Bollywood News Desk – Hrithik Roshan started his acting career in the year 2000 with the film ‘Kaho Na Pyaar Hai’. The success of his first film brought him popularity. After this the actor gave many superhit films in his career. He is known in the film industry as a star who works hard to play his character. Today is a bit special for him. On the special occasion of his birthday, we are telling about the story related to the actor’s film, when he had already befriended an elephant for a scene in the film. The actor is in the news these days for his family-based documentary series ‘The Roshans’. Whenever he is mentioned, the names of films like ‘Koi Mil Gaya’, ‘Dhoom 2’, ‘Krrish’ and ‘Jodha Akbar’ definitely come to mind.
A scene from the film Jodhaa Akbar became popular
There are select stars in Bollywood who work hard to get into the character, but Hrithik Roshan’s name is definitely included among these stars. If you have seen the film Jodhaa Akbar then you must be aware of one of its epic scenes. In which Hrithik is seen fighting with an elephant. The actor was praised a lot for performing this scene in an excellent manner in the film, but very few people know that for this he had started befriending the elephant just 2 months before the film.
There is a scene in the film Jodhaa Akbar, when Hrithik tries to control the elephant. For this they fight with elephants. Usually such dangerous stunts are seen performed by the actor’s body double, but Hrithik did the elephant fighting scene himself. Ravi Diwan, action director of the film Jodha Akbar, told in an interview to Bollywood Thikaane that a female elephant was brought just a few months before the shooting.
Hrithik used to feed bananas in his free time
Actor Hrithik Roshan, after being free from shooting, used to feed bananas to the elephant with the aim of befriending it. He used to do this to make friends with the elephant. This is the reason why he did not face any problem in controlling the elephant during the shooting. Aishwarya Rai also played an important role along with Hrithik in Jodha Akbar. The pair of both was very much liked in this film.