{"id":289812,"date":"2025-04-25T04:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/rakesh-roshan-took-on-immense-financial-burdens-to-launch-hrithik-roshan-never-told-family-hed-mortgaged-his-house-cars-office-daughter-sunaina-recalls\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T04:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:16:19","slug":"rakesh-roshan-took-on-immense-financial-burdens-to-launch-hrithik-roshan-never-told-family-hed-mortgaged-his-house-cars-office-daughter-sunaina-recalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/rakesh-roshan-took-on-immense-financial-burdens-to-launch-hrithik-roshan-never-told-family-hed-mortgaged-his-house-cars-office-daughter-sunaina-recalls\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakesh Roshan took on immense financial burdens to launch Hrithik Roshan, never told family he\u2019d \u2018mortgaged his house, cars, office\u2019: Daughter Sunaina recalls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Filmmaker Rakesh Roshan went from strength to strength after transitioning from acting to direction. His children, Hrithik Roshan and Sunaina Roshan, have attempted to take their father\u2019s legacy forward in their own respective careers. But as highlighted in the Netflix documentary The Roshans recently, he faced difficult times as a director<\/a> as well. In a recent interview, Sunaina recalled how her father persevered through these difficulties, and the huge bet he was willing to take on Hrithik ahead of his acting debut.<\/p>\n

In an interview with News18, Sunaina Roshan shed light on her father\u2019s journey as a director and producer and also the financial struggles he endured. \u201cWe were very young to understand, especially when Dad started his acting career. As a producer, he had mortgaged his house twice, and the cars, and the office during Kaho Na Pyaar Hai and Khudgarz. He gambled with his life a lot, but he was fearless in doing so.\u201d<\/p>\n

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She was too quick to point out that her father never brought his work home with him, and that the kids had no idea what was going on in his life. \u201cWe never knew that side of him because he never showed us what we were going through. I and my brother both had a very peaceful childhood.\u201d Sunaina added,\u00a0\u201cWe never had to deal with people talking about our backgrounds because times were very different back then. There was no social media, thankfully, and Dad himself didn\u2019t make it that big.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Hrithik and and his dad have previously talked about the financial struggles that Rakesh went through.<\/a> In a conversation with Mid-Day, he said, \u201cHrithik never knew, I never told him. Only my wife knew about it. I said I am mortgaging the house, maybe if I require, I will take money, otherwise I will try to manage. But it so happened that I managed it in the funds I had. Had the film not done well, then I would have to shift somewhere else or\u2026 but I took that chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the documentary The Roshans, Hrithik reflected on the moment he found out what was at stake for his family. He said, \u201cI always saw the glass half-full. I had not colour-corrected in two or three scenes, because I was handling that. And the overseas prints had already been sent. So, I came to my dad, really upset that, \u2018How could you let that go?\u2019 And I think that was the first time that my dad gave it back to me. He gave it back to me in my face. He turned to my mom, and he said, \u2018I am doing everything for him, and he\u2019s sitting here and he\u2019s complaining\u2019. And that\u2019s the night I found out, my mom told me, that the house was mortgaged, the cars were mortgaged\u2026 I realised how much was at stake.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n