Hrithik Roshan is an Indian actor. He is regarded as one of the best actors in India and one of India's biggest film stars as well as one of the country's richest actors. Having appeared as a child actor in several films throughout the 1980s, Roshan made his film debut In leading role in Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai in 2000. His performance in the film earned him the Best Actor and Best Male Debut awards at Filmfare. He followed it with leading roles in Fiza and Mission Kashmir (both released in 2000) and a supporting part in the blockbuster ensemble family drama Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001).
Following through with several unnoticed performances from 2002 to 2003, he starred in the blockbusters sci-fi Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) and its sequel Krrish (2006), both of which won him numerous Best Actor awards. Roshan received his third Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in the action film Dhoom 2 (2006), and his fourth for Jodhaa Akbar (2008) for which he was also awarded at the Golden Minbar International Film Festival. He later received further acclaim for his work in Guzaarish (2010), Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011) and Agneepath (2012) and Krrish 3 (2013), his biggest commercial success so far. He thus established himself as one of the best actors in Indian cinema.
Nominations
- 2017: Best Actor â Male for Kaabil
- 2001: Best Actor for Fiza
- 2007: Best Actor for Krrish
- 2013: Best Actor in an Action Film for Krrish 3
- 2008: Golden Minbar International Film Festival for Muslim Cinema (Kazan, Russia) - Best Actor for Jodhaa Akbar
Other film awards
- 2001: Screen Videocon Awards, Best Male Debut for Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
- 2001: Screen Videocon Awards, Best Actor for Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
- 2004: FICCI Hall Of Fame Awards, Best Actor for Koi... Mil Gaya
- 2007: GIFA Award for Best Actor for Krrish
- 2007: Anandlok Awards, Best Male Actor for Krrish
- 2012: Lions Favourite Actor (Critics) - Agneepath
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Other awards
Honours and recognitions
- In March 2001, he was ranked 2nd Most Powerful Indian Film Star by Forbes.
- In August 2001, he was honoured with National Citizen's Award for his contribution to Indian Cinema.
- In 2003, he was honoured with the Awadh Samman by the Government of Uttar Pradesh for his outstanding contribution to Indian Cinema.
- In 2004, he was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Young Achiever Award.
- In May 2006, he was conferred with the prestigious Sahara Awadh Samman in a glittering ceremony during finale at the fortnight-long Lucknow Mahotsav.
- In December 2006, he was honoured during the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Panaji for his contributions to mainstream cinema.
- In February 2009, he was among the 10 recipients of the IIFA-FICCI Frames Awards for the "Most Powerful Entertainers of the Decade".
- In 2009 he was credited as a fantastic dancer by Los Angeles newspaper.
- No wonder then that these guys are voted as India's Most Desirable in 2010.
- On 20 January 2011, his life-size wax figure was installed at London's prestigious Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, making him the fifth Indian actor to have been replicated as a wax statue in the museum.
- In 2011, he was voted as the "Sexiest Asian in the World" by the Eastern Eye Weekly.
- In February 2012, he was voted as the "Most Lovable Star".
- On 5 December 2012, Roshan's wax image has been unveiled at Madame Tussauds museum Washington, DC.
- In December 2012, he was crowned for the second year in a row as the "Sexiest Asian Man in the World" by the Eastern Eye Weekly.
- In December 2014, he was voted the world's sexiest Asian man for the third time in four years.
- In January 2018, he was voted the most handsome actor in the world by a website of which majority of traffic comes from India.
- In January 2025, he was honoured at Joy Awards of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh for contributing twenty-five years to the entertainment industry.
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