New Delhi: Actor Hrithik Roshan recently talked about his early years and remembered growing up with a "bad stammer". The actor revealed that as a child, he was a very shy person. Hrithik mentioned that he didn't have any friends and used to cry when he got home from school while talking about his childhood struggles.
In an interview with The Indian Express, the 48-year-old actor spoke candidly about his troubled childhood and what a trying time it was.
“I have sometimes felt that life is very unfair. In school, I had such a bad stammer that I couldn’t speak. I never had any friends, or girlfriends. I was very shy, and would come back from school and just cry. School days were very painful…on top of that, doctors told me that I couldn’t become an actor. There were problems with my spine, doctors said ‘you cannot dance’. I was so broken, that I would wake up for months, and would think it is a dream, a lucid dream. It was so heartbreaking and relive that feeling of knowing that I could not become an actor…I am disabled. So it was very traumatising,” Hrithik told the publication.
“Now when I look back, I thank god, thank you for giving me the problem where I could learn how to be strong, I learnt perseverance and if I did not have a broken spine and speech impediment…for the day to be there, you have to have the night. When problems come, it becomes a game. I can hold on to this thought that I can learn from this pain, and it can shape my character. I come out stronger,” the actor further added.
Despite being warned that he can't dance and having a stammer, Hrithik Roshan appeared in various films as a child actor, including 'Aap Ke Deewane' and 'Bhagwaan Dada'. Later, he made his Bollywood debut as an adult in 2000's popular rom-com 'Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai', which also starred Ameesha Patel.
Hrithik Roshan recently appeared alongside Saif Ali Khan and Radhika Apte in the action-thriller 'Vikram Vedha'. The actor will be next seen in the 2024 film 'Fighter', which also stars Deepika Padukone and Anil Kapoor.