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My Take
Rakesh Roshan is my favorite kind of Bollywood story: the journeyman who became the master. Eighty-four films across the 1970s and 80s, mostly as a dependable supporting actor, then a complete reinvention as a director from 1987 onward, all those famous K-titled films, capped by Best Director Filmfare wins in 2001 and 2004. Blooming as a filmmaker in the second half of a career, rather than fading, is hard to pull off. He is also the father who launched Hrithik, but what stays with me is the patience of a man who turned decades of accumulated craft into genuine authorship behind the camera.
Overview
Rakesh Roshan Nagrath (born 6 September 1949) is an Indian film producer, director, screenwriter and actor who works in Hindi films. He appeared in 84 films in the 1970s and 1980s. As an actor, he is mostly known for his supporting roles in big-budget films. Later, his prominence increased and he achieved fame for directing films with titles beginning with the letter "K" since 1987.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rakesh Roshan
- Name (Japanese)
- ラケシュ・ローシャン
- Reading
- らけしゅ・ろーしゃん
- Born
- September 6, 1949 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Ox
- Origin
- Mumbai, Bombay State, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / film producer / stage actor / film actor / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2001 Filmfare Award for Best Director
- 2004 Filmfare Award for Best Director
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakesh%20Roshan
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.