Upala KBR (DNA; October 22, 2015)
None of Hrithik Roshan’s last few releases — Bang Bang, Krrish 3, Agneepath — were even remotely romantic, but that is set to change.
The actor began his career with a romantic film, yet has stayed away from the genre for a while now. His next film is Mohenjo Daro, a period drama. But the actor has now given a nod to an untitled film to be directed by Sanjay Gupta (who the actor will work with for the first time) and produced by Hrithik’s father Rakesh Roshan. It will a three-month, start-to-finish schedule, beginning in July next year.
Says a source, “The film is an intense love story. Hrithik loved the subject. It’s written by a new writer who brought the concept to Sanjay. Directing a love story is also virgin territory for Gupta, who largely makes action-dramas. Hrithik was so pleased with this beautiful love story that he got papa Roshan on board to produce it.”
According to the source, the moment Gupta got his first print of Jazbaa, the first person he showed it to was Rakesh Roshan. “It’s an unusual and exciting collaboration with each player (Rakesh, Hrithik and Sanjay) bringing in their own individual experience to it, in their own way.”