A Hrithikmania of a personal nature :P
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dangermousieBecause Dhoom 2 re-awakened my Hrithik love (not that it’s ever all that dormant), this is a Hrithik-centric post.
OK, for the non-Bolly people, a few stats:
Name: Hrithik Roshan
Height: 6’
Eye Color: green
Age: 32
Amusing Random Fact: Got 30,000 marriage proposals on Valentine's Day 2000.
WTF Quote: I would like to meet the person who shot my father. (*HUH? WHY?*)
Sample photo:
And here is the rest of Hrithik ramblings, photos and links.
First off, here are links (I posted them earlier) to an interview Hrithik and his wife Suzanne did last year: http://dangermousie.livejournal.com/458310.html
And here is a list of every Hrithik movie I’ve seen (and I confess I’ve seen every movie :O), in order from most liked to least (it’s different from best to worst, as some I like more aren’t as good, objectively, as the ones I like less).
1. Krrish: Oh YUM. I confess when I first heard of it, I thought this was the worst idea ever, but oh boy, I was wrong. Billed as India’s first Superhero movie, this is a delicious, delightful, madcap extravaganza that doesn’t take itself too seriously, has awesomeness leaking out through celluloid and is just to die for. Hrithik plays Krishna (ooooh, the symbolism) who is a super-strong, super-genius boy brought up by his Grandmother who is afraid of the world exploiting his powers. Krishna falls in love with the beautiful journalist played by Priyanka Chopra, however, and follows her to Malaysia where his paths cross with the super villain Dr. Arya. Trust me, this synopsis does no justice to the sheer greatness that is Krrish. Hrithik is awesome as the guy who dances, does martial arts, romances (and gets his heart broken in the hottest way possible but of course eventually wins the girl), fights NINJAS, angsts, and is just…AWESOME.
2. Dhoom 2: I just posted about it. ‘Nuff said. Hrithik should be bronzed and cloned. Not necessarily in that order.
3. Koi Mil Gaya: This one won him a whole bunch of awards. This is a scifi story, Bollywood style. It’s about a mentally challenged guy (Hrithik) who has the IQ of a child and is bullied until he finds and saves an alien. I know, it sounds crazy but it works, and by the end Hrithik is his own intense hot self, but it’s the bits with the unsexy, shambling, hopelessly lost in grown-up world Hrithik that I like best.
4. Mission Kashmir: I love this movie. This one is actually all around excellent (just read [Bad username or site: ”aliterati” @ livejournal.com]’s write up and is a great cool thriller with a fun love story (I love Preity Zinta and Hrithik together) and redemption and cycle of violence as a bad thing and everything. I actually find it rather amusing that when Hrithik first appeared, some people were apparently relieved because OMG, Hindu superstar to challenge the Muslim dominance of the superstar ranks of the 3 Khans. And what does Hrithik do? He plays two Muslims in a row and marries a Muslim :P The book Maximum City actually has a bit on the filming of this (the author was one of the screen-writers) and has interesting things to say about filming in Kashmir (VV Chopra is crazy ;P) and Hrithik himself who became a star in the middle of the shooting of this because his first movie, Kaho Na Pyar Hai hit the theaters.
5. Fiza: This is an arthouse-type movie about a family destroyed by sectarian violence. This is actually Karisma Kapoor’s movie all the way (she plays Hrithik’s sister, who is looking for him), but is worth seeing for whatever reason. It’s bleak and has really good acting all around, from Karisma, from Jaya Bachchan who plays Karisma and Hrithik’s mother. Karisma and Jaya are still reeling from the disappearance of Hrithik in the Bombay’s anti-Muslim riots (that flashback is a great scene, IMO) many years ago. When Karisma does find Hrithik, he is now a terrorist, a lost soul damaged too much to exist peacefully in the world and the bleakness goes from there. Oh, and there is absolutely random, completely not belonging in the movie scene of Hrithik training which is just…WTF? But awesome in its own ‘let’s have him do S&M’ way.
6. Kabhi Khushi Kabie Gham: Monster hit and Hrithik is one of the all-star cast. He plays the younger brother set to reunite the family by bringing back his older brother, played by an even bigger star Shahrukh Khan, who has been disowned for marrying for love.
7. Lakshya: Terribly uneven, this one benefits from DVD where you can forward past the boring war scenes. Hrithik is a slacker who finds his inner man in the army and is involved in the Kargil war. It’s an ambitious movie that bites off more than it can chew and the fight scenes go on forever, but Hrithik gives a great performance, he is once again paired with Preity Zinta (who plays a focused, career-oriented woman, yay!) and the movie has at least some interesting things to say, whether you agree with them or not.
8. Mujhe Dosti Karoge: Very very Bollywood, this one is worth watching if for nothing else than the amazing musical homage medley in the middle.
9. Kaho Na Pyar Hai: Hrithik’s debut (in a double role, no less) which made him the object of screaming fits and fantasies. He plays a poor but talented musician and also a rich New Zealander doppelganger. Amisha Patel plays the love interest. It’s quite cheesy but some of it is to die for.
10. Yaadein: Bad movie. Bad. It’s supposed to be about family values but in reality is just blaaaaah. The love story between Kareena Kapoor and Hrithik is…OK, there is a stuffed alligator. It does have some fun dance sequences and I will always have a fond place for this in my heart as it was my first Hrithik movie and I remember going ‘whoa, who is THAT?’ when he first came on screen.
11. Na Tum Jaano Na Hum: Esha Deol (*shudder*) is a twit who falls in love with Hrithik over letters. She is lucky he is not a psycho killer. Dull…But Hrithik is good in it.
12. Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage: Watch the Hrithiknator come back to life! Ostensibly a love story between a sickly Mafia daughter and a cool college student, this should have been good. But wasn’t.
13. Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon: Take two of my favoritest Bollywood actors, Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan. Take Kareena Kapoor, so good in Omkara and Asoka. Mix. And you get the most unwatchable movie in ever. How? Who knows. The makers of this were on drugs. The bad kind. There is a love triangle of some sort and false identities and all that, but trust me. Skip this. I do like the songs though.
OK, for the non-Bolly people, a few stats:
Name: Hrithik Roshan
Height: 6’
Eye Color: green
Age: 32
Amusing Random Fact: Got 30,000 marriage proposals on Valentine's Day 2000.
WTF Quote: I would like to meet the person who shot my father. (*HUH? WHY?*)
Sample photo:
And here is the rest of Hrithik ramblings, photos and links.
First off, here are links (I posted them earlier) to an interview Hrithik and his wife Suzanne did last year: http://dangermousie.livejournal.com/458310.html
And here is a list of every Hrithik movie I’ve seen (and I confess I’ve seen every movie :O), in order from most liked to least (it’s different from best to worst, as some I like more aren’t as good, objectively, as the ones I like less).
1. Krrish: Oh YUM. I confess when I first heard of it, I thought this was the worst idea ever, but oh boy, I was wrong. Billed as India’s first Superhero movie, this is a delicious, delightful, madcap extravaganza that doesn’t take itself too seriously, has awesomeness leaking out through celluloid and is just to die for. Hrithik plays Krishna (ooooh, the symbolism) who is a super-strong, super-genius boy brought up by his Grandmother who is afraid of the world exploiting his powers. Krishna falls in love with the beautiful journalist played by Priyanka Chopra, however, and follows her to Malaysia where his paths cross with the super villain Dr. Arya. Trust me, this synopsis does no justice to the sheer greatness that is Krrish. Hrithik is awesome as the guy who dances, does martial arts, romances (and gets his heart broken in the hottest way possible but of course eventually wins the girl), fights NINJAS, angsts, and is just…AWESOME.
2. Dhoom 2: I just posted about it. ‘Nuff said. Hrithik should be bronzed and cloned. Not necessarily in that order.
3. Koi Mil Gaya: This one won him a whole bunch of awards. This is a scifi story, Bollywood style. It’s about a mentally challenged guy (Hrithik) who has the IQ of a child and is bullied until he finds and saves an alien. I know, it sounds crazy but it works, and by the end Hrithik is his own intense hot self, but it’s the bits with the unsexy, shambling, hopelessly lost in grown-up world Hrithik that I like best.
4. Mission Kashmir: I love this movie. This one is actually all around excellent (just read [Bad username or site: ”aliterati” @ livejournal.com]’s write up and is a great cool thriller with a fun love story (I love Preity Zinta and Hrithik together) and redemption and cycle of violence as a bad thing and everything. I actually find it rather amusing that when Hrithik first appeared, some people were apparently relieved because OMG, Hindu superstar to challenge the Muslim dominance of the superstar ranks of the 3 Khans. And what does Hrithik do? He plays two Muslims in a row and marries a Muslim :P The book Maximum City actually has a bit on the filming of this (the author was one of the screen-writers) and has interesting things to say about filming in Kashmir (VV Chopra is crazy ;P) and Hrithik himself who became a star in the middle of the shooting of this because his first movie, Kaho Na Pyar Hai hit the theaters.
5. Fiza: This is an arthouse-type movie about a family destroyed by sectarian violence. This is actually Karisma Kapoor’s movie all the way (she plays Hrithik’s sister, who is looking for him), but is worth seeing for whatever reason. It’s bleak and has really good acting all around, from Karisma, from Jaya Bachchan who plays Karisma and Hrithik’s mother. Karisma and Jaya are still reeling from the disappearance of Hrithik in the Bombay’s anti-Muslim riots (that flashback is a great scene, IMO) many years ago. When Karisma does find Hrithik, he is now a terrorist, a lost soul damaged too much to exist peacefully in the world and the bleakness goes from there. Oh, and there is absolutely random, completely not belonging in the movie scene of Hrithik training which is just…WTF? But awesome in its own ‘let’s have him do S&M’ way.
6. Kabhi Khushi Kabie Gham: Monster hit and Hrithik is one of the all-star cast. He plays the younger brother set to reunite the family by bringing back his older brother, played by an even bigger star Shahrukh Khan, who has been disowned for marrying for love.
7. Lakshya: Terribly uneven, this one benefits from DVD where you can forward past the boring war scenes. Hrithik is a slacker who finds his inner man in the army and is involved in the Kargil war. It’s an ambitious movie that bites off more than it can chew and the fight scenes go on forever, but Hrithik gives a great performance, he is once again paired with Preity Zinta (who plays a focused, career-oriented woman, yay!) and the movie has at least some interesting things to say, whether you agree with them or not.
8. Mujhe Dosti Karoge: Very very Bollywood, this one is worth watching if for nothing else than the amazing musical homage medley in the middle.
9. Kaho Na Pyar Hai: Hrithik’s debut (in a double role, no less) which made him the object of screaming fits and fantasies. He plays a poor but talented musician and also a rich New Zealander doppelganger. Amisha Patel plays the love interest. It’s quite cheesy but some of it is to die for.
10. Yaadein: Bad movie. Bad. It’s supposed to be about family values but in reality is just blaaaaah. The love story between Kareena Kapoor and Hrithik is…OK, there is a stuffed alligator. It does have some fun dance sequences and I will always have a fond place for this in my heart as it was my first Hrithik movie and I remember going ‘whoa, who is THAT?’ when he first came on screen.
11. Na Tum Jaano Na Hum: Esha Deol (*shudder*) is a twit who falls in love with Hrithik over letters. She is lucky he is not a psycho killer. Dull…But Hrithik is good in it.
12. Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage: Watch the Hrithiknator come back to life! Ostensibly a love story between a sickly Mafia daughter and a cool college student, this should have been good. But wasn’t.
13. Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon: Take two of my favoritest Bollywood actors, Hrithik Roshan and Abhishek Bachchan. Take Kareena Kapoor, so good in Omkara and Asoka. Mix. And you get the most unwatchable movie in ever. How? Who knows. The makers of this were on drugs. The bad kind. There is a love triangle of some sort and false identities and all that, but trust me. Skip this. I do like the songs though.
