as
hell.
Was
it
difficult
for
your
parents
to
understand
you?
They
wanted
to
help,
but
didn"t
know
how.
Sometimes
you
need
to
have
knowledge.
It
was
like
after
a
certain
point,
I
use
to
hear
from
my
near
and
dear
one
that
“Why
can"t
you
do
it…" It
was
more
pressurizing,
but
it"s
not
their
fault.
One
needs
to
know
how
to
deal
with
it,
and
then
things
will
become
easy.
Do
you
remember
any
embarrassing
moment
during
your
hard
times?
It
was
when;
I
could
not
even
tell
that
I
want
to
become
an
actor,
as
I
use
to
stammer
a
lot.
That
was
the
point
when
I
felt
that
why
doesn"t
this
ground
cracks
open
and
I
go
inside
it.
How
did
you
manage
to
over
come
this
disability?
Basically
its
all
about
co-ordination
of
your
jaw
moves,
lips,
and
your
breath
etc.
I
had
to
start
from
scratch,
like
A
to
Z.
I
use
to
keep
repeating
these
alphabets
and
make
sentences
getting
all
you
tongue
and
pallets
in
co-ordination.
It
was
like
an
exercise
for
me
doing
it
everyday.
When
I
was
15,
I
realized
that
things
are
working
with
my
tongue
exercise.
Till
date,
I
do
practice
speech
therapy
for
an
hour
in
the
night
to
get
confidence.
How
did
you
fall
in
love
with
Sussanne
when
you
were
a
shy
person
during
your
college
days?
The
first
time
I
met
her
was
during
the
worst
stage
of
the
struggle
in
my
life.
I
remember,
once
we
went
to
Hotel
Leela
for
a
date
and
I
had
to
order
something,
but
I
could
not
even
utter
a
word.
Though
Sussanne
understood,
and
she
ordered
for
the
both
of
us.
It
was
the
moment
I
fell
for
her,
as
she
was
the
first
girl
in
my
life
who
made
me
feel
comfortable
at
that
point.
Hrithik
had
stammering
problem;
along
side
he
developed
back
problem
and
recently
knee
problem...How
did
you
get
the
strength
to
overshadow
everything
and
yet
stand
tall?
I
believe
no
experience
is
life
is
bad.
You
have
one
life,
so
aren"t
you
going
to
do
something
about
it.
Due
to
my
back
problem,
I
was
bed
ridden
for
a
year,
but
then
I
realized
that
I
don"t
want
to
live
like
this
and
stood
up.
Life
is
all
about
sunrise
to
sunset,
as
you
have
to
deal
with
a
new
set
of
problems
every
day.
The
one
who
is
able
to
achieve
what
he
or
she
thinks
will
be
satisfied
at
the
end
of
the
day.
Also,
I
have
recently
opened
an
institute
for
speech
therapy,
where
I
am
taking
an
initiative,
and
will
do
my
best
to
help
others
facing
the
same
problem.