Rakesh Roshan is definitely planning a sequel; not of the 2010 disaster Kites, but of 2006 superhit movie, Krrish. Though reports had earlier stated that Roshan Sr. had dropped the idea of Krrish 2 after the release of the visually spellbinding Hollywood movie Avatar, the 2nd installment of the film has now officially been given the green signal.

And Papa Roshan is leaving no stones unturned to make sure that this movie turns out to be a great hit and wipes out the embarrassment of Kites. For starts, Rakesh has taken upon himself to supervise every minute detail of the screenplay and the dialogues which writer Robin Bhatt is in charge of. Known to give a free hand to his writers with minimal interference, this time Rakesh is being very cautious as his son’s as well as his production company Filmkraft’s future is at stake. So while Hrithik is busy shooting for Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Milegi Na Dobara, his dad is working non-stop on Krrish2. The basic story of the sequel has apparently been fixed so the details are now been worked upon. Also, Deepika Padukone (who had refused Kites because of the intimate scenes) may be playing the female lead in the film.

After directing Hrithik Roshan in three of his career’s biggest hits - Kaho Na Pyaar Hai, Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish - we hope that the father-son duo turn out to be fourth time lucky. Source

Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Salman Khan can now wax eloquent over Hrithik Roshan. Quite literally, considering that Roshan Junior now joins the notable ranks of the above… who will be immortalised in waxwork at the famed Madame Tussauds in London.

HR, filming for Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ in Spain, was over the moon with happiness when he learnt of the development. And back home in India, the Roshans can barely hide their glee over the prestigious honour.

A source close to the Roshans says, “The family is all the more excited because it’s only been a decade since Hrithik entered the industry, while the others took a longer time to receive this honour.”

Come January 2011, the Madame Tussauds team of professionals will arrive in Mumbai to take those intricate, pain staking measurements for the waxwork. And Robert Pattison, ‘Twilight’ star and most smooched model in the museum will soon have some Indian light eyed competition. Source

Our Bollywood stars have all the fun when they are shooting overseas. If they had the same masti on the sets of some filmi studio here in Mumbai, they would invariably get romantically linked with each other.

So is the case with Katrina Kaif and Hrithik Roshan. The two along with the rest of the cast of Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, are having a blast in Spain. They were out on the streets of Spain smashing tomatoes on each other at the annual Tomato festival that was held there.

“I had only heard about it, but now I got to experience it. The ritual brings in good luck. People from all over the world come to witness it. I had a lot of fun,” she said from Spain. Unfortunately, the one who missed out on all the fun was Mrs Roshan. Sussanne, who is also there, didn’t want to participate in it as the smell of rotting tomato pulp was driving her crazy. But other than her, nobody’s complaining!  Source

The not so lucky with the alphabet K director Rakesh Roshan has installed nine close-circuit television cameras in the three floors of his house in order to ensure the safety of his family.

And the senior Roshan personally monitors the footage from each of the cameras.

This way, he can keep a tab on the comings and goings in his house.

The cameras are aimed at the entrances to the house and in the kitchen. Apparently, he had ordered the cameras a long time ago, but has installed them only recently. Source

50,000! Yeah, a glorious, anxious and precious set of Abhishek Bachchan loyalists, numbering a whopping half a lakh, engaged Bachchan Junior in an online chat. And created cyber history of sorts!!

Incidentally, the number of fans desirous of chatting with the ‘Raavan’ rage built up sooooooooooooo mucccchhhhhh… that the server crashed!! And had to be reset.

Abhy Boy’s popularity has been steadily soaring… and with the phenomenal ‘Raavan’ buzz peaking, it was hardly surprising that a teeming set of admirers were also trying to chat up with the able star.

Incidentally, Hrithik Roshan had managed to pull in 27,000 fans during the pre publicity aura of ‘Kites’. Abhy Boy, however, has raced ahead!

Abhy Boy: ‘King of Chat’. Source

Way Long before Hrehaan and Hridhaan were born, there was a special baby for whom heartthrob Hrithik Roshan had a soft corner. The baby has now grown up to be the current superstar of Bollywood, and he is none other than Ranbir Kapoor. Recently, Hrithik Roshan expressed his adoration for Ranbir Kapoor in an interview with a news weekly stating that he was very fond of the Kapoor scion when he was a kid. 
 
Hrithik talked at length about the family picnics of Kapoors and Bachchans and how he would baby-sit for Ranbir. Hrithik Roshan revealed that most of the time during family picnics, he would end up taking care of baby Ranbir, who is nine years younger to him. He also related amusing incidents and said that the actor was quite a cry-baby. Hrithik did not refrain from adding that the latter also peed on him during one of their outings!

Well, little did their parents know then that the two kids would grow up to be the best looking men of the film industry. Source

Hrithik Roshan had high hopes from his latest release Kites . But critics’ disapproval seems to have hurt him and he is hitting back at them.He said recently: “I hardly take critics’ comments to heart. Even when they praised or criticised me in my previous films. I would rather go by the box office collections.”

Sure Kites grossed over Rs 21 crore on its opening day, but the verdict is that the audiences went to see the film but didn’t like it. The Spanish - Hindi - English love story didn’t jell with the tastes of the masses in India.

The film didn’t have a gripping story or screenplay either. Of course the foreign audience might have a different take on it. Hrithik maintains he tried something different and Kites is the best film of his career. Source

Hit or no hit, Hrithik Roshan’s fans couldn’t care less about the film he had come to promote on Sunday afternoon, as long as they could get a glimpse of the man himself. Added advantage? Someone had spread the word that Barbara Mori is looking hot in a cool, short dress. Phir toh, the crowd at TGIP mall in Noida multiplied by the second.

The Kites pair, Hrithik and Barbara, was to come to Big Cinemas for a press conference, but before that, there was a short interaction with the crowd too. This only excited the crowd more, and soon, they began to roar his name.

The pair was also supposed to make an appearance at the Provogue store. They’d even advertised the same – and this added to the chaos, for, the crowd outside the store became unmanageable, with everyone hanging over the barricades and floor railings to look into the store. But, Hrithik and Barbara never came to the store. Sources later told us that Hrithik, who was also accompanied by Rakesh Roshan, was miffed at the visible chaos created by the immense crowd at the event. “Hrithik was upset after the crowd present in the mall misbehaved with Barbara Mori… They leapt over, and some even tried to touch Barbara, and in the melee, it left Barbara with scratched knees and a ripped nail,” said the source, who was present there. More

The superstar Shah Rukh Khan recently threw a bash for the success of his dear friend Hrithik Roshan and Barbara’s recently released ‘Kites’. The grand party was hosted by Shah Rukh and his wife Gauri Khan at their Bandra residence Mannat.

The party was attended by close friends of both SRK and Gauri Khan. Apart from their close friends like Chunky-Bhavana Pandey, Anurag Basu, Hrithik- Sussane Roshan and Mexican beauty Barbara Mori along with her brother Kintaro.

SRK too sang some of his favorite songs and also made Sussane croon. SRK seemed super impressed with Sussane and said, “Kites celebration at home… lovely to have seen duggu & team having worked so hard and making an earnest film. I did not know that Sussane sings like a dream…so much talent and such little time to find it.” Source

‘Kites’, starring Hrithik Roshan and Mexican actor Barbara Mori, has caught the fancy of the American media, making it perhaps the most reviewed Bollywood film on opening day by so many US critics. The New York Times considered it ‘all completely loony, but the stunts are impressive, the photography crisp and the leads so adorably besotted that audiences might as well check their cynicism at the door.’

‘A lovers on-the-lam blast of pure pulp escapism. Directed by Anurag Basu with a finger in every genre jar, ‘Kites’ caroms from car chase to shootout, from rain dancing to bank robbing with unflagging energy,’ it said.

In Times’ view Bollywood star ‘Roshan requires viewing uncut: writhing on the dance floor or just gazing into space, the man was made to drive women crazy, one movie at a time.’ More