{"id":2050,"date":"2013-09-17T01:27:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T19:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2013-09-17T11:39:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T06:09:00","slug":"hrithik-roshan-and-paani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/","title":{"rendered":"Hrithik Roshan and Paani"},"content":{"rendered":"

Which Director in his right mind would ever give up a chance to work with Hrithik Roshan ?<\/p>\n

He has been one of the most exciting actors in Hindi Cinema for a long time. \u00a0And a huge star to boot. \u00a0Some years ago I predicted he would be the first Indian actor to hit Hollywood big time. Like I mean really, in the A list. \u00a0I am surprised that he has not done so. Maybe Hindi films keep him too busy. Maybe he will after the next Krish<\/p>\n

And years ago, as I sat down to write Paani, I had one image in mind to play the male lead. Hrithik Roshan. The character I described in the script was completely Hrithik. His manner, his inner world, his conflicts .. were all Hrithik. I sat with AR Rahman and as we composed music together, I always would ask him to imagine Hrithik.<\/p>\n

But then the years passed. I got involved with Hollywood. Other projects ensnared me away from the project that was my deepest passion .. Paani. \u00a0And as the years passed, and the script kept evolving.. changing. \u00a0And Hrithik changed too. He went from being a young man uncertain of himself, a young man looking for his identity in this world, with no understanding of the power, the rebellion inside him that would change his life…..<\/p>\n

….to what Hrithik is today. The Super Hero. The man who is the protector, the man who can take on the world single handedly. The man who knows he can take on the world singlehandedly. Hrithik evolved into Krish.<\/p>\n

And I realized I had left it too late…..<\/p>\n

So while I lost the chance to cast Hrithik in Paani, I hope that he would still agree to be in one of my next films. In Hollywood probably.<\/p>\n

For which Director in his right mind would ever give up the chance to work with Hrithik Roshan ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Which Director in his right mind would ever give up a chance to work with Hrithik Roshan ? He has been one of the most exciting actors in Hindi Cinema for a long time. \u00a0And a huge star to boot. \u00a0Some years ago I predicted he would be the first Indian actor to hit Hollywood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nHrithik Roshan and Paani - Shekhar Kapur<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hrithik Roshan and Paani - Shekhar Kapur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Which Director in his right mind would ever give up a chance to work with Hrithik Roshan ? He has been one of the most exciting actors in Hindi Cinema for a long time. \u00a0And a huge star to boot. \u00a0Some years ago I predicted he would be the first Indian actor to hit Hollywood […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Shekhar Kapur\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-16T19:57:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-09-17T06:09:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"shekhar\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"shekhar\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"shekhar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6\"},\"headline\":\"Hrithik Roshan and Paani\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-16T19:57:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-17T06:09:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":322,\"commentCount\":37,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hrithik Roshan and Paani - Shekhar Kapur\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-16T19:57:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-17T06:09:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Hrithik Roshan and Paani\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Shekhar Kapur\",\"description\":\"I exist because you imagine I do\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6\",\"name\":\"shekhar\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"shekhar\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/admin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/shekharkapur.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/shekhar\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hrithik Roshan and Paani - Shekhar Kapur","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hrithik Roshan and Paani - Shekhar Kapur","og_description":"Which Director in his right mind would ever give up a chance to work with Hrithik Roshan ? He has been one of the most exciting actors in Hindi Cinema for a long time. \u00a0And a huge star to boot. \u00a0Some years ago I predicted he would be the first Indian actor to hit Hollywood […]","og_url":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/","og_site_name":"Shekhar Kapur","article_published_time":"2013-09-16T19:57:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-09-17T06:09:00+00:00","author":"shekhar","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"shekhar","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/"},"author":{"name":"shekhar","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6"},"headline":"Hrithik Roshan and Paani","datePublished":"2013-09-16T19:57:26+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-17T06:09:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/"},"wordCount":322,"commentCount":37,"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/","url":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/","name":"Hrithik Roshan and Paani - Shekhar Kapur","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-09-16T19:57:26+00:00","dateModified":"2013-09-17T06:09:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/hrithik-roshan-and-paani\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hrithik Roshan and Paani"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/","name":"Shekhar Kapur","description":"I exist because you imagine I do","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/16ccb2f9fc537e6b2e3f9c66553791a6","name":"shekhar","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d405951f0d7e98022349b518c83461ff64706ab932df335f2db686aaee7ff67d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"shekhar"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/admin"],"url":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/author\/shekhar\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2050"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2054,"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2050\/revisions\/2054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}