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Rithik Roshan
Hrithik Roshan is taking a huge risk by trying to step into the shoes of Amitabh Bachchan in the remake of Agneepath.
The actor seems to be confident that he will surely succeed in the new film.
What was your first reaction when producer Karan Johar approached you for Agneepath?
When Karan approached me, I said I don't want to do a remake, why destroy the sanctity of a classic? That,
too, in a film like Agneepath in which Mr Bachchan has done an amazing job. Karan Johar, being a friend,
just forced me to hear the script.
I was absolutely shocked when I heard the narration; that script went through all the layers,
it touched me, even though I am an actor who does not want to work in remakes.
It just broke through all the barriers and hit me hard. When the narration was over, I knew I had to do this film.
How different is this film from the earlier one?
Not totally different because the basic story is the same. But the chapter of the journey has changed,
the people have changed and the characters are new.
Did you meet Amitabh Bachchan and tell him that you are working in a remake of Agneepath?
No. I don't know whether Karan met him or not.
Did you watch the old Agneepath for reference?
I had seen Agneepath twice when it was released. It is printed in my heart and my mind because the film was so powerful.
But this time around I did not see it because it was not necessary as the story is very different
Is it true that you said Agneepath is the toughest film of your career?
Yes. The climax of the film was shot in Diu. It was so hot and throughout the climax,
I am fighting Sanju sir (Sanjay Dutt), who looks like a Goliath compared to me. My clothes were torn and I was
almost bare-bodied, there was blood make-up all over me. I had to fall and I was getting hurt. I was like this for
22 days, so it ended up being the toughest schedule of my life.
Did Sanjay Dutt's menacing looks ever scare you during the shot?
Yes, actually, sometimes I would think is this really Sanju sir? What has happened to him?
Twice he looked at me with so much anger and gave me such a dirty stare that I got out of my character!
He was so much into his character that I was taken aback. I thought what's wrong with him?
I had to make myself understand that it is just acting.
You were unwell during the shoot?
Yes, I fell sick during the last few days of the shoot of Just Dance. I had severe backache. I could not stop work
so I kept on going. But after two weeks, when the show was over, I got my first day off, on October 2 -- my first day off
since February.
That day I decided that I will not do anything. I will just lie down. I did everything lying down. I ate, saw a movie,
everything, lying down. After 24 hours, my back went into a spasm and next morning I couldn't get up. I had such bad pain
for the next six days that I couldn't lie down. I slept for just 10 minutes. I couldn't lie down because the slip disc was hitting a nerve.
I was bed-ridden for one month. Everyone sent their love to me in the form of cupcakes, brownies and chocolates,
and eating all that my waist expanded to 36 and a half inches! I'm not joking. I have a photograph to prove that.
Papa (Rakesh Roshan) told me we would not make the Krrish sequel now, we will make it in 2013! But I was sure if we
don't make it now, it will never be made because we had dates from all the technicians. After two years of hardship,
we are at a stage where we can start the film now.
I called for my Krrish jacket but I couldn't zip it as my stomach was so big! I said to myself, I am not worthy of
being Krrish right now, so I have to make myself worthy.
I hunted around and got the best trainers from the UK and transformed myself in 10 weeks. I lost 10 kilos and my waist is now 30 inches.
When my back was bad, I knew I couldn't do Krrish. I was so depressed. I smoked three packets of cigarettes a day.
Now, all that is out of my life. I feel like a new person now.
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