From Chocolate boy to Greek God of Bollywood: Here's celebrating 20 years of Hrithik Roshan

Time flies so fast! Can you believe its already been 20 years since the Greek God of the tinsel town, Hrithik Roshan marked his big Bollywood debut? The actor, who was a child artist earlier, made his first-ever appearance as a leading man in the 2000 release 'Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai'. Not only did the film become an instant hit, but it also established Hrithik as the new chocolate boy. But as the years passed by the handsome hunk got to work in a wide range of films and he went to become the Greek God. From 'Fizza' to 'Koi... Mil Gaya', action-packed films like 'Dhoom 2', the 'Krrish' series and even in the latest outings 'Super 30' and 'War' he got a chance to show off his versatility as an actor.

Here's celebrating 20 years of Hrithik Roshan in Bollywood

Hrithik Roshan made a remarkable entry in Bollywood with ‘Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai’! From swift moves in ‘Ek Pal Ka Jeena’ to his sensational stage act in the title song ‘Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai’ – Hrithik's stint was all things dreamy. The debutant soon became a heartthrob and had women drooling over his chocolate boy looks and onscreen innocence. ‘Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai’ hit the screens on January 14, 2000. Therefore the film also clocks 20 years today. That year the actor had two more releases – ‘Fiza’ and ‘Mission Kashmir’, but his debut film is still remembered as one of his best acts.

2003 release sci-fi drama movie 'Koi ... Mil Gaya' was one of the superhit movies of Bollywood. Hrithik's innocent act as Rohit and later his transformation scene when Jaadu gives him magical energy enthralled audiences. From being a skinny shy guy to a handsome hunk, his transformation set the big screens on fire. In between 2001 to 2003, he was also a part of movies like 'Yaadein', 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham' and 'Mughse Dosti Karoge' but this sci-fi film turned out to be a blockbuster.

The sequel of 'Koi...Mil Gaya' is the 'Krrish' series, after Jaadu leaves his magical powers with Rohit and which are further transferred to his son Krishna aka Hrithik. The charming actor worked hard on his body transformation for the instalments of Krissh series. In 'Krrish 2' we saw him flaunting his chiselled physique, however, in 'Krrish 3' it was impressive. As a popular international fitness trainer, Kris Gethin trained him for the role. He began his training with Kris’s 12-week Body by Design plan and the results were quick and exciting. Hrithik had stated that when he looked at himself, he was amazed that something like this was possible. It was a twelve-week transformation, but they had completed it in ten weeks. He was just amazed at the possibilities of the human body and how easy it was. In the next couple of years, the actor showed off his well-sculpted body in movies like 'Jodha Akbar', 'Kites', 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' and 'Agneepath'.

One of the films released 2010 before 'Krrish 3' was 'Guzaarish' and that phase is said to be the darkest phase of Hrithik’s career. He suffered two slip discs injury and had to modify his 'Dhoom 2' body for a bedridden paralyzed magician. The actor had gained a tremendous amount of weight for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s directorial. Hrithik's stint was critically acclaimed and also the script of 'Guzaarish' was officially honoured by the Oscars Library. Later he was seen in films like 'Bang Bang!', 'Mohenjo Daro' and 2017's hit film 'Kaabil'

It won't be wrong is we say 2019 was Hrithik's year! The Greek God of Bollywood gave two consecutive hits and earned a lot of accolades from all the quarters. His body transformation between the duration of the two films is also commendable. Hrithik had to shred those extra pounds he had gained for Anand Kumar's role in 'Super 30' to get into the skin of 'War's' Kabir. The hunk had shared his transformation through a video on his social media handles. Captioned as, "The other side of K.A.B.I.R,", the video takes fans through the entire fitness journey and it is anything but extraordinary. Talking about the physical training Hrithik had averred, "The biggest war of life has been completing the film 'War'. After 'Super 30', the fat content of my body was too much. My body had become lazy and I was given only 2 months to get in shape and it wasn’t enough. I started this film on a bit of a backfoot because my body was not ready. My work in this film was 24 hours. I was either visualizing, or I was doing clothes, or I was doing my dialogues, or I was icing my knee, or I had to go see my doctor, or I was working out in the gym or physio, so I was doing everything for the film throughout the day."