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'''Hrithik Roshan''' ({{IPA-hi|ɾɪt̪ɪk ɾoʃən|pron}};<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nahta |first=Komal |author-link=Komal Nahta |date=14 September 2000 |title=All for a name! |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/sep/14rakesh.htm |access-date=21 March 2022 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321203535/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/sep/14rakesh.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> born 10 January 1974) is an Indian actor who works in [[Hindi cinema|Hindi films]]. He has portrayed a variety of characters and is known for his dancing skills. One of the highest-paid actors in India, he has won [[List of awards and nominations received by Hrithik Roshan|many awards]], including six [[Filmfare Awards]], of which four were for [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]. Starting from 2012, he has appeared in ''[[Forbes India]]''{{'s}} [[Celebrity 100]] several times based on his income and popularity.
'''Hrithik Roshan''' ({{IPA-hi|ɾɪt̪ɪk ɾoʃən|pron}};<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nahta |first=Komal |author-link=Komal Nahta |date=14 September 2000 |title=All for a name! |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/sep/14rakesh.htm |access-date=21 March 2022 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321203535/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2000/sep/14rakesh.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> born 10 January 1974) is an Indian actor who works in [[Hindi cinema]]. He has portrayed a variety of characters and is known for his dancing skills. One of the highest-paid actors in India, he has won [[List of awards and nominations received by Hrithik Roshan|many awards]], including six [[Filmfare Awards]], of which four were for [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]. Starting from 2012, he has appeared in ''[[Forbes India]]''{{'s}} [[Celebrity 100]] several times based on his income and popularity.


Roshan has frequently collaborated with his father, [[Rakesh Roshan]]. He made brief appearances as a child actor in several films in the 1980s and later worked as an [[assistant director]] on four of his father's films. His first leading role was in the box-office success ''[[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]]'' (2000), for which he received several awards. Performances in the 2000 terrorism drama ''[[Fiza]]'' and the 2001 ensemble family drama ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]'' consolidated his reputation but were followed by several poorly received films.
Roshan has frequently collaborated with his father, [[Rakesh Roshan]]. He made brief appearances as a child actor in several films in the 1980s and later worked as an [[assistant director]] on four of his father's films. His first leading role was in the box-office success ''[[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]]'' (2000), for which he received several awards. Performances in the 2000 terrorism drama ''[[Fiza]]'' and the 2001 ensemble family drama {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]}} consolidated his reputation but were followed by several poorly received films.


The 2003 science fiction film ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya]]'', for which Roshan won two Filmfare Awards, was a turning point in his film career; he later starred as the titular superhero in its sequels: ''[[Krrish]]'' (2006) and ''[[Krrish 3]]'' (2013). He earned praise for his portrayal of a thief in ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' (2006), [[Mughal emperors|Mughal]] emperor [[Akbar]] in ''[[Jodhaa Akbar]]'' (2008) and a [[Tetraplegia|quadriplegic]] in ''[[Guzaarish (2010 film)|Guzaarish]]'' (2010). He achieved further commercial success by playing the lead in the 2011 drama ''[[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara]]'', the 2012 revenge drama ''[[Agneepath (2012 film)|Agneepath]]'', the 2014 action thriller ''[[Bang Bang!]]'', the 2019 biopic ''[[Super 30 (film)|Super 30]]'', and the 2019 action thriller ''[[War (2019 film)|War]]''; the lattermost ranks as his highest-grossing release.
The 2003 science fiction film ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya]]'', for which Roshan won two Filmfare Awards, was a turning point in his film career; he later starred as the titular superhero in its sequels: ''[[Krrish]]'' (2006) and ''[[Krrish 3]]'' (2013). He earned praise for his portrayal of a thief in ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' (2006), [[Mughal emperors|Mughal]] emperor [[Akbar]] in ''[[Jodhaa Akbar]]'' (2008) and a [[Tetraplegia|quadriplegic]] in ''[[Guzaarish (2010 film)|Guzaarish]]'' (2010). He achieved further commercial success by playing the lead in the 2011 drama ''[[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara]]'', the 2012 revenge drama ''[[Agneepath (2012 film)|Agneepath]]'', the 2014 action thriller ''[[Bang Bang!]]'', the 2019 biopic ''[[Super 30 (film)|Super 30]]'', and the 2019 action thriller ''[[War (2019 film)|War]]''; the lattermost ranks as his highest-grossing release.
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Roshan was originally scheduled to make his screen debut as a lead actor opposite [[Preity Zinta]] in the cancelled film [[Shekhar Kapur]]'s ''Tara Rum Pum Pum''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/feb/28news.htm |title=Hrithik in Shekhar Kapur's Next? |last=Lalwani |first=Vickey |date=28 February 2003 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202031023/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/feb/28news.htm |archive-date=2 February 2017 |access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref> Instead, he starred in his father's romantic drama ''[[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]]'' (2000) opposite another debutante, [[Ameesha Patel]]. Roshan played dual roles: Rohit, an aspiring singer brutally killed after witnessing a murder, and Raj, an [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] who falls in love with Patel's character.<ref name="knph review">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/jan/14kaho.htm |title=The review of Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai |last=Suggu |first=Kanchana |date=14 January 2000 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618134306/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/jan/14kaho.htm |archive-date=18 June 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref> To prepare, he trained with the actor [[Salman Khan]] to bulk up physically,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtvindia.com/blogs/music/indies/7-facts-we-bet-you-didnt-know-about-kaho-naapyaar-hai-52192966.html |title=7 Facts We Bet You Didn't Know About 'Kaho Naa..Pyaar Hai' |date=21 October 2014 |publisher=[[MTV India]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226055740/http://www.mtvindia.com/blogs/music/indies/7-facts-we-bet-you-didnt-know-about-kaho-naapyaar-hai-52192966.html |archive-date=26 December 2016 |access-date=25 December 2016 }}</ref> worked to improve his diction and took lessons in acting, singing, dancing, fencing and riding.<ref name="factfile">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/the-hrithik-factfile/story-cPi2naZS2mlRkzMnSqCOwO.html |title=The Hrithik Factfile |date=9 January 2008 |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=1 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102080330/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/the-hrithik-factfile/story-cPi2naZS2mlRkzMnSqCOwO.html |archive-date=2 January 2017}}</ref> With global revenues of {{INRConvert|800|m}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=127&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5 |title=Top Earners 2000–2009 (Figures in Ind Rs) |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207065532/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=127&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5 |archive-date=7 February 2008 |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref> ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' became one of the [[List of Bollywood films of 2000|highest-grossing Indian films]] of 2000.<ref name="BoxOffice2000">{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=206&catName=MjAwMA== |title=Box Office 2000 |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323090246/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=206&catName=MjAwMA%3D%3D |archive-date=23 March 2008 |access-date=4 March 2009 }}</ref> His performance was acclaimed by critics;<ref name="Rediff2003">{{Cite web |url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2003/dec/15intro.htm |title=Bollywood's Top 5, 2003: Hrithik Roshan |last=Verma, Sukanya |date=15 December 2003 |work=Rediff.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628233701/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2003/dec/15intro.htm |archive-date=28 June 2011 |access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010107/spectrum/bolly.htm |title=A year of surprises and shocks |last=Mitlal, Madhur |date=7 January 2001 |website=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191612/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010107/spectrum/bolly.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref> Suggu Kanchana on [[Rediff.com]] wrote, "[Roshan] is good. The ease and style with which he dances, emotes, fights, makes one forget this is his debut film ... He seems to be the most promising among the recent lot of star sons we have been subjected to."<ref name="knph review" /> For the role, Roshan received Best Male Debut and Best Actor Awards at the annual [[Filmfare Awards]], [[IIFA Awards]], and [[Zee Cine Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010219/nation.htm#6 |title='Kaho Na Pyar Hai' bags 9 awards |date=18 February 2001 |work=The Tribune |access-date=24 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161209/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010219/nation.htm |archive-date=7 March 2016 }}<br />{{Cite web |url=http://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2001/winners/ |title=2001 – Zee Cine Awards |publisher=[[Zee Cine Awards]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226055621/http://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2001/winners/ |archive-date=26 December 2016 |access-date=25 December 2016 }}<br />{{Cite web |url=http://www.iifa.com/iifa-years/iifa-years-2001/ |title=IIFA Through the Years – IIFA 2001: South Africa |publisher=[[IIFA Awards]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422084020/http://www.iifa.com/iifa-years/iifa-years-2001/ |archive-date=22 April 2016 |access-date=25 December 2016 }}</ref> He became the first actor to win both Filmfare [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut|Best Debut]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] awards the same year.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/12-reasons-why-hrithik-roshan-is-the-real-trendsetter-of-bollywood-249204.html |title=12 Reasons Why Hrithik Roshan Is The Real Trendsetter Of Bollywood |last=Shekhar |first=Mimansa |date=10 January 2016 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228124004/http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/12-reasons-why-hrithik-roshan-is-the-real-trendsetter-of-bollywood-249204.html |archive-date=28 December 2016}}</ref> The film established Roshan as a prominent actor in Bollywood.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/may/29book.htm |title=Now, it's H for Hrithik!! |last=Fernandes, Vivek |date=29 May 2000 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084223/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/may/29book.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=2 January 2017}}</ref> The actor found life hard after his overnight success, particularly the demands on his time.<ref name="rediff1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/sep/04hrithik.htm |title=Hrithik Roshan speaks about Fiza |last=Khubchandani, Lata |date=4 September 2000 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326084943/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/sep/04hrithik.htm |archive-date=26 March 2009 |access-date=25 December 2016}}</ref>
Roshan was originally scheduled to make his screen debut as a lead actor opposite [[Preity Zinta]] in the cancelled film [[Shekhar Kapur]]'s ''Tara Rum Pum Pum''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/feb/28news.htm |title=Hrithik in Shekhar Kapur's Next? |last=Lalwani |first=Vickey |date=28 February 2003 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202031023/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/feb/28news.htm |archive-date=2 February 2017 |access-date=25 January 2017}}</ref> Instead, he starred in his father's romantic drama ''[[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]]'' (2000) opposite another debutante, [[Ameesha Patel]]. Roshan played dual roles: Rohit, an aspiring singer brutally killed after witnessing a murder, and Raj, an [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] who falls in love with Patel's character.<ref name="knph review">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/jan/14kaho.htm |title=The review of Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai |last=Suggu |first=Kanchana |date=14 January 2000 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618134306/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/jan/14kaho.htm |archive-date=18 June 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref> To prepare, he trained with the actor [[Salman Khan]] to bulk up physically,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtvindia.com/blogs/music/indies/7-facts-we-bet-you-didnt-know-about-kaho-naapyaar-hai-52192966.html |title=7 Facts We Bet You Didn't Know About 'Kaho Naa..Pyaar Hai' |date=21 October 2014 |publisher=[[MTV India]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226055740/http://www.mtvindia.com/blogs/music/indies/7-facts-we-bet-you-didnt-know-about-kaho-naapyaar-hai-52192966.html |archive-date=26 December 2016 |access-date=25 December 2016 }}</ref> worked to improve his diction and took lessons in acting, singing, dancing, fencing and riding.<ref name="factfile">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/the-hrithik-factfile/story-cPi2naZS2mlRkzMnSqCOwO.html |title=The Hrithik Factfile |date=9 January 2008 |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=1 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170102080330/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/the-hrithik-factfile/story-cPi2naZS2mlRkzMnSqCOwO.html |archive-date=2 January 2017}}</ref> With global revenues of {{INRConvert|800|m}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=127&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5 |title=Top Earners 2000–2009 (Figures in Ind Rs) |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207065532/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=127&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5 |archive-date=7 February 2008 |access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref> ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'' became one of the [[List of Bollywood films of 2000|highest-grossing Indian films]] of 2000.<ref name="BoxOffice2000">{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=206&catName=MjAwMA== |title=Box Office 2000 |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323090246/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=206&catName=MjAwMA%3D%3D |archive-date=23 March 2008 |access-date=4 March 2009 }}</ref> His performance was acclaimed by critics;<ref name="Rediff2003">{{Cite web |url=http://in.rediff.com/movies/2003/dec/15intro.htm |title=Bollywood's Top 5, 2003: Hrithik Roshan |last=Verma, Sukanya |date=15 December 2003 |work=Rediff.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628233701/http://in.rediff.com/movies/2003/dec/15intro.htm |archive-date=28 June 2011 |access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010107/spectrum/bolly.htm |title=A year of surprises and shocks |last=Mitlal, Madhur |date=7 January 2001 |website=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191612/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010107/spectrum/bolly.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref> Suggu Kanchana on [[Rediff.com]] wrote, "[Roshan] is good. The ease and style with which he dances, emotes, fights, makes one forget this is his debut film ... He seems to be the most promising among the recent lot of star sons we have been subjected to."<ref name="knph review" /> For the role, Roshan received Best Male Debut and Best Actor Awards at the annual [[Filmfare Awards]], [[IIFA Awards]], and [[Zee Cine Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010219/nation.htm#6 |title='Kaho Na Pyar Hai' bags 9 awards |date=18 February 2001 |work=The Tribune |access-date=24 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307161209/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010219/nation.htm |archive-date=7 March 2016 }}<br />{{Cite web |url=http://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2001/winners/ |title=2001 – Zee Cine Awards |publisher=[[Zee Cine Awards]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226055621/http://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2001/winners/ |archive-date=26 December 2016 |access-date=25 December 2016 }}<br />{{Cite web |url=http://www.iifa.com/iifa-years/iifa-years-2001/ |title=IIFA Through the Years – IIFA 2001: South Africa |publisher=[[IIFA Awards]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422084020/http://www.iifa.com/iifa-years/iifa-years-2001/ |archive-date=22 April 2016 |access-date=25 December 2016 }}</ref> He became the first actor to win both Filmfare [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut|Best Debut]] and [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] awards the same year.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/12-reasons-why-hrithik-roshan-is-the-real-trendsetter-of-bollywood-249204.html |title=12 Reasons Why Hrithik Roshan Is The Real Trendsetter Of Bollywood |last=Shekhar |first=Mimansa |date=10 January 2016 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228124004/http://www.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/12-reasons-why-hrithik-roshan-is-the-real-trendsetter-of-bollywood-249204.html |archive-date=28 December 2016}}</ref> The film established Roshan as a prominent actor in Bollywood.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/may/29book.htm |title=Now, it's H for Hrithik!! |last=Fernandes, Vivek |date=29 May 2000 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084223/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/may/29book.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=2 January 2017}}</ref> The actor found life hard after his overnight success, particularly the demands on his time.<ref name="rediff1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/sep/04hrithik.htm |title=Hrithik Roshan speaks about Fiza |last=Khubchandani, Lata |date=4 September 2000 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326084943/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2000/sep/04hrithik.htm |archive-date=26 March 2009 |access-date=25 December 2016}}</ref>


In his second release, [[Khalid Mohammed]]'s crime drama ''[[Fiza]]'', Roshan played Amaan, an innocent Muslim boy who becomes a terrorist after the [[Bombay riots|1992–93 Bombay riots]].<ref name="rediff1" /> Roshan appeared in the film to expand his horizons as an actor.<ref name="the hindu">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/08/18/stories/09180221.htm |title=A perfect professional has come to stay |date=18 August 2000 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=26 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204033340/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/08/18/stories/09180221.htm |archive-date=4 December 2014}}</ref> Co-starring [[Karisma Kapoor]] and [[Jaya Bachchan]], ''Fiza'' was moderately successful at the box office,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/fiza |title=Fiza |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318010723/http://boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/fiza |archive-date=18 March 2015 |access-date=26 November 2014}}</ref> and Roshan's performance earned him a second nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony.<ref name="Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://oldbh.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/awards/8247/index.html |title=Hrithik Roshan: Awards & Nominations |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906063435/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/awards/8247/index.html |archive-date=6 September 2011 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref> [[Taran Adarsh]] of [[Bollywood Hungama]] praised him as the production's prime asset, commending his "body language, his diction, his expressions, [and] his overall persona."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/6577/index.html |title=Fiza: Movie Review |last=Adarsh, Taran |date=15 December 2000 |access-date=1 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814205609/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/6577/index.html |archive-date=14 August 2011 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> Roshan next appeared in [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]'s action drama ''[[Mission Kashmir]]'' (2000) alongside [[Sanjay Dutt]], Preity Zinta, and [[Jackie Shroff]]. Set in the valley of Kashmir during the [[Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts|Indo-Pakistani conflicts]], the film addressed the topics of terrorism and crime, and was a financial success.<ref name="BoxOffice2000" /> Roshan was drawn to his complex role of a young man traumatised by the discovery that his adoptive father had been responsible for the death of his entire birth family.<ref name="the hindu" /> In Adarsh's opinion, Roshan "brightens up the screen with his magnetic presence. His body language, coupled with his expressions, is sure to win him plaudits."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mission-kashmir/critic-review/ |title=Mission Kashmir Review |last=Adarsh |first=Taran |date=15 December 2000 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226223623/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mission-kashmir/critic-review/ |archive-date=26 December 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref>
In his second release, [[Khalid Mohammed]]'s crime drama ''[[Fiza]]'', Roshan played Amaan, an innocent Muslim boy who becomes a terrorist after the [[Bombay riots|1992–93 Bombay riots]].<ref name="rediff1" /> Roshan appeared in the film to expand his horizons as an actor.<ref name="the hindu">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2000/08/18/stories/09180221.htm |title=A perfect professional has come to stay |date=18 August 2000 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=26 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204033340/http://www.thehindu.com/2000/08/18/stories/09180221.htm |archive-date=4 December 2014}}</ref> Co-starring [[Karisma Kapoor]] and [[Jaya Bachchan]], ''Fiza'' was moderately successful at the box office,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/fiza |title=Fiza |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150318010723/http://boxofficeindia.com/Movies/movie_detail/fiza |archive-date=18 March 2015 |access-date=26 November 2014}}</ref> and Roshan's performance earned him a second nomination for Best Actor at the Filmfare ceremony.<ref name="Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://oldbh.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/awards/8247/index.html |title=Hrithik Roshan: Awards & Nominations |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906063435/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrities/awards/8247/index.html |archive-date=6 September 2011 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref> [[Taran Adarsh]] of [[Bollywood Hungama]] praised him as the production's prime asset, commending his "body language, his diction, his expressions, [and] his overall persona."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indiafm.com/movies/review/6577/index.html |title=Fiza: Movie Review |last=Adarsh, Taran |date=15 December 2000 |access-date=1 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814205609/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/review/6577/index.html |archive-date=14 August 2011 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref> Roshan next appeared in [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]'s action drama ''[[Mission Kashmir]]'' (2000) alongside [[Sanjay Dutt]], Preity Zinta, and [[Jackie Shroff]]. Set in the valley of Kashmir during the [[Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts|Indo-Pakistani conflicts]], the film addressed the topics of terrorism and crime, and was a financial success.<ref name="BoxOffice2000" /> Roshan was drawn to his complex role of a young man traumatised by the discovery that his adoptive father had been responsible for the death of his entire birth family.<ref name="the hindu" /> In Adarsh's opinion, Roshan "brightens up the screen with his magnetic presence. His body language, coupled with his expressions, is sure to win him plaudits."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mission-kashmir/critic-review/ |title=Mission Kashmir Review |last=Adarsh |first=Taran |date=15 December 2000 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161226223623/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/mission-kashmir/critic-review/ |archive-date=26 December 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref>


[[File:Hrithik Roshan in 2001.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|left|Roshan at an event for ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]'' (2001)''—''his biggest commercial success to that point<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/actor.php?actorid=30 |title=Hrithik Roshan Filmography |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010931/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/actor.php?actorid=30 |archive-date=6 January 2017 |access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref>|alt=A picture of Hrithik Roshan taken in 2001.]]
[[File:Hrithik Roshan in 2001.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|left|Roshan at an event for {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]}} (2001)''—''his biggest commercial success to that point<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/actor.php?actorid=30 |title=Hrithik Roshan Filmography |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010931/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/actor.php?actorid=30 |archive-date=6 January 2017 |access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref>|alt=A picture of Hrithik Roshan taken in 2001.]]
In 2001, Roshan appeared in two films, the first of which was [[Subhash Ghai]]'s ''[[Yaadein (2001 film)|Yaadein]]'', a romantic drama which paired him with [[Kareena Kapoor]] and reunited him with Shroff. Although highly anticipated, ''Yaadein'' was reviled by critics; in ''[[The Hindu]]'', [[Ziya Us Salam]] criticised the director for relying on Roshan's commercial appeal.<ref name="one-trick">{{Cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/is-hrithik-roshan-a-one-trick-pony/1/219683.html |title=Hero in slide role |last1=Raval |first1=Sheela |date=27 May 2002 |work=[[India Today]] |access-date=26 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094109/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/is-hrithik-roshan-a-one-trick-pony/1/219683.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |last2=Bamzai |first2=Kaveree}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/03/stories/09030223.htm |title=Film Review: ''Yaadein'' |last=Ziya |first=Us Salam |date=3 August 2001 |access-date=26 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029015034/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/03/stories/09030223.htm |archive-date=29 October 2017 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> Roshan next had a supporting role in [[Karan Johar]]'s ensemble melodrama ''[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]'' alongside [[Amitabh Bachchan]], Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, [[Kajol]] and Kareena Kapoor. He was cast as Rohan Raichand—the younger son of Bachchan's character who plots to reunite him with his adopted son (played by Khan)—after Johar had watched a [[rough cut]] of ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/08k3g.htm |title=Excerpts from the making of K3g |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124717/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/08k3g.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref> ''Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...'' finished as India's highest-grossing film of the year,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=207&catName=MjAwMQ== |title=Box Office 2001 |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115223304/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=207&catName=MjAwMQ%3D%3D |archive-date=15 January 2013 |access-date=26 December 2016 }}</ref> and among the most successful Bollywood films in the overseas market, earning  {{INRConvert|1.36|b}} worldwide.<ref name="Worldwide gross">{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=312&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU= |title=Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (IND Rs) |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227122644/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=312&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU%3D |archive-date=27 December 2012 |access-date=26 December 2016 }}</ref> Writing for Rediff.com, Anjum N described Roshan as "the surprise scene-stealer", praising him for holding his own against the established actors.<ref name="rediffreview">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/14kabhi.htm |title=The Rediff Review: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham |last=N, Anjum |date=14 December 2001 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090625/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/14kabhi.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref> Roshan received a nomination for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his performance.<ref name="Awards" />
In 2001, Roshan appeared in two films, the first of which was [[Subhash Ghai]]'s ''[[Yaadein (2001 film)|Yaadein]]'', a romantic drama which paired him with [[Kareena Kapoor]] and reunited him with Shroff. Although highly anticipated, ''Yaadein'' was reviled by critics; in ''[[The Hindu]]'', [[Ziya Us Salam]] criticised the director for relying on Roshan's commercial appeal.<ref name="one-trick">{{Cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/is-hrithik-roshan-a-one-trick-pony/1/219683.html |title=Hero in slide role |last1=Raval |first1=Sheela |date=27 May 2002 |work=[[India Today]] |access-date=26 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094109/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/is-hrithik-roshan-a-one-trick-pony/1/219683.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |last2=Bamzai |first2=Kaveree}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/03/stories/09030223.htm |title=Film Review: ''Yaadein'' |last=Ziya |first=Us Salam |date=3 August 2001 |access-date=26 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029015034/http://www.thehindu.com/2001/08/03/stories/09030223.htm |archive-date=29 October 2017 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> Roshan next had a supporting role in [[Karan Johar]]'s ensemble melodrama {{Lang|hi-latn|[[Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...]]}} alongside [[Amitabh Bachchan]], Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, [[Kajol]] and Kareena Kapoor. He was cast as Rohan Raichand—the younger son of Bachchan's character who plots to reunite him with his adopted son (played by Khan)—after Johar had watched a [[rough cut]] of ''Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/08k3g.htm |title=Excerpts from the making of K3g |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124717/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/08k3g.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref> {{Lang|hi-latn|Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham...}} finished as India's highest-grossing film of the year,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=207&catName=MjAwMQ== |title=Box Office 2001 |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115223304/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=207&catName=MjAwMQ%3D%3D |archive-date=15 January 2013 |access-date=26 December 2016 }}</ref> and among the most successful Bollywood films in the overseas market, earning  {{INRConvert|1.36|b}} worldwide.<ref name="Worldwide gross">{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=312&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU= |title=Top Lifetime Grossers Worldwide (IND Rs) |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227122644/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=312&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU%3D |archive-date=27 December 2012 |access-date=26 December 2016 }}</ref> Writing for Rediff.com, Anjum N described Roshan as "the surprise scene-stealer", praising him for holding his own against the established actors.<ref name="rediffreview">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/14kabhi.htm |title=The Rediff Review: Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham |last=N, Anjum |date=14 December 2001 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090625/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/dec/14kabhi.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref> Roshan received a nomination for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor]] for his performance.<ref name="Awards" />


In 2002 [[Vikram Bhatt]]'s romance ''[[Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage]]'' reunited him with Ameesha Patel but failed at the box office, as did Arjun Sablok's romance ''[[Na Tum Jaano Na Hum]]'' (2002), in which he co-starred with [[Saif Ali Khan]] and [[Esha Deol]]. The latter film was named after a song of the same name from his debut film [[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/Years/years_detail/2002 |title=Releases 2002 |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101184033/http://boxofficeindia.com/Years/years_detail/2002 |archive-date=1 November 2015 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref> Roshan's final role that year was in a [[Yash Raj Films]] production, the high-profile ''[[Mujhse Dosti Karoge!]]'' co-starring [[Rani Mukerji]] and Kareena Kapoor. The romantic comedy was heavily promoted before its release and made money internationally, though not in India.<ref name="boxofficeindia2002">{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=208&catName=MjAwMg== |title=Box Office 2002 |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014131949/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=208&catName=MjAwMg%3D%3D |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=8 January 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Overseas Box Office">{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=308&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU= |title=Top Lifetime Grossers Overseas |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006052405/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=308&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU%3D |archive-date=6 October 2013 |access-date=8 January 2008 }}</ref> In another commercial failure, [[Sooraj R. Barjatya]]'s ''[[Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon]]'', Roshan was cast alongside Kareena Kapoor for the fourth time, and [[Abhishek Bachchan]]. The press labelled Roshan a "one-trick pony" and suggested that the failure of these films would end his career.<ref name="one-trick" /><ref name="htimes">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-how-the-loverboy-transformed-into-a-super-actor/article1-1171010.aspx |title=Hrithik Roshan: how the loverboy transformed into a super-actor |last=Uniyal |first=Parmita |date=9 January 2014 |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=24 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503113753/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-how-the-loverboy-transformed-into-a-super-actor/article1-1171010.aspx |archive-date=3 May 2014}}</ref>
In 2002 [[Vikram Bhatt]]'s romance ''[[Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage]]'' reunited him with Ameesha Patel but failed at the box office, as did Arjun Sablok's romance ''[[Na Tum Jaano Na Hum]]'' (2002), in which he co-starred with [[Saif Ali Khan]] and [[Esha Deol]]. The latter film was named after a song of the same name from his debut film [[Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/Years/years_detail/2002 |title=Releases 2002 |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101184033/http://boxofficeindia.com/Years/years_detail/2002 |archive-date=1 November 2015 |access-date=26 December 2016}}</ref> Roshan's final role that year was in a [[Yash Raj Films]] production, the high-profile ''[[Mujhse Dosti Karoge!]]'' co-starring [[Rani Mukerji]] and Kareena Kapoor. The romantic comedy was heavily promoted before its release and made money internationally, though not in India.<ref name="boxofficeindia2002">{{Cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=208&catName=MjAwMg== |title=Box Office 2002 |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014131949/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=208&catName=MjAwMg%3D%3D |archive-date=14 October 2013 |access-date=8 January 2008 }}</ref><ref name="Overseas Box Office">{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=308&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU= |title=Top Lifetime Grossers Overseas |publisher=Box Office India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006052405/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=308&catName=TGlmZXRpbWU%3D |archive-date=6 October 2013 |access-date=8 January 2008 }}</ref> In another commercial failure, [[Sooraj R. Barjatya]]'s ''[[Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon]]'', Roshan was cast alongside Kareena Kapoor for the fourth time, and [[Abhishek Bachchan]]. The press labelled Roshan a "one-trick pony" and suggested that the failure of these films would end his career.<ref name="one-trick" /><ref name="htimes">{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-how-the-loverboy-transformed-into-a-super-actor/article1-1171010.aspx |title=Hrithik Roshan: how the loverboy transformed into a super-actor |last=Uniyal |first=Parmita |date=9 January 2014 |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=24 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503113753/http://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-how-the-loverboy-transformed-into-a-super-actor/article1-1171010.aspx |archive-date=3 May 2014}}</ref>
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=== 2003–2008: Revival and awards success ===
=== 2003–2008: Revival and awards success ===
[[File:Mahurat of Koi... Mil Gaya.jpg|thumb|Roshan (second from left) at the launch of ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya]]'' (2003) ]]
[[File:Mahurat of Koi... Mil Gaya.jpg|thumb|Roshan (second from left) at the launch of ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya]]'' (2003) ]]
Roshan's career began to revive with a starring role in ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya]]'' (2003).<ref name="Rediff2003" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exploring-the-10-years-journey-of-hrithik-roshan-part-iii/ |title=Exploring the 10 years journey of Hrithik Roshan [Part III] |date=15 May 2010 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118040643/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exploring-the-10-years-journey-of-hrithik-roshan-part-iii/ |archive-date=18 January 2017 |access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> The film, directed and produced by his father, centers on his character Rohit Mehra, a [[Developmental disability|developmentally disabled]] young man, who comes in contact with an extraterrestrial being—a role that required him to lose nearly {{convert|8|kg}}. Roshan recalls the experience of starring in the film fondly: "I could live my childhood [again]. I could eat as many chocolates as I wanted. I became a baby and everybody was so caring towards me."<ref name="childhood">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/06sld3.htm |title=Hrithik Roshan relives his childhood in Koi Mil Gaya |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310201043/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/06sld3.htm |archive-date=10 March 2012 |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> In the book ''Film Sequels'', [[Carolyn Jess-Cooke]] drew similarities between the character and [[Forrest Gump (character)|Forrest Gump]], portrayed by [[Tom Hanks]] in [[Forrest Gump|the titular film]], but this idea was dismissed by Roshan.<ref name="childhood" /><ref name="Jess-Cooke2009">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=De6qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA117 |title=Film Sequels: Theory and Practice from Hollywood to Bollywood: Theory and Practice from Hollywood to Bollywood |last=Jess-Cooke |first=Carolyn |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7486-3133-9 |page=117 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216193730/https://books.google.com/books?id=De6qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA117 |archive-date=16 February 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Film critics were polarised on their view of the film—some of them negatively compared its storyline to the 1982 Hollywood release ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''—but were unanimous in their praise for Roshan.<ref name="findia" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/06koi.htm |title=It is an ET with songs |last=Pais |first=Arthur J |date=6 August 2003 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181210/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/06koi.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref> In a 2010 retrospective of the Top 80 Iconic Performances of Bollywood, ''[[Filmfare]]'' noted "how flesh and blood Hrithik's act is. Simply because he believes he is the part. Watch him laugh, cry or bond with his remote controlled alien friend and note his nuanced turn."<ref name="iconic">{{Cite journal |year=2010 |title=80 Iconic Performances 5/10 |url=http://www.filmfare.com/articles/80-iconic-performances-510-955.html |url-status=dead |journal=[[Filmfare]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325055806/http://www.filmfare.com/articles/80-iconic-performances-510-955.html |archive-date=25 March 2012 |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> A Rediff.com critic agreed that Roshan was "the turbojet that propels the film to the realm of the extraordinary."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/07koi.htm |title=Hrithik is paisa vasool! |last=Swaminathan |first=R |date=7 August 2003 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715000545/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/07koi.htm |archive-date=15 July 2015 |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> ''Koi... Mil Gaya'' was one of the most popular Bollywood films of the year, earning {{INRConvert|823.3|m}} worldwide and Roshan won both Filmfare Awards for Best Actor and [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor (Critics)]].<ref name="Awards" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw== |title=Box Office 2003 |access-date=31 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122102508/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw%3D%3D |archive-date=22 January 2008 |publisher=Box Office India }}</ref>
Roshan's career began to revive with a starring role in ''[[Koi... Mil Gaya]]'' (2003).<ref name="Rediff2003" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exploring-the-10-years-journey-of-hrithik-roshan-part-iii/ |title=Exploring the 10 years journey of Hrithik Roshan [Part III] |date=15 May 2010 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118040643/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/exploring-the-10-years-journey-of-hrithik-roshan-part-iii/ |archive-date=18 January 2017 |access-date=15 January 2017}}</ref> The film, directed and produced by his father, centers on his character Rohit Mehra, a [[Developmental disability|developmentally disabled]] young man, who comes in contact with an extraterrestrial being—a role that required him to lose nearly {{convert|8|kg}}. Roshan recalls the experience of starring in the film fondly: "I could live my childhood [again]. I could eat as many chocolates as I wanted. I became a baby and everybody was so caring towards me."<ref name="childhood">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/06sld3.htm |title=Hrithik Roshan relives his childhood in Koi Mil Gaya |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310201043/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/06sld3.htm |archive-date=10 March 2012 |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> In the book ''Film Sequels'', [[Carolyn Jess-Cooke]] drew similarities between the character and [[Forrest Gump (character)|Forrest Gump]], portrayed by [[Tom Hanks]] in [[Forrest Gump|the titular film]], but this idea was dismissed by Roshan.<ref name="childhood" /><ref name="Jess-Cooke2009">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=De6qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA117 |title=Film Sequels: Theory and Practice from Hollywood to Bollywood: Theory and Practice from Hollywood to Bollywood |last=Jess-Cooke |first=Carolyn |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-7486-3133-9 |page=117 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216193730/https://books.google.com/books?id=De6qBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA117 |archive-date=16 February 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Film critics were polarised on their view of the film—some of them negatively compared its storyline to the 1982 Hollywood release ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''—but were unanimous in their praise for Roshan.<ref name="findia" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/06koi.htm |title=It is an ET with songs |last=Pais |first=Arthur J |date=6 August 2003 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181210/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/06koi.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |access-date=4 January 2017}}</ref> In a 2010 retrospective of the Top 80 Iconic Performances of Bollywood, ''[[Filmfare]]'' noted "how flesh and blood Hrithik's act is. Simply because he believes he is the part. Watch him laugh, cry or bond with his remote controlled alien friend and note his nuanced turn."<ref name="iconic">{{Cite journal |year=2010 |title=80 Iconic Performances 5/10 |url=http://www.filmfare.com/articles/80-iconic-performances-510-955.html |url-status=dead |journal=[[Filmfare]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325055806/http://www.filmfare.com/articles/80-iconic-performances-510-955.html |archive-date=25 March 2012 |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> A Rediff.com critic agreed that Roshan was "the turbojet that propels the film to the realm of the extraordinary."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/07koi.htm |title=Hrithik is paisa vasool! |last=Swaminathan |first=R |date=7 August 2003 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715000545/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/aug/07koi.htm |archive-date=15 July 2015 |access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> ''Koi... Mil Gaya'' was one of the most popular Bollywood films of the year, earning {{INRConvert|823.3|m}} worldwide and Roshan won both Filmfare Awards for Best Actor and [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor|Best Actor (Critics)]].<ref name="Awards" /><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw== |title=Box Office 2003 |access-date=31 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122102508/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw%3D%3D |archive-date=22 January 2008 |publisher=Box Office India }}</ref>


{{quote box|bgcolor=#CCDDFF|width=25%|align=right|quote="I am glad I have the intelligence to understand what is happening to me. If I allow myself to get affected by all this hype, I'll stunt my growth as an actor and be damned for life. I know that I still have a long way to go before I can even aspire to equal the achievements of any of the superstars. I know I am good at my job, and I am sure I will be damn good one day but right now, I also know how bad I can be."|source=—Roshan on his position as a popular Bollywood actor<ref name="famous" />}}
{{quote box|bgcolor=#CCDDFF|width=25%|align=right|quote="I am glad I have the intelligence to understand what is happening to me. If I allow myself to get affected by all this hype, I'll stunt my growth as an actor and be damned for life. I know that I still have a long way to go before I can even aspire to equal the achievements of any of the superstars. I know I am good at my job, and I am sure I will be damn good one day but right now, I also know how bad I can be."|source=—Roshan on his position as a popular Bollywood actor<ref name="famous" />}}
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The following year, Roshan collaborated with Amitabh Bachchan and Preity Zinta on [[Farhan Akhtar]]'s ''[[Lakshya (2004 film)|Lakshya]]'' (2004), a fictionalised [[coming-of-age story]] set against events from the 1999 [[Kargil War]]. He also featured in the [[item number]] "[[Main Aisa Kyun Hoon]]" (choreographed by [[Prabhu Deva]]) which proved popular with audiences.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xP4vAQAAIAAJ |title=Outlook |publisher=Hathway Investments Pvt Limited |year=2005 |page=52 |access-date=27 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128160146/https://books.google.com/books?id=xP4vAQAAIAAJ |archive-date=28 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Roshan found it "one of the most challenging films" of his career at the time and said it made him respect soldiers.<ref name="redifflakshya">{{cite web |title=I am so glad Farhan is a day older than me! |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/jun/17hrithik.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=25 March 2022 |date=17 June 2004 |archive-date=22 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222173108/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/jun/17hrithik.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Although trade journalists expected the film to do well commercially,<ref name="redifflakshya"/> it failed to attract a wide audience. Over the years, it has attained a [[cult film|cult]] status in India.<ref name="i.t.lakshya">{{cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Tatsam |title=12 years of Lakshya: The film many did not get |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/lakshya-12-years-hrithik-roshan-farhan-akhtar-javed-akhtar-cult-14935-2016-06-18 |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=India Today |date=18 June 2016 |location=Delhi |language=en |archive-date=31 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831195259/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/lakshya-12-years-hrithik-roshan-farhan-akhtar-javed-akhtar-cult-14935-2016-06-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the film, Roshan earned Best Actor nominations at the Filmfare and [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male|Zee Cine]] ceremony.<ref name="Awards" /><ref name="BharatKumar2012">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3zE6ndYKml0C&pg=PA13 |title=Filming the Line of Control: The Indo–Pak Relationship through the Cinematic Lens |last1=Bharat |first1=Meenakshi |last2=Kumar |first2=Nirmal |publisher=Routledge |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-136-51605-4 |page=13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715124519/http://books.google.com/books?id=3zE6ndYKml0C&pg=PA13 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Manish Gajjar of the [[BBC]] praised Roshan's versatility and his transformation from a carefree youth to a determined and courageous soldier.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/bollywood/2004/06/lakshya_review.shtml |title=Lakshya Movie Review |last=Gajjar |first=Manish |date=18 June 2004 |publisher=[[BBC]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617041624/http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/bollywood/2004/06/lakshya_review.shtml |archive-date=17 June 2015 |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> Reviewing the film in 2016, Tatsam Mukherjee of ''[[India Today]]'' described his performance as career-best, highlighting his scene before the climax.<ref name="i.t.lakshya"/>
The following year, Roshan collaborated with Amitabh Bachchan and Preity Zinta on [[Farhan Akhtar]]'s ''[[Lakshya (2004 film)|Lakshya]]'' (2004), a fictionalised [[coming-of-age story]] set against events from the 1999 [[Kargil War]]. He also featured in the [[item number]] "[[Main Aisa Kyun Hoon]]" (choreographed by [[Prabhu Deva]]) which proved popular with audiences.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xP4vAQAAIAAJ |title=Outlook |publisher=Hathway Investments Pvt Limited |year=2005 |page=52 |access-date=27 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128160146/https://books.google.com/books?id=xP4vAQAAIAAJ |archive-date=28 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Roshan found it "one of the most challenging films" of his career at the time and said it made him respect soldiers.<ref name="redifflakshya">{{cite web |title=I am so glad Farhan is a day older than me! |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/jun/17hrithik.htm |work=Rediff.com |access-date=25 March 2022 |date=17 June 2004 |archive-date=22 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131222173108/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/jun/17hrithik.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Although trade journalists expected the film to do well commercially,<ref name="redifflakshya"/> it failed to attract a wide audience. Over the years, it has attained a [[cult film|cult]] status in India.<ref name="i.t.lakshya">{{cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Tatsam |title=12 years of Lakshya: The film many did not get |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/lakshya-12-years-hrithik-roshan-farhan-akhtar-javed-akhtar-cult-14935-2016-06-18 |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=India Today |date=18 June 2016 |location=Delhi |language=en |archive-date=31 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831195259/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/lakshya-12-years-hrithik-roshan-farhan-akhtar-javed-akhtar-cult-14935-2016-06-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> For the film, Roshan earned Best Actor nominations at the Filmfare and [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Male|Zee Cine]] ceremony.<ref name="Awards" /><ref name="BharatKumar2012">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3zE6ndYKml0C&pg=PA13 |title=Filming the Line of Control: The Indo–Pak Relationship through the Cinematic Lens |last1=Bharat |first1=Meenakshi |last2=Kumar |first2=Nirmal |publisher=Routledge |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-136-51605-4 |page=13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715124519/http://books.google.com/books?id=3zE6ndYKml0C&pg=PA13 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Manish Gajjar of the [[BBC]] praised Roshan's versatility and his transformation from a carefree youth to a determined and courageous soldier.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/bollywood/2004/06/lakshya_review.shtml |title=Lakshya Movie Review |last=Gajjar |first=Manish |date=18 June 2004 |publisher=[[BBC]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617041624/http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/films/bollywood/2004/06/lakshya_review.shtml |archive-date=17 June 2015 |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> Reviewing the film in 2016, Tatsam Mukherjee of ''[[India Today]]'' described his performance as career-best, highlighting his scene before the climax.<ref name="i.t.lakshya"/>


Roshan was not seen on screen again until 2006, with three new releases, including a cameo at the end of the year in the romance ''[[I See You (2006 film)|I See You]]''.<ref name="cameo">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/hrithik-roshan/filmography/ |title=Hrithik Roshan Filmography |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228201234/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/hrithik-roshan/filmography/ |archive-date=28 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016}}</ref> He co-starred with [[Naseeruddin Shah]] and [[Priyanka Chopra]] in his father's superhero production ''[[Krrish]]''. A follow-up to his family's production ''Koi... Mil Gaya'', it saw him play dual roles—the title superhero and his character from the original film. Before production, Roshan travelled to China to train with [[Tony Ching]] for the cable work that would be needed to make his character fly.<ref name="rediff">{{Cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jan/31hrit.htm |title=Playing the good guy is boring |last=Jha, Subhash K |date=31 January 2005 |access-date=24 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112319/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jan/31hrit.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |work=Rediff.com}}</ref> Among the several injuries he sustained during production, Roshan tore the hamstring in his right leg and broke his thumb and toe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM12/Krrish-the-superhero-is-coming/Article1-111805.aspx |title=Krrish, the superhero is coming |date=21 June 2006 |website=Hindustan Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607123611/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM12/Krrish-the-superhero-is-coming/Article1-111805.aspx |archive-date=7 June 2014 |access-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=dead |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service]]}}</ref> ''Krrish'' became the third-highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2006 with a worldwide revenue of {{INRConvert|1.26|b}}.<ref name="BoxOffice2006">{{Cite news |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg== |title=Box Office 2006 |access-date=31 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121074208/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg%3D%3D |archive-date=21 January 2008 |publisher=Box Office India }}</ref> It garnered him Best Actor awards at the 2007 [[Screen Awards|Screen]] and the International Indian Film Academy Awards.<ref name="Awards" /> Ronnie Scheib of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' considered Roshan a prime asset of the film, noting that he "pulls off the pic's wilder absurdities with considerable panache."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/krrish-1200514939/ |title=Review: 'Krrish' |last=Scheib |first=Ronnie |date=7 July 2006 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230230238/http://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/krrish-1200514939/ |archive-date=30 December 2016 |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>
Roshan was not seen on screen again until 2006, with three new releases, including a cameo at the end of the year in the romance ''[[I See You (2006 film)|I See You]]''.<ref name="cameo">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/hrithik-roshan/filmography/ |title=Hrithik Roshan Filmography |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228201234/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/hrithik-roshan/filmography/ |archive-date=28 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016}}</ref> He co-starred with [[Naseeruddin Shah]] and [[Priyanka Chopra]] in his father's superhero production ''[[Krrish]]''. A follow-up to his family's production ''Koi... Mil Gaya'', it saw him play dual roles—the title superhero and his character from the original film. Before production, Roshan travelled to China to train with [[Tony Ching]] for the cable work that would be needed to make his character fly.<ref name="rediff">{{Cite news |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jan/31hrit.htm |title=Playing the good guy is boring |last=Jha, Subhash K |date=31 January 2005 |access-date=24 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112319/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2005/jan/31hrit.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |work=Rediff.com}}</ref> Among the several injuries he sustained during production, Roshan tore the hamstring in his right leg and broke his thumb and toe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM12/Krrish-the-superhero-is-coming/Article1-111805.aspx |title=Krrish, the superhero is coming |date=21 June 2006 |website=Hindustan Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607123611/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM12/Krrish-the-superhero-is-coming/Article1-111805.aspx |archive-date=7 June 2014 |access-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=dead |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service]]}}</ref> ''Krrish'' became the third-highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2006 with a worldwide revenue of {{INRConvert|1.26|b}}.<ref name="BoxOffice2006">{{Cite news |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg== |title=Box Office 2006 |access-date=31 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121074208/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg%3D%3D |archive-date=21 January 2008 |publisher=Box Office India }}</ref> It garnered him Best Actor awards at the 2007 [[Screen Awards|Screen]] and the International Indian Film Academy Awards.<ref name="Awards" /> Ronnie Scheib of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' considered Roshan a prime asset of the film, noting that he "pulls off the pic's wilder absurdities with considerable panache."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/krrish-1200514939/ |title=Review: 'Krrish' |last=Scheib |first=Ronnie |date=7 July 2006 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230230238/http://variety.com/2006/film/markets-festivals/krrish-1200514939/ |archive-date=30 December 2016 |access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>


For his role as an enigmatic master thief in ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' (2006)—an action sequel co-starring [[Aishwarya Rai]], [[Bipasha Basu]] and Abhishek Bachchan—Roshan won his third Filmfare Award for Best Actor.<ref name="Awards" /> The film critic [[Rajeev Masand]] called him "the heart, the soul, and the spirit of the film", and praised his stunts, concluding that he "holds the film together and even manages to take your attention away from its many flaws".<ref name="go dhoom">{{Cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-verdict-go-dhoom-2/26974-8-1.html |title=Masand's Verdict: Go Dhoom 2 |last=Masand, Rajeev |date=26 November 2006 |publisher=[[CNN-IBN]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127115503/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-verdict-go-dhoom-2/26974-8-1.html |archive-date=27 November 2012}}</ref> Bored by playing the "good guy", Roshan was excited to play an anti-hero who lacks heroic attributes, for the first time.<ref name="rediff" /> At the request of the film's producer [[Aditya Chopra]], Roshan lost {{convert|12|lb|kg}} for the role;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/hrithiks-transformation-for-dhoom-2/ |title=Hrithik's transformation for Dhoom 2 |date=31 January 2006 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228130457/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/hrithiks-transformation-for-dhoom-2/ |archive-date=28 December 2016 |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> he also learnt skateboarding, snow boarding, rollerblading and sand surfing.<ref name="sify">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/bollywood/interview.php?id=14336517&cid=2398 |title=I faced near death experiences in Dhoom 2: Hrithik |date=23 November 2006 |website=[[Sify]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229032703/http://www.sify.com/movies/bollywood/interview.php?id=14336517&cid=2398 |archive-date=29 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/skate-010506.html |title=Skating towards success! |date=1 May 2006 |work=[[Oneindia]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229033125/http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/skate-010506.html |archive-date=29 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016 }}</ref> With earnings of {{INR convert|1.5|b}}, ''Dhoom 2'' became the highest grossing Indian film at that time, a distinction that was held for two years.<ref name="all time">{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3997&nCat= |title=Top Worldwide Grossers All Time: 37 Films Hit 100 Crore |date=3 February 2012 |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205213224/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3997&nCat= |archive-date=5 February 2012 |access-date=9 January 2017}}</ref> In the 2007 melodrama ''[[Om Shanti Om]]'', he made a cameo alongside several Bollywood stars.<ref name="cameo" />
For his role as an enigmatic master thief in ''[[Dhoom 2]]'' (2006)—an action sequel co-starring [[Aishwarya Rai]], [[Bipasha Basu]] and Abhishek Bachchan—Roshan won his third Filmfare Award for Best Actor.<ref name="Awards" /> The film critic [[Rajeev Masand]] called him "the heart, the soul, and the spirit of the film", and praised his stunts, concluding that he "holds the film together and even manages to take your attention away from its many flaws".<ref name="go dhoom">{{Cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-verdict-go-dhoom-2/26974-8-1.html |title=Masand's Verdict: Go Dhoom 2 |last=Masand, Rajeev |date=26 November 2006 |publisher=[[CNN-IBN]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127115503/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/masands-verdict-go-dhoom-2/26974-8-1.html |archive-date=27 November 2012}}</ref> Bored by playing the "good guy", Roshan was excited to play an anti-hero who lacks heroic attributes, for the first time.<ref name="rediff" /> At the request of the film's producer [[Aditya Chopra]], Roshan lost {{convert|12|lb|kg}} for the role;<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/hrithiks-transformation-for-dhoom-2/ |title=Hrithik's transformation for Dhoom 2 |date=31 January 2006 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228130457/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/hrithiks-transformation-for-dhoom-2/ |archive-date=28 December 2016 |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> he also learnt skateboarding, snow boarding, rollerblading and sand surfing.<ref name="sify">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/bollywood/interview.php?id=14336517&cid=2398 |title=I faced near death experiences in Dhoom 2: Hrithik |date=23 November 2006 |website=[[Sify]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229032703/http://www.sify.com/movies/bollywood/interview.php?id=14336517&cid=2398 |archive-date=29 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/skate-010506.html |title=Skating towards success! |date=1 May 2006 |work=[[Oneindia]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229033125/http://www.filmibeat.com/bollywood/features/2006/skate-010506.html |archive-date=29 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016 }}</ref> With earnings of {{INR convert|1.5|b}}, ''Dhoom 2'' became the highest grossing Indian film at that time, a distinction that was held for two years.<ref name="all time">{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3997&nCat= |title=Top Worldwide Grossers All Time: 37 Films Hit 100 Crore |date=3 February 2012 |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205213224/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=3997&nCat= |archive-date=5 February 2012 |access-date=9 January 2017}}</ref> In the 2007 melodrama ''[[Om Shanti Om]]'', he made a cameo alongside several Bollywood stars.<ref name="cameo" />


In 2008, Roshan was cast in [[Ashutosh Gowariker]]'s ''[[Jodhaa Akbar]]'', a partly fictionalised account of a [[marriage of convenience]] between the [[Mughal emperor]] [[Akbar|Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar]] (played by Roshan) and the Rajput princess [[Mariam-uz-Zamani|Jodha Bai]] (played by Rai). Gowariker believed Roshan possessed the regal bearing and physique required to play the role of a king.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/and-now-its-hrithiks-turn/ |title=And now its Hrithik's turn! |date=16 July 2005 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209083316/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/and-now-its-hrithiks-turn/ |archive-date=9 December 2016 |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> For the role, Roshan learned sword-fighting and horse-riding, and also took [[Urdu]] lessons.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/Mashallah-Hrithik-learns-Urdu/articleshow/2265339.cms |title=Mashallah: Hrithik learns Urdu |last=Deshmukh |first=Ashwini |date=9 August 2007 |work=The Times of India |access-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221114417/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/Mashallah-Hrithik-learns-Urdu/articleshow/2265339.cms |archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jan/31sli3.htm |title=Teaching Hrithik & Ash how to fight&nbsp;— Slide 3 |last=N |first=Patcy |date=31 January 2008 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161217110812/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jan/31sli3.htm |archive-date=17 December 2016 |access-date=27 December 2016 }}</ref> ''Jodhaa Akbar'' earned  {{INRConvert|1.2|b}} worldwide.<ref name="all time" /> Roshan's performance earned him his fourth [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]].<ref name="Awards" /> Critics were generally appreciative of Roshan's performance.<ref name="findia" /> [[Raja Sen]] of Rediff.com thought that Roshan "proves a very good Akbar. There are times when his inflection seems too modern, but the actor gives the performance his all, slipping into the skin of the character and staying there."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/feb/14jodha.htm |title=Jodhaa Akbar is okay, but overlong |last=Sen |first=Raja |date=14 February 2008 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310212905/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/feb/14jodha.htm |archive-date=10 March 2013 |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> Roshan ended 2008 with an appearance in the popular item number "Krazzy 4" from the [[Krazzy 4|film of same name]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-fx-in-krazzy-4-song-done-in-srk-s-studio-hrithik-1160886 |title=FX in 'Krazzy 4' song done in SRK's studio: Hrithik |date=22 April 2008 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |access-date=28 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929185347/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-fx-in-krazzy-4-song-done-in-srk-s-studio-hrithik-1160886 |archive-date=29 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2008, Roshan was cast in [[Ashutosh Gowariker]]'s ''[[Jodhaa Akbar]]'', a partly fictionalised account of a [[marriage of convenience]] between the [[Mughal emperor]] [[Akbar|Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar]] (played by Roshan) and the Rajput princess [[Mariam-uz-Zamani|Jodha Bai]] (played by Rai). Gowariker believed Roshan possessed the regal bearing and physique required to play the role of a king.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/and-now-its-hrithiks-turn/ |title=And now its Hrithik's turn! |date=16 July 2005 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209083316/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/and-now-its-hrithiks-turn/ |archive-date=9 December 2016 |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> For the role, Roshan learned sword-fighting and horse-riding, and also took [[Urdu]] lessons.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/Mashallah-Hrithik-learns-Urdu/articleshow/2265339.cms |title=Mashallah: Hrithik learns Urdu |last=Deshmukh |first=Ashwini |date=9 August 2007 |work=The Times of India |access-date=27 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221114417/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/Mashallah-Hrithik-learns-Urdu/articleshow/2265339.cms |archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jan/31sli3.htm |title=Teaching Hrithik & Ash how to fight&nbsp;— Slide 3 |last=N |first=Patcy |date=31 January 2008 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161217110812/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jan/31sli3.htm |archive-date=17 December 2016 |access-date=27 December 2016 }}</ref> ''Jodhaa Akbar'' earned  {{INRConvert|1.2|b}} worldwide.<ref name="all time" /> Roshan's performance earned him his fourth [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]].<ref name="Awards" /> Critics were generally appreciative of Roshan's performance.<ref name="findia" /> [[Raja Sen]] of Rediff.com thought that Roshan "proves a very good Akbar. There are times when his inflection seems too modern, but the actor gives the performance his all, slipping into the skin of the character and staying there."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/feb/14jodha.htm |title=Jodhaa Akbar is okay, but overlong |last=Sen |first=Raja |date=14 February 2008 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310212905/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/feb/14jodha.htm |archive-date=10 March 2013 |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref> Roshan ended 2008 with an appearance in the popular item number "Krazzy 4" from the [[Krazzy 4|film of same name]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-fx-in-krazzy-4-song-done-in-srk-s-studio-hrithik-1160886 |title=FX in 'Krazzy 4' song done in SRK's studio: Hrithik |date=22 April 2008 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |access-date=28 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929185347/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-fx-in-krazzy-4-song-done-in-srk-s-studio-hrithik-1160886 |archive-date=29 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>


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Roshan then collaborated with director [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]] on the drama ''[[Guzaarish (2010 film)|Guzaarish]]'' (2010) in which he had the role of Ethan Mascarenhas, a former magician suffering from [[quadriplegia]], who after years of struggle, files an appeal for [[euthanasia]]. Roshan had reservations about the role but agreed to the project after reading the film's story.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/oct/21/slide-show-1-what-happened-at-guzaarish-music-launch.htm |title=Ash said yes, but Hrithik almost said no! |date=21 October 2010 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120330/http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/oct/21/slide-show-1-what-happened-at-guzaarish-music-launch.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016 }}</ref> To understand his role better, he interacted with [[paraplegic]] patients.<ref name="40 things" /> In his own words, "I used to spend six hours with the patients, initially once a week and then once a month. I used to go to understand what they go through, what they think, what their needs are. They have taught me a lot of things."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/105235/playing-paraplegic-has-changed-my.html |title=Playing a paraplegic has changed my life: Hrithik Roshan |date=17 October 2010 |work=Deccan Herald |access-date=28 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020073500/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/105235/playing-paraplegic-has-changed-my.html |archive-date=20 October 2010 |agency=Indo-Asian News Service}}</ref> He also trained with a Ukrainian magician to perform the film's magic stunts, and put on weight to look the part.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-turns-fat-in-guzaarish/1/119645.html |title=Hrithik Roshan turns fat in Guzaarish |date=12 November 2010 |work=India Today |access-date=28 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229033604/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-turns-fat-in-guzaarish/1/119645.html |archive-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/A-little-magic/articleshow/15988002.cms |title=A little magic |last=Jha, Subhash K |date=30 January 2010 |work=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |access-date=28 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229035034/http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/A-little-magic/articleshow/15988002.cms |archive-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> The film failed at the box office, though it and Roshan's performance were positively received by critics.<ref name="findia" /><ref name="flop" /> A writer for [[Zee News]] praised the chemistry between Roshan and Rai, adding that they "break the Bollywood mould of stereotypes."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/review-bhansali-s-guzaarish-is-the-stuff-that-dreams-are-made-of_75795.html |title=Guzaarish Review: Guzaarish Movie Review, Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai |date=20 November 2010 |publisher=[[Zee News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202241/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/review-bhansali-s-guzaarish-is-the-stuff-that-dreams-are-made-of_75795.html |archive-date=29 October 2013 |access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref> Roshan received the [[Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actor – Male|Zee Cine Award for Best Actor (Critics)]] and nominations for Filmfare, [[IIFA Award for Best Actor|IIFA]] and Zee Cine Award for Best Actor.<ref name="Awards" />
Roshan then collaborated with director [[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]] on the drama ''[[Guzaarish (2010 film)|Guzaarish]]'' (2010) in which he had the role of Ethan Mascarenhas, a former magician suffering from [[quadriplegia]], who after years of struggle, files an appeal for [[euthanasia]]. Roshan had reservations about the role but agreed to the project after reading the film's story.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/oct/21/slide-show-1-what-happened-at-guzaarish-music-launch.htm |title=Ash said yes, but Hrithik almost said no! |date=21 October 2010 |work=Rediff.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120330/http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/oct/21/slide-show-1-what-happened-at-guzaarish-music-launch.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016 }}</ref> To understand his role better, he interacted with [[paraplegic]] patients.<ref name="40 things" /> In his own words, "I used to spend six hours with the patients, initially once a week and then once a month. I used to go to understand what they go through, what they think, what their needs are. They have taught me a lot of things."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/105235/playing-paraplegic-has-changed-my.html |title=Playing a paraplegic has changed my life: Hrithik Roshan |date=17 October 2010 |work=Deccan Herald |access-date=28 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101020073500/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/105235/playing-paraplegic-has-changed-my.html |archive-date=20 October 2010 |agency=Indo-Asian News Service}}</ref> He also trained with a Ukrainian magician to perform the film's magic stunts, and put on weight to look the part.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-turns-fat-in-guzaarish/1/119645.html |title=Hrithik Roshan turns fat in Guzaarish |date=12 November 2010 |work=India Today |access-date=28 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229033604/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-turns-fat-in-guzaarish/1/119645.html |archive-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/A-little-magic/articleshow/15988002.cms |title=A little magic |last=Jha, Subhash K |date=30 January 2010 |work=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |access-date=28 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229035034/http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/A-little-magic/articleshow/15988002.cms |archive-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> The film failed at the box office, though it and Roshan's performance were positively received by critics.<ref name="findia" /><ref name="flop" /> A writer for [[Zee News]] praised the chemistry between Roshan and Rai, adding that they "break the Bollywood mould of stereotypes."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/review-bhansali-s-guzaarish-is-the-stuff-that-dreams-are-made-of_75795.html |title=Guzaarish Review: Guzaarish Movie Review, Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai |date=20 November 2010 |publisher=[[Zee News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202241/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/review-bhansali-s-guzaarish-is-the-stuff-that-dreams-are-made-of_75795.html |archive-date=29 October 2013 |access-date=5 January 2017}}</ref> Roshan received the [[Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actor – Male|Zee Cine Award for Best Actor (Critics)]] and nominations for Filmfare, [[IIFA Award for Best Actor|IIFA]] and Zee Cine Award for Best Actor.<ref name="Awards" />


In 2011, Roshan appeared in Zoya Akhtar's ensemble comedy-drama ''[[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara]]'' alongside [[Abhay Deol]] and Farhan Akhtar as three friends who embark on a bachelor trip where they overcome their insecurities. Zoya cast Roshan in the role of an uptight [[workaholic]] as she considers him her favourite actor.<ref name="favourite">{{Cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-is-zoya%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2s-all--time-favourite/1/144781.html |title=Hrithik Roshan is Zoyas all-time favourite |last1=Srivastava |first1=Priyanka |date=14 July 2011 |work=India Today |access-date=28 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818114842/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-is-zoya%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2s-all--time-favourite/1/144781.html |archive-date=18 August 2016 |last2=Joshi |first2=Sonali |last3=Varma |first3=Lipika}}</ref> For [[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (soundtrack)|the film's soundtrack]], Roshan recorded the song "[[Señorita (Farhan Akhtar, Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol and Maria del Mar Fernández song)|Señorita]]" with his co-stars and [[María del Mar Fernández]].<ref name="sing" /> ''Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'' was released to positive reviews and Roshan's performance was praised.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Why-Hrithik-Roshan-cant-stop-smiling/articleshow/9270388.cms |title=Why Hrithik Roshan can't stop smiling |last=Iyer |first=Meena |date=19 July 2011 |work=The Times of India |access-date=17 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108151412/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Why-Hrithik-Roshan-cant-stop-smiling/articleshow/9270388.cms |archive-date=8 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rajeev Masand wrote, "Hrithik Roshan once again brings real depth to his character with a spectacular performance. He's shy and restrained, then lets go with such fantastic intensity that you make the inward journey with his character."<ref name="masandverdict">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rajeevmasand.com/reviews/our-films/singin-in-the-spain/comment-page-1/#comment-3942 |title=Singin' in (the) Spain! |last=Masand |first=Rajeev |publisher=[[Rajeev Masand|rajeevmasand.com]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720125834/http://www.rajeevmasand.com/reviews/our-films/singin-in-the-spain/comment-page-1/#comment-3942 |archive-date=20 July 2011 |access-date=15 July 2011 }}</ref> The film grossed {{INRConvert|1.53|b}} worldwide and became Roshan's first commercial success in three years.<ref name="all time" /> Later that year, he made a special appearance in Farhan's ''[[Don 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/525404 |title=Don 2 (2011) |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515003617/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/525404 |archive-date=15 May 2016 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>
In 2011, Roshan appeared in Zoya Akhtar's ensemble comedy-drama ''[[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara]]'' alongside [[Abhay Deol]] and Farhan Akhtar as three friends who embark on a bachelor trip where they overcome their insecurities. Zoya cast Roshan in the role of an uptight [[workaholic]] as she considers him her favourite actor.<ref name="favourite">{{Cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-is-zoya%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2s-all--time-favourite/1/144781.html |title=Hrithik Roshan is Zoyas all-time favourite |last1=Srivastava |first1=Priyanka |date=14 July 2011 |work=India Today |access-date=28 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818114842/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hrithik-roshan-is-zoya%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2s-all--time-favourite/1/144781.html |archive-date=18 August 2016 |last2=Joshi |first2=Sonali |last3=Varma |first3=Lipika}}</ref> For [[Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (soundtrack)|the film's soundtrack]], Roshan recorded the song "[[Señorita (Farhan Akhtar, Hrithik Roshan, Abhay Deol and Maria del Mar Fernández song)|Señorita]]" with his co-stars and [[María del Mar Fernández]].<ref name="sing" /> ''Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'' was released to positive reviews and Roshan's performance was praised.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Why-Hrithik-Roshan-cant-stop-smiling/articleshow/9270388.cms |title=Why Hrithik Roshan can't stop smiling |last=Iyer |first=Meena |date=19 July 2011 |work=The Times of India |access-date=17 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171108151412/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Why-Hrithik-Roshan-cant-stop-smiling/articleshow/9270388.cms |archive-date=8 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rajeev Masand wrote, "Hrithik Roshan once again brings real depth to his character with a spectacular performance. He's shy and restrained, then lets go with such fantastic intensity that you make the inward journey with his character."<ref name="masandverdict">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rajeevmasand.com/reviews/our-films/singin-in-the-spain/comment-page-1/#comment-3942 |title=Singin' in (the) Spain! |last=Masand |first=Rajeev |publisher=[[Rajeev Masand|rajeevmasand.com]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720125834/http://www.rajeevmasand.com/reviews/our-films/singin-in-the-spain/comment-page-1/#comment-3942 |archive-date=20 July 2011 |access-date=15 July 2011 }}</ref> The film grossed {{INRConvert|1.53|b}} worldwide and became Roshan's first commercial success in three years.<ref name="all time" /> Later that year, he made a special appearance in Farhan's ''[[Don 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/525404 |title=Don 2 (2011) |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515003617/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/moviemicro/cast/id/525404 |archive-date=15 May 2016 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref>


Roshan's only screen appearance in 2012 was in [[Karan Malhotra]]'s ''[[Agneepath (2012 film)|Agneepath]]'', a retelling of the [[Agneepath (1990 film)|1990 film of the same name]]. Cast alongside [[Rishi Kapoor]], Sanjay Dutt and Priyanka Chopra, Roshan reinterpreted the character Vijay Deenanath Chauhan (originally played by Amitabh Bachchan), a common man who seeks revenge against an unscrupulous man for framing and murdering his father. Roshan was initially sceptical of taking up a role earlier played by Bachchan, and thought hard before accepting.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.asianage.com/bollywood/hrithik-says-yes-agneepath-finally-001 |title=Hrithik says yes to Agneepath, finally |date=22 September 2010 |work=[[The Asian Age]] |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616155505/http://www.asianage.com/bollywood/hrithik-says-yes-agneepath-finally-001 |archive-date=16 June 2012}}</ref> He did not watch the original film for inspiration as he found his role to be completely different.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2839946.ece |title=A new path |last=Thanawala |first=Pooja |date=28 January 2012 |work=The Hindu |access-date=28 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927141557/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article2839946.ece |archive-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> In one of several accidents to happen during production, Roshan suffered a painful back injury. He deemed ''Agneepath'' "the hardest [project] I've ever worked in my life" owing to the exhaustion he felt while filming.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Choudhary, Anuradha |date=18 January 2012 |title=Hrithik Roshan: Trial by fire |url=http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/trial-by-fire-301.html |url-status=dead |journal=Filmfare |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229172424/http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/trial-by-fire-301.html |archive-date=29 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016 }}</ref> The film broke Bollywood's highest [[List of highest-grossing Bollywood films#Opening day nett gross|opening-day earnings]] record, and had a worldwide gross of {{INRConvert|1.93|b}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4378&nCat= |title=Top Worldwide Grossers |date=7 May 2012 |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509154836/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4378&nCat= |archive-date=9 May 2012 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4006&nCat= |title=Top Opening Days All Time |date=6 February 2012 |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204172910/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4006&nCat= |archive-date=4 December 2013 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> A ''[[Firstpost]]'' reviewer thought Roshan "breathes fire and soul into ''Agneepath''".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/movie-review-hrithik-roshan-breathes-fire-and-soul-in-agneepath-194805.html |title=Movie Review: Hrithik Roshan breathes fire and soul into Agneepath |last=Khan |first=Rubina A |date=26 January 2012 |work=[[Firstpost]] |access-date=29 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828015200/http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/movie-review-hrithik-roshan-breathes-fire-and-soul-in-agneepath-194805.html |archive-date=28 August 2016 }}</ref> The actor received a third consecutive [[Stardust Award for Best Actor in a Drama]], having won previously for ''Guzaarish'' and ''Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/4404 |title=Nominations for 58th Idea Filmfare Awards 2012 |date=13 January 2013 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116062555/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/4404 |archive-date=16 January 2013 |access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jikNM6RkASo |title=Max Stardust Awards 2011 |date=19 February 2011 |publisher=[[SET India Pvt. Ltd.]] |access-date=18 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307124321/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jikNM6RkASo |archive-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=live}}<br />{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJR0DUOCsoE |title=Max Stardust Awards&nbsp;— Max Stardust Awards 2012 – Full Length&nbsp;— Exclusive |date=25 February 2012 |publisher=[[Multi Screen Media]] |access-date=24 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215143030/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJR0DUOCsoE |archive-date=15 December 2014 |url-status=live}}<br />{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/stardust-awards-2013-list-of-winners-610426 |title=Stardust Awards 2013: list of winners |date=27 January 2013 |publisher=NDTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917224935/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/stardust-awards-2013-list-of-winners-610426 |archive-date=17 September 2014 |access-date=17 September 2014 }}</ref>
Roshan's only screen appearance in 2012 was in [[Karan Malhotra]]'s ''[[Agneepath (2012 film)|Agneepath]]'', a retelling of the [[Agneepath (1990 film)|1990 film of the same name]]. Cast alongside [[Rishi Kapoor]], Sanjay Dutt and Priyanka Chopra, Roshan reinterpreted the character Vijay Deenanath Chauhan (originally played by Amitabh Bachchan), a common man who seeks revenge against an unscrupulous man for framing and murdering his father. Roshan was initially sceptical of taking up a role earlier played by Bachchan, and thought hard before accepting.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.asianage.com/bollywood/hrithik-says-yes-agneepath-finally-001 |title=Hrithik says yes to Agneepath, finally |date=22 September 2010 |work=[[The Asian Age]] |access-date=29 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616155505/http://www.asianage.com/bollywood/hrithik-says-yes-agneepath-finally-001 |archive-date=16 June 2012}}</ref> He did not watch the original film for inspiration as he found his role to be completely different.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article2839946.ece |title=A new path |last=Thanawala |first=Pooja |date=28 January 2012 |work=The Hindu |access-date=28 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927141557/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/article2839946.ece |archive-date=27 September 2013}}</ref> In one of several accidents to happen during production, Roshan suffered a painful back injury. He deemed ''Agneepath'' "the hardest [project] I've ever worked in my life" owing to the exhaustion he felt while filming.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Choudhary, Anuradha |date=18 January 2012 |title=Hrithik Roshan: Trial by fire |url=http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/trial-by-fire-301.html |url-status=dead |journal=Filmfare |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229172424/http://www.filmfare.com/interviews/trial-by-fire-301.html |archive-date=29 December 2016 |access-date=28 December 2016 }}</ref> The film broke Bollywood's highest [[List of highest-grossing Bollywood films#Opening day nett gross|opening-day earnings]] record, and had a worldwide gross of {{INRConvert|1.93|b}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4378&nCat= |title=Top Worldwide Grossers |date=7 May 2012 |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509154836/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/boxnewsdetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4378&nCat= |archive-date=9 May 2012 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4006&nCat= |title=Top Opening Days All Time |date=6 February 2012 |publisher=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204172910/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/arounddetail.php?page=shownews&articleid=4006&nCat= |archive-date=4 December 2013 |access-date=29 December 2016}}</ref> A ''[[Firstpost]]'' reviewer thought Roshan "breathes fire and soul into ''Agneepath''".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/movie-review-hrithik-roshan-breathes-fire-and-soul-in-agneepath-194805.html |title=Movie Review: Hrithik Roshan breathes fire and soul into Agneepath |last=Khan |first=Rubina A |date=26 January 2012 |work=[[Firstpost]] |access-date=29 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828015200/http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/movie-review-hrithik-roshan-breathes-fire-and-soul-in-agneepath-194805.html |archive-date=28 August 2016 }}</ref> The actor received a third consecutive [[Stardust Award for Best Actor in a Drama]], having won previously for ''Guzaarish'' and ''Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/4404 |title=Nominations for 58th Idea Filmfare Awards 2012 |date=13 January 2013 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116062555/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/features/type/view/id/4404 |archive-date=16 January 2013 |access-date=4 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jikNM6RkASo |title=Max Stardust Awards 2011 |date=19 February 2011 |publisher=[[SET India Pvt. Ltd.]] |access-date=18 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307124321/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jikNM6RkASo |archive-date=7 March 2016 |url-status=live}}<br />{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJR0DUOCsoE |title=Max Stardust Awards&nbsp;— Max Stardust Awards 2012 – Full Length&nbsp;— Exclusive |date=25 February 2012 |publisher=[[Multi Screen Media]] |access-date=24 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215143030/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJR0DUOCsoE |archive-date=15 December 2014 |url-status=live}}<br />{{Cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/stardust-awards-2013-list-of-winners-610426 |title=Stardust Awards 2013: list of winners |date=27 January 2013 |publisher=NDTV |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140917224935/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/stardust-awards-2013-list-of-winners-610426 |archive-date=17 September 2014 |access-date=17 September 2014 }}</ref>
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[[File:Hrithik Roshan promoting Mohenjo Daro.jpg|thumb|Roshan at a promotional event for ''[[Mohenjo Daro (film)|Mohenjo Daro]]'' in 2016|alt=Hrithik Roshan is looking towards the camera.]]
[[File:Hrithik Roshan promoting Mohenjo Daro.jpg|thumb|Roshan at a promotional event for ''[[Mohenjo Daro (film)|Mohenjo Daro]]'' in 2016|alt=Hrithik Roshan is looking towards the camera.]]
For playing the role of a farmer in 2016 BC who travels to [[Mohenjo-daro]] in Ashutosh Gowariker's ''[[Mohenjo Daro (film)|Mohenjo Daro]]'' (2016), Roshan was paid {{INRConvert|500|m}}, a record-breaking remuneration for an Indian actor.<ref name="high">{{Cite news |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/hrithik-roshan-highest-paid-bollywood-actor-charges-50-crore-mohenjo-daro-report-609058 |title=Is Hrithik Roshan the Highest Paid Bollywood Actor? Charges ₹50 Crore for 'Mohenjo Daro': Report |last=Mehta |first=Ankita |date=14 September 2014 |work=International Business Times |access-date=25 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202025721/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/hrithik-roshan-highest-paid-bollywood-actor-charges-50-crore-mohenjo-daro-report-609058 |archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> He underwent a three-month training to achieve the "lithe" and "agile" physique required for his role.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.magnamags.com/stardust/hrithik-roshan-wants-uk-trainer-joshua-kyle-baker-for-mohenjo-daro-agility-needed-not-muscles-of/4747× |title=Hrithik Roshan wants UK trainer Joshua Kyle Baker for Mohenjo Daro. Agility needed, not muscles of Krrish 3! |last=Rai |first=K K |date=17 July 2014 |work=[[Stardust (magazine)|Stardust]] |access-date=29 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720002218/http://www.magnamags.com/stardust/hrithik-roshan-wants-uk-trainer-joshua-kyle-baker-for-mohenjo-daro-agility-needed-not-muscles-of/4747 |archive-date=20 July 2014 }}</ref> Despite being a highly anticipated release, it failed commercially, and critics were generally unenthusiastic.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/hrithik-roshan-ashutosh-gowariker-blame-each-other-poor-box-office-collection-mohenjo-daro-690924 |title=Hrithik Roshan, Ashutosh Gowariker blame each other for poor box office collection of 'Mohenjo Daro'? |date=23 August 2016 |work=International Business Times |access-date=29 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230155952/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/hrithik-roshan-ashutosh-gowariker-blame-each-other-poor-box-office-collection-mohenjo-daro-690924 |archive-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> Dismissing the film as an "unintentional comedy", [[Anupama Chopra]] wrote that Roshan "pours his soul into every scene. But the burden of carrying this leaden, cartoon-like narrative proves too much even for his Herculean shoulders."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/mohenjo-daro-review-by-anupama-chopra-an-unintentional-comedy/story-b3m2Jv3PmzOSwcbdLLt11L.html |title=Mohenjo Daro review by Anupama Chopra: An unintentional comedy |last=Chopra |first=Anupama |date=12 August 2016 |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=5 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010508/http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/mohenjo-daro-review-by-anupama-chopra-an-unintentional-comedy/story-b3m2Jv3PmzOSwcbdLLt11L.html |archive-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> Roshan was next seen alongside [[Yami Gautam]] in [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]'s ''[[Kaabil]]'' (2017), a romantic thriller about a blind man who avenges the rape of his blind wife. To ensure authenticity in his portrayal, Roshan locked himself in a room for four days and avoided contact with people.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/Hrithik-Roshan-locks-himself-for-four-days-to-prepare-for-Kaabil/articleshow/55706181.cms |title=Hrithik Roshan locks himself for four days to prepare for 'Kaabil' |date=30 November 2016 |work=Mumbai Mirror |access-date=19 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202012715/http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/Hrithik-Roshan-locks-himself-for-four-days-to-prepare-for-Kaabil/articleshow/55706181.cms |archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> Reviews for the film were generally positive with particular praise for Roshan's performance.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/Kaabil-box-office-collection-Day-1-Hrithik-Roshan-film-makes-a-strong-start/articleshow/56793388.cms |title='Kaabil' box-office collection Day 1: Hrithik Roshan film makes a strong start |date=26 January 2017 |work=The Times of India |access-date=26 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126092411/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/Kaabil-box-office-collection-Day-1-Hrithik-Roshan-film-makes-a-strong-start/articleshow/56793388.cms |archive-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> Meena Iyer of ''[[The Times of India]]'' found his performance to be his best to date,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/kaabil/movie-review/56749675.cms |title=Kaabil Movie Review |last=Iyer |first=Meena |date=27 January 2017 |work=The Times of India |access-date=27 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127003322/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/kaabil/movie-review/56749675.cms |archive-date=27 January 2017}}</ref> and Shubhra Gupta on ''[[The Indian Express]]'' considered him "the only bright spot in this dispirited mess of a movie."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/kaabil-movie-review-hrithik-roshan-yami-gautam-rakesh-roshan-star-rating-4489671/ |title=Kaabil movie review: Hrithik Roshan is the only bright spot in this dispirited mess of a film |last=Gupta |first=Shubhra |date=24 January 2017 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=25 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126143800/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/kaabil-movie-review-hrithik-roshan-yami-gautam-rakesh-roshan-star-rating-4489671/ |archive-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> The film accumulated {{INRConvert|1.96|b}} worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-kaabil-nearing-200-crores-worldwide-box-office/ |title=Box Office: Kaabil nearing 200 crores at the worldwide box office – Bollywood Hungama |date=8 February 2017 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080315/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-kaabil-nearing-200-crores-worldwide-box-office/ |archive-date=11 February 2017 |access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref>
For playing the role of a farmer in 2016 BC who travels to [[Mohenjo-daro]] in Ashutosh Gowariker's ''[[Mohenjo Daro (film)|Mohenjo Daro]]'' (2016), Roshan was paid {{INRConvert|500|m}}, a record-breaking remuneration for an Indian actor.<ref name="high">{{Cite news |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/hrithik-roshan-highest-paid-bollywood-actor-charges-50-crore-mohenjo-daro-report-609058 |title=Is Hrithik Roshan the Highest Paid Bollywood Actor? Charges ₹50 Crore for 'Mohenjo Daro': Report |last=Mehta |first=Ankita |date=14 September 2014 |work=International Business Times |access-date=25 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202025721/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/hrithik-roshan-highest-paid-bollywood-actor-charges-50-crore-mohenjo-daro-report-609058 |archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> He underwent a three-month training to achieve the "lithe" and "agile" physique required for his role.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.magnamags.com/stardust/hrithik-roshan-wants-uk-trainer-joshua-kyle-baker-for-mohenjo-daro-agility-needed-not-muscles-of/4747× |title=Hrithik Roshan wants UK trainer Joshua Kyle Baker for Mohenjo Daro. Agility needed, not muscles of Krrish 3! |last=Rai |first=K K |date=17 July 2014 |work=[[Stardust (magazine)|Stardust]] |access-date=29 December 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720002218/http://www.magnamags.com/stardust/hrithik-roshan-wants-uk-trainer-joshua-kyle-baker-for-mohenjo-daro-agility-needed-not-muscles-of/4747 |archive-date=20 July 2014 }}</ref> Despite being a highly anticipated release, it failed commercially, and critics were generally unenthusiastic.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/hrithik-roshan-ashutosh-gowariker-blame-each-other-poor-box-office-collection-mohenjo-daro-690924 |title=Hrithik Roshan, Ashutosh Gowariker blame each other for poor box office collection of 'Mohenjo Daro'? |date=23 August 2016 |work=International Business Times |access-date=29 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230155952/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/hrithik-roshan-ashutosh-gowariker-blame-each-other-poor-box-office-collection-mohenjo-daro-690924 |archive-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> Dismissing the film as an "unintentional comedy", [[Anupama Chopra]] wrote that Roshan "pours his soul into every scene. But the burden of carrying this leaden, cartoon-like narrative proves too much even for his Herculean shoulders."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/mohenjo-daro-review-by-anupama-chopra-an-unintentional-comedy/story-b3m2Jv3PmzOSwcbdLLt11L.html |title=Mohenjo Daro review by Anupama Chopra: An unintentional comedy |last=Chopra |first=Anupama |date=12 August 2016 |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=5 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106010508/http://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/mohenjo-daro-review-by-anupama-chopra-an-unintentional-comedy/story-b3m2Jv3PmzOSwcbdLLt11L.html |archive-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> Roshan was next seen alongside [[Yami Gautam]] in [[Sanjay Gupta (director)|Sanjay Gupta]]'s ''[[Kaabil]]'' (2017), a romantic thriller about a blind man who avenges the rape of his blind wife. To ensure authenticity in his portrayal, Roshan locked himself in a room for four days and avoided contact with people.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/Hrithik-Roshan-locks-himself-for-four-days-to-prepare-for-Kaabil/articleshow/55706181.cms |title=Hrithik Roshan locks himself for four days to prepare for 'Kaabil' |date=30 November 2016 |work=Mumbai Mirror |access-date=19 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202012715/http://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/Hrithik-Roshan-locks-himself-for-four-days-to-prepare-for-Kaabil/articleshow/55706181.cms |archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> Reviews for the film were generally positive with particular praise for Roshan's performance.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/Kaabil-box-office-collection-Day-1-Hrithik-Roshan-film-makes-a-strong-start/articleshow/56793388.cms |title='Kaabil' box-office collection Day 1: Hrithik Roshan film makes a strong start |date=26 January 2017 |work=The Times of India |access-date=26 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126092411/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/Kaabil-box-office-collection-Day-1-Hrithik-Roshan-film-makes-a-strong-start/articleshow/56793388.cms |archive-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> Meena Iyer of ''[[The Times of India]]'' found his performance to be his best to date,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/kaabil/movie-review/56749675.cms |title=Kaabil Movie Review |last=Iyer |first=Meena |date=27 January 2017 |work=The Times of India |access-date=27 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127003322/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/kaabil/movie-review/56749675.cms |archive-date=27 January 2017}}</ref> and Shubhra Gupta on ''[[The Indian Express]]'' considered him "the only bright spot in this dispirited mess of a movie."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/kaabil-movie-review-hrithik-roshan-yami-gautam-rakesh-roshan-star-rating-4489671/ |title=Kaabil movie review: Hrithik Roshan is the only bright spot in this dispirited mess of a film |last=Gupta |first=Shubhra |date=24 January 2017 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=25 January 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126143800/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/kaabil-movie-review-hrithik-roshan-yami-gautam-rakesh-roshan-star-rating-4489671/ |archive-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> The film accumulated {{INRConvert|1.96|b}} worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-kaabil-nearing-200-crores-worldwide-box-office/ |title=Box Office: Kaabil nearing 200 crores at the worldwide box office – Bollywood Hungama |date=8 February 2017 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080315/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-kaabil-nearing-200-crores-worldwide-box-office/ |archive-date=11 February 2017 |access-date=28 February 2017}}</ref>


After two years of screen absence, Roshan starred in two films in 2019, first in [[Vikas Bahl]]'s biographical film ''[[Super 30 (film)|Super 30]]'', based on the mathematician [[Anand Kumar]] and his [[Super 30|eponymous educational program]]. For the role, Roshan hired a trainer from Bhagalpur to learn Bihari accent.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/hrithik-roshan-learns-bihari-accent-for-super-30-with-lollipop-lagelu-watch-new-video-1570992-2019-07-18 |title=Hrithik Roshan learns Bihari accent for Super 30 with Lollipop Lagelu. Watch new video |date=18 July 2019 |work=India Today |access-date=20 July 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719162135/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/hrithik-roshan-learns-bihari-accent-for-super-30-with-lollipop-lagelu-watch-new-video-1570992-2019-07-18 |archive-date=19 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was released to mixed reviews but was a commercial success, grossing {{INRConvert|2|b}} worldwide.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/hrithik-roshan-on-super-30-success-it-s-how-i-felt-when-kaho-na-pyaar-hai-released-1572065-2019-07-22 |title=Hrithik Roshan on Super 30 success: It's how I felt when Kaho Na Pyaar Hai released |date=22 July 2019 |work=India Today |access-date=23 July 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722124317/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/hrithik-roshan-on-super-30-success-it-s-how-i-felt-when-kaho-na-pyaar-hai-released-1572065-2019-07-22 |archive-date=22 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/super_30_2019 |title=Super 30 (2019) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |language=en |access-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722202757/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/super_30_2019 |archive-date=22 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> While NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee found Roshan miscast in his role,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/super-30-movie-review-bronzing-hrithik-roshan-up-to-play-anand-kumar-is-a-formula-that-equals-zero-2-2068243 |title=Super 30 Movie Review: Hrithik Roshan Is Horribly Miscast In Another Botched Bollywood Biopic |last=Chatterjee |first=Saibal |date=12 July 2019 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721154038/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/super-30-movie-review-bronzing-hrithik-roshan-up-to-play-anand-kumar-is-a-formula-that-equals-zero-2-2068243 |archive-date=21 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Michael Gomes of ''[[Khaleej Times]]'' called it one of his best performances.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/bollywood/super-30-review-hrithik-roshan-drives-with-his-earnest-performance |title='Super 30' review: Hrithik Roshan drives with his earnest performance |last=Gomes |first=Michael |date=11 July 2019 |work=Khaleej Times |access-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712161633/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/bollywood/super-30-review-hrithik-roshan-drives-with-his-earnest-performance |archive-date=12 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Roshan found his biggest commercial success in the [[List of Bollywood films of 2019|highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2019]], the {{INRConvert|4.75|b}}-earning action thriller ''[[War (2019 film)|War]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-tiger-shroff-s-action-film-to-release-on-october-2-2019/story-agmcQWqA1GjG9NvoTVTh9M.html |title=Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff's action film to release on October 2, 2019 |date=3 February 2018 |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=3 February 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203115940/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-tiger-shroff-s-action-film-to-release-on-october-2-2019/story-agmcQWqA1GjG9NvoTVTh9M.html |archive-date=3 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office-collections/worldwide/all-time/page/1 |title=Bollywood Top Grossers Worldwide |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013072341/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office-collections/worldwide/all-time/page/1/ |archive-date=13 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film, Roshan's first with [[Yash Raj Films]] since ''Dhoom 2'', tells the story of an Indian soldier ([[Tiger Shroff]]) tasked with eliminating his former mentor (Roshan) who has gone rogue. Reviews for the film and the performances were positive; Rajeev Masand praised Roshan and Shroff for their commitment to the action, "bringing swag to the big stylish sequences and a visceral energy to the one-on-one punch-ups in the movie".<ref>{{cite web |title=War Movie Review: Hrithik Roshan-Tiger Shroff Film Gives You Your Money's Worth |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/war-movie-review-hrithik-roshan-tiger-shroff-film-gives-you-your-moneys-worth-2331655.html |first=Rajeev |last=Masand |publisher=CNN-News18 |date=3 October 2019 |access-date=4 January 2022 |archive-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104205145/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/war-movie-review-hrithik-roshan-tiger-shroff-film-gives-you-your-moneys-worth-2331655.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
After two years of screen absence, Roshan starred in two films in 2019, first in [[Vikas Bahl]]'s biographical film ''[[Super 30 (film)|Super 30]]'', based on the mathematician [[Anand Kumar]] and his [[Super 30|eponymous educational program]]. For the role, Roshan hired a trainer from Bhagalpur to learn Bihari accent.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/hrithik-roshan-learns-bihari-accent-for-super-30-with-lollipop-lagelu-watch-new-video-1570992-2019-07-18 |title=Hrithik Roshan learns Bihari accent for Super 30 with Lollipop Lagelu. Watch new video |date=18 July 2019 |work=India Today |access-date=20 July 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190719162135/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/hrithik-roshan-learns-bihari-accent-for-super-30-with-lollipop-lagelu-watch-new-video-1570992-2019-07-18 |archive-date=19 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was released to mixed reviews but was a commercial success, grossing {{INRConvert|2|b}} worldwide.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/hrithik-roshan-on-super-30-success-it-s-how-i-felt-when-kaho-na-pyaar-hai-released-1572065-2019-07-22 |title=Hrithik Roshan on Super 30 success: It's how I felt when Kaho Na Pyaar Hai released |date=22 July 2019 |work=India Today |access-date=23 July 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722124317/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/hrithik-roshan-on-super-30-success-it-s-how-i-felt-when-kaho-na-pyaar-hai-released-1572065-2019-07-22 |archive-date=22 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/super_30_2019 |title=Super 30 (2019) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |language=en |access-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722202757/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/super_30_2019 |archive-date=22 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> While NDTV's Saibal Chatterjee found Roshan miscast in his role,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/super-30-movie-review-bronzing-hrithik-roshan-up-to-play-anand-kumar-is-a-formula-that-equals-zero-2-2068243 |title=Super 30 Movie Review: Hrithik Roshan Is Horribly Miscast In Another Botched Bollywood Biopic |last=Chatterjee |first=Saibal |date=12 July 2019 |publisher=NDTV |access-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721154038/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/super-30-movie-review-bronzing-hrithik-roshan-up-to-play-anand-kumar-is-a-formula-that-equals-zero-2-2068243 |archive-date=21 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Michael Gomes of ''[[Khaleej Times]]'' called it one of his best performances.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/bollywood/super-30-review-hrithik-roshan-drives-with-his-earnest-performance |title='Super 30' review: Hrithik Roshan drives with his earnest performance |last=Gomes |first=Michael |date=11 July 2019 |work=Khaleej Times |access-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712161633/https://www.khaleejtimes.com/citytimes/bollywood/super-30-review-hrithik-roshan-drives-with-his-earnest-performance |archive-date=12 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Roshan found his biggest commercial success in the [[List of Bollywood films of 2019|highest-grossing Bollywood film of 2019]], the {{INRConvert|4.75|b}}-earning action thriller ''[[War (2019 film)|War]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-tiger-shroff-s-action-film-to-release-on-october-2-2019/story-agmcQWqA1GjG9NvoTVTh9M.html |title=Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff's action film to release on October 2, 2019 |date=3 February 2018 |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=3 February 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203115940/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-tiger-shroff-s-action-film-to-release-on-october-2-2019/story-agmcQWqA1GjG9NvoTVTh9M.html |archive-date=3 February 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office-collections/worldwide/all-time/page/1 |title=Bollywood Top Grossers Worldwide |website=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013072341/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office-collections/worldwide/all-time/page/1/ |archive-date=13 October 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film, Roshan's first with [[Yash Raj Films]] since ''Dhoom 2'', tells the story of an Indian soldier ([[Tiger Shroff]]) tasked with eliminating his former mentor (Roshan) who has gone rogue. Reviews for the film and the performances were positive; Rajeev Masand praised Roshan and Shroff for their commitment to the action, "bringing swag to the big stylish sequences and a visceral energy to the one-on-one punch-ups in the movie".<ref>{{cite web |title=War Movie Review: Hrithik Roshan-Tiger Shroff Film Gives You Your Money's Worth |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/war-movie-review-hrithik-roshan-tiger-shroff-film-gives-you-your-moneys-worth-2331655.html |first=Rajeev |last=Masand |publisher=CNN-News18 |date=3 October 2019 |access-date=4 January 2022 |archive-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104205145/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/war-movie-review-hrithik-roshan-tiger-shroff-film-gives-you-your-moneys-worth-2331655.html |url-status=live }}</ref>


Roshan's next release was three years later in ''[[Vikram Vedha (2022 film)|Vikram Vedha]]'' (2022), a remake of the Tamil [[Vikram Vedha|film of the same name]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Vikram Vedha first look has Hrithik Roshan on wrong side of the law, Madhavan calls it 'epic' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-first-look-vikram-vedha-hindi-remake-birthday-see-photo-7715340/ |access-date=21 March 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 January 2022 |language=en |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307070855/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-first-look-vikram-vedha-hindi-remake-birthday-see-photo-7715340/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Tanushree|last1=Roy|title=Saif Ali Khan starts shooting for Hrithik Roshan's Vikram Vedha in Lucknow|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/saif-ali-khan-starts-shooting-for-hrithik-roshan-s-vikram-vedha-in-lucknow-1882913-2021-12-01|url-status=live|work=India Today|date=1 December 2021|access-date=21 March 2022|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202195815/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/saif-ali-khan-starts-shooting-for-hrithik-roshan-s-vikram-vedha-in-lucknow-1882913-2021-12-01}}</ref> The film tells the story of Vikram, a police inspector (Saif Ali Khan) who sets out to track down and kill Vedha (Roshan), a gangster. It received positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vikram Vedha |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vikram_vedha_2022 |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=1 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001172626/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vikram_vedha_2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rachana Dubey of ''The Times of India'' praised Roshan's performance, writing that he "is menacing, ruthless and extremely emotional in parts".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dubey |first1=Rachana |title=''Vikram Vedha'' Review: An action-thriller that plays mind games... |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/vikram-vedha/movie-review/94498413.cms |access-date=1 October 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929084657/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/vikram-vedha/movie-review/94498413.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite this, it did not perform well commercially, leading Roshan to question the kind of roles he would do in the future.<ref>{{cite news |title='I will think twice before doing a role' Hrithik Roshan on Vikram Vedha's failure|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/i-will-think-twice-before-doing-a-role-hrithik-roshan-on-vikram-vedhas-failure/articleshow/96620886.cms?from=mdr |work=The Economic Times |date=30 December 2022 |access-date=29 January 2023 }}</ref>
Roshan's next release was three years later in ''[[Vikram Vedha (2022 film)|Vikram Vedha]]'' (2022), a remake of the Tamil [[Vikram Vedha|film of the same name]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Vikram Vedha first look has Hrithik Roshan on wrong side of the law, Madhavan calls it 'epic' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-first-look-vikram-vedha-hindi-remake-birthday-see-photo-7715340/ |access-date=21 March 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=11 January 2022 |language=en |archive-date=7 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307070855/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-first-look-vikram-vedha-hindi-remake-birthday-see-photo-7715340/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Tanushree|last1=Roy|title=Saif Ali Khan starts shooting for Hrithik Roshan's Vikram Vedha in Lucknow|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/saif-ali-khan-starts-shooting-for-hrithik-roshan-s-vikram-vedha-in-lucknow-1882913-2021-12-01|url-status=live|work=India Today|date=1 December 2021|access-date=21 March 2022|archive-date=2 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202195815/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/saif-ali-khan-starts-shooting-for-hrithik-roshan-s-vikram-vedha-in-lucknow-1882913-2021-12-01}}</ref> The film tells the story of Vikram, a police inspector (Saif Ali Khan) who sets out to track down and kill Vedha (Roshan), a gangster. It received positive reviews from critics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vikram Vedha |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vikram_vedha_2022 |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=1 October 2022 |language=en |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001172626/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/vikram_vedha_2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> Rachana Dubey of ''The Times of India'' praised Roshan's performance, writing that he "is menacing, ruthless and extremely emotional in parts".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dubey |first1=Rachana |title=''Vikram Vedha'' Review: An action-thriller that plays mind games... |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/vikram-vedha/movie-review/94498413.cms |access-date=1 October 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=30 September 2022 |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929084657/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/vikram-vedha/movie-review/94498413.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite this, it did not perform well commercially, leading Roshan to question the kind of roles he would do in the future.<ref>{{cite news |title='I will think twice before doing a role' Hrithik Roshan on Vikram Vedha's failure|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/i-will-think-twice-before-doing-a-role-hrithik-roshan-on-vikram-vedhas-failure/articleshow/96620886.cms?from=mdr |work=The Economic Times |date=30 December 2022 |access-date=29 January 2023 }}</ref>


Roshan will next star in Siddharth Anand's action film ''Fighter'' (2024), with [[Deepika Padukone]] and [[Anil Kapoor]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone's ''Fighter'' gets pushed for the fourth time, announces new release date |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-deepika-padukone-fighter-new-release-date-8234625/ |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=28 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
Roshan will next star in Siddharth Anand's action film ''[[Fighter (2024 film)|Fighter]]'' (2024), with [[Deepika Padukone]] and [[Anil Kapoor]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hrithik Roshan, Deepika Padukone's ''Fighter'' gets pushed for the fourth time, announces new release date |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/hrithik-roshan-deepika-padukone-fighter-new-release-date-8234625/ |access-date=6 November 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=28 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>


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