Watch this throwback video from the year 2000, where Hrithik Roshan can be seen at a press conference for his film "Fiza". During the interaction, he talked about working with Jaya Bachchan and also addressed some rumours about his role in the film.
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00:00 Karishma was playing the title role, but I am playing the main lead.
00:03 I am the main protagonist of the film.
00:06 Hrithik is not a superstar.
00:07 What is my image? I don't have an image. I am an actor.
00:10 I didn't make the film. The film made me.
00:12 It's always the film that makes the actor.
00:14 Tell us your experience with Jai Ji.
00:27 Jai Ji was like this. She used to play with me completely.
00:38 She used to call me on the sets and really pamper the hell out of me.
00:48 She is so talented. I got so much to learn from her.
00:56 The kind of spontaneity that she has developed is unbelievable.
01:02 Every scene she had something to offer to every scene.
01:08 The improvisations that went on for every scene were incredible.
01:15 I had so much fun working with her.
01:16 You make a mistake in working with such a big star.
01:18 The point was that she didn't come across as... She was, but...
01:26 She was a senior and she is a star.
01:29 She just felt like a mother. She just mothered all of us.
01:35 I felt so comfortable.
01:37 Karu played sister to Aishwarya and Vyosh.
01:40 Now you are playing sister to Kata.
01:42 Brother to... Sorry, sorry. I forgot.
01:44 The relationship between Karu and Aishwarya was brother and sister.
01:48 Now you are playing brother to Karishma.
01:50 Do you think it would affect your image in any way in your further films?
01:54 Or if you get a film engaged with Karishma...
01:56 What is my image?
02:00 I don't have an image. I am an actor.
02:02 No, but what happens when you get a film with Karishma as a lead?
02:05 I will do it.
02:06 You will do it?
02:07 Because I love working with her.
02:08 Of course I will.
02:09 This is a question for Khalej.
02:10 And it's up to my conviction as an actor to play that part
02:15 and convince people that I could be romantically paired with her.
02:18 Well, have you ever heard of misquotes?
02:28 This was one of them.
02:30 They also said that I read somewhere that
02:34 I am only in the second half of the film.
02:37 Which is again...
02:38 It's... Sorry?
02:41 Which is again false.
02:44 Because in the screenplay of the story,
02:47 in the story, in the film,
02:51 I appeared in the film real time in the second half.
02:54 But I am all over the first half in flashbacks.
02:56 Where the film starts with me, I am in the first half of the film.
03:01 Khalej, can you throw some light on whether this story idea
03:08 you got from Kaustya Govinda's 'Missing'
03:10 or Kamala Singh's 'Mahanadi'
03:11 because to some extent it was about the search for a missing relative in both the films.
03:16 No, but there's so much bigovity in all that.
03:19 But of course I did see 'Missing' after writing the script
03:22 to see if there were any similarities.
03:24 But happy to say no.
03:27 But yeah, there is some, I think, influence on me
03:31 in terms of Kaustya Govinda's,
03:33 not the film, in terms of the Kathi, the fast-paced editing.
03:37 That is the only connection with Mr. Kaustya Govinda's
03:40 but not 'Missing' as such.
03:42 Aditya, all the films you have,
03:45 are they directed by a PCO or a producer?
03:47 But how is it to work with a Pantrkar director?
03:50 It's all about being talented.
03:57 It doesn't matter if you're an established producer, director or a writer or whatever.
04:06 And you know he's talented.
04:08 His kind of creative work that he's done,
04:11 is, you know, everybody's aware of that.
04:16 So how would I feel?
04:19 Well, I had lots of fun.
04:20 It was great fun working for this film.
04:23 As you can see, he's always smiling.
04:24 Even on the sets, he never gets angry.
04:28 Even if we used to do the worst piece of acting.
04:31 He still used to have a smile on his face and say,
04:34 "No, no, no, don't do that.
04:36 Do it like this."
04:37 So it was great, great fun.
04:40 The title role, 'Shiza' is played by Karishma.
04:43 So the popular impression is that it's totally a hero-oriented film.
04:47 So can you just highlight the role?
04:49 Well, see, Karishma is playing the title role.
04:54 But I'm playing the main lead.
04:56 I am the main protagonist of the film.
05:00 According to me, the film should have been titled 'Lama'.
05:05 Because, I mean, it's...
05:07 That's just a joke.
05:09 Because it is about him, you know.
05:13 It's through the eyes of the sister.
05:15 But as the caption line says, in search of her brother.
05:20 So, you know, I'm as much there as she is.
05:24 Yeah, well, I'm not playing your conventional,
05:28 stereotype, commercial hero in this film.
05:30 I'm not doing...
05:30 It's not another 'Kahuna Pyaar Hai'.
05:32 I'm not doing what I did in 'Kahuna Pyaar Hai'.
05:34 But that is what is so beautiful about this film.
05:36 That is why I find myself lucky to get an opportunity
05:41 to do a film like this early in my career.
05:43 Mr. Mohamad, I read some place that the role of Aman
05:47 was written with Hrithik's eyes and mind.
05:49 But what else...
05:51 I mean, while writing the screenplay, I was hoping he'd do it.
05:56 I mean, I've known him since he was so high.
05:58 But apart from his eyes, there's lots happening there.
06:03 So, basically, I just need him, his persona.
06:06 The eyes are a bonus.
06:08 But his on-screen persona surfaced only with 'Kahuna Pyaar Hai'.
06:12 His on-screen persona, performance and everything
06:16 came out only after 'Kahuna Pyaar Hai'.
06:18 So, what is it that made you place your confidence in him
06:21 even before the film happened?
06:22 No, 'Kahuna Pyaar Hai' had nothing to do with it.
06:27 I've just seen Hrithik grow up before my eyes.
06:30 And I was a bit hesitant to approach him
06:34 because if he said no, I'd have been devastated.
06:36 So, there was a common thread, Karan Johar.
06:40 He said, "No, you should go to him."
06:42 And he said, "Yes."
06:44 It was written with him in mind.
06:48 And I was hoping he'd do it.
06:49 It was a really great learning experience
06:52 because coming from...
06:55 I did theatre for a while.
06:56 But working with all the big people in their own respects,
07:00 and it was a great learning experience.
07:01 And as far as my role goes,
07:03 it's basically a guy who's just graduated from college
07:07 and the only thing in life that matters to him is this girl.
07:13 Hrithik and I knew each other from our acting classes.
07:16 And at that time, 'Kahuna' hadn't released.
07:18 Hrithik is not a superstar on the sets.
07:23 He's a nice guy to work with.
07:24 A lot of fun.
07:27 So, we ended up having a lot of fun.
07:30 Thank you.
07:30 I was very fortunate, actually.
07:33 I mean, we had an excellent team of...
07:36 the cast as well as the technicians.
07:39 I really didn't feel the problems that I keep reading
07:46 and hearing that other producers have gone through.
07:49 I think we've had a really very, very easy time
07:52 and from all of them.
07:53 And they were really very supportive.
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