Rakesh Roshan Movies and Career Information

Rakesh Roshan (Hindi: राकेश रोशन (born Rakesh Roshan Lal Nagrath on 6 September 1949 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India) is a producer, director and former actor in Bollywood films who was born in a Kayastha family migrated from Pakistan during partition. Roshan is known for directing films with titles beginning with a "k". Roshan's father was the Bollywood music director Roshan and his younger brother, Rajesh Roshan, is also a music director. Rakesh is married to film actress Pinky. His son, Hrithik Roshan, is also an actor. Roshan also has a daughter, Sunaina, who married businessman Mohan Nagar. Roshan started his career as an actor making his debut in the 1970 film Ghar Ghar Ki Kahani. He acted in over 60 films throughout the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. Roshan set up his own production company Filmkraft in 1980 and their first production was Aap Ke Deewane (1980). He made his directorial debut with Khudgarz (1987) and went onto direct several box office hits such as Kishen Kanhaiya (1990) and Karan Arjun (1995). During this time he only acted occasionally in films and focused mostly on directing films by the mid 1990s. He launched his son Hrithik's career as an actor with Kaho