“Lord Of The Rings Inspired My Father To Make Krish,” Says Hrithik Roshan

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]Aug 18 (ANI): As the work on ‘Krrish 4’ is underway, actor Hrithik Roshan took a walk down the memory lane, sharing that it is actually ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy that has starred his father and director Rakesh Roshan. prompted to turn. His 2003 film ‘Koi .. Mil Gaya’ in a franchise.

“There’s a bit of a connection between me and ‘The Lord of the Rings.’ He watched movies one after the other. After finishing all the parts, he called me and started talking about the trilogy,” Hrithik said in Mumbai on Thursday on Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming series ‘The Lord of the Rings’. : The Rings of Power’ during a promotional event.

He continued, “My father (Rakesh Roshan) talked about how he (the creator of Lord of the Rings) used this great, incredible idea and then it progressed, which was so incredible. That’s it. It was like, Why can’t we do this? And that was the birth of Krish. So if there was no Lord of the Rings, there would be no Krish either.”

The first film ‘Krrish’ was released in 2006, while the second film in the series ‘Krrish 3’ was released in 2013. Priyanka Chopra was opposite Hrithik in both the films. The protagonist of ‘Krrish’ was Naseeruddin Shah while Vivek Oberoi played the antagonist in ‘Krrish’ 3. All these films were directed by Hrithik’s father Rakesh Roshan.

In 2021, on the occasion of 15 years of ‘Krrish’, Hrithik took to Instagram to officially announce the expansion of ‘Krrish’ world with the fourth part.

“The past is done. Let’s see what the future brings. Krrish 4. #15yearsofKrish,” he wrote, adding a short clip of his animated look from ‘Krrish’.

Apart from talking about the ‘Krrish’ franchise, Hrithik also expressed his excitement to see the new ‘The Lord of the Rings’ series.

“I’m extremely excited to see it. It’s the kind of stuff I aspire to,” he said.

The upcoming series, which brings to screen heroic legends from another era of Middle-earth history, is set to premiere on September 2. The cast includes Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Robert Aramayo, Owen Arthur, Maxim Baldry, Nazanin. Boniadi, Morphid Clark, Ismail Cruz Cordova, Charles Edwards, Tristan Gravell, Sir Lenny Henry, Emma Horvath, Markella Kavanagh, Joseph Mawley, Tyro Muhafidin, Sofia Nomvat and Lloyd Owen among others. (ANI)

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