THE YOUNG ACHIEVER...
London's National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) gave Hritik Roshan, the 'Young Achiever of the Year' award. Hrithik "the Young Achiever" went with his parents, Rakesh Roshan and Pooja Roshan, and girl friend Suzanne Khan. One of the organisers said that he was chosen for the award because he is a role-model for the young Asian's the world over.

HRITHIK IN AN R.K. FILM...
Randhir Kapoor has decided to sign on Hrithik & Abhishek Talks are on and in the planning stages, Randhir Kapoor is seriously planning on getting the two together for the RK banner.



HRITHIK... A CARTOONISTS FAVOURITE??
At a recent cartoon drawing contest,in Delhi,the favourite topic seemed to be Hrithik Roshan.There were about 100 contestants & 27 of them drew cartoons on him.

HRITHIK IN CALCUTTA...
He came and saw what he had conquered. Millennium superstar Hrithik Roshan brought hearts and traffic to a standstill in Calcutta on Wednesday.

Right from the moment his flight touched down in Calcutta till he left,near-hysterical fans fought for a glimpse of their hero.

Park Street saw one of its worst traffic jams as vehicles were held up in front of The Park by Hrithik fans - right from six-year-olds in frocks to middle-aged mothers. Tantra at The Park, was the venue of a charity show organised by the St.Xavier's Calcutta Alumni association in association with Cause Celebre and Spandan. Since mid-morning, the Tantra reverberated with numbers from Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai as the crowd fought unabashedly to seek vantage positions before Hrithik arrived.

When persuasion failed, the hotel staff, already intimidated by the screaming fans, threatened,"Hrithik will not enter unless you make space for him". And when the 'biceps man' finally arrived at 1.15 pm,the crowd went hysterical, screaming "Hrithik, Hrithik!"
Clad in white sweatshirt and military green trousers and dark glasses, Hrithik appeared at the balcony and waved to the crowd below. Visibly moved by the response, he tossed the angavastra presented to him, which only sent the crowd into a greater frenzy " Do you believe in love? Do you believe in music? Do you believe in life? Do you believe in me?" Hrithik flung the questions to the largely-female crowd. Predictably, they screamed back And when the star mouthed, "Then say Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai", the crowd went into ecstasy repeating the magic words.

But the superhero did not forget the purpose for which he had come. "I am honored to be part of this charity show." His autographs were sold at Rs 500 each and 20T-shirts at Rs 1,000 each. Funds raised through donations received at this show will be used for the Alumni's on-going charity projects. 

Hrithik



A girl took her T-shirt off for his autograph.Ever heard of kids offering lakhs to a star just to shake hands with him? That's precisely what two kids did when latest Bollywood sensation, Hrithik Roshan, arrived in Calcutta on April 5.

Since Rohan and Shweta Davar were unable to get a glimpse of their hero, their parents came up with a novel idea of presenting cheques of Rs 1 lakh each for a mere handshake with Hrithik.

  However, not everyone was as fortunate as the Davars. Hrithik’s admirers were ready to make any sacrifice to get his autograph, but only a few succeeded. 

From the time he arrived at the airport around noon till his departure in the evening, Hrithik’s fans in Calcutta chased him wherever he went. The 26-year-old actor was in the city to make two public appearances and attend two private functions. 

As soon as he reached Tantra, the new discotheque at the Park Hotel, the 5000-strong crowd which had gathered to see him, simply went berserk. Unruffled by police lathi-charge, the actor's fans, aged between 8 and 30, shouted,"Hrithik, I love you!" 

The reigning hearth-throb took the ramp and began with his now-famous query: "Do you believe in love? Do you believe in life? Do you believe in me?" The response: a thunderous 'yeah' to each of the questions. 

Hrithik's fans wanted him to enact a certain sequence from Kaho Naa... The young star was ready and he promptly asked the crowd, "Toh kaho naa pyar hai!" And the excited teenagers screamed in unison, "Kaha naa pyar hai." 

After spending about five minutes at Tantra, Hrithik left the discotheque to attend a charity event organised by the St Xaviers College Alumni Association. The tickets were priced at a whopping Rs 500 each, but it was hardly a deterrent for his fans who were ready to pay anything to spend some moments with Hrithik. 

The crowd's obsession reached a crazy pinnacle when a pretty young girl threw herself in front of Hrithik’s car as it reached its destination. Another girl, a student of La Martinere, one of the better known schools in Calcutta, took off her tee-shirt in public and asked Hrithik to sign an autograph on her heart. 

Calcuttans were eagerly awaiting the arrival of Hrithik ever since filmstar Mithun Chakraborty announced that the former would be participating in an All Star exhibition football match played at the Salt Lake stadium a few days earlier. A record 1.35 lakh tickets were sold soon after the announcement.However, Mithun had to apologise to the crowd later, saying that the star of Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai couldn’t make it due to other commitments. 

The city seems to have gone berserk over Hrithik. Besides the fact that he got 35,000 marriage proposals from school girls there, the principal of one of the schools claimed that in a letter writing test, the entire 7th standard addressed their letters to "Hrithik" or to "Rohit" (which is Hrithik's name in KNPH).Just a week ago, the principals of two reputed girls convents, St John's Diocession High School and Loreto Sealdah High School, had written to Hrithik, requesting him to make a public announcement and tell the girls from their institutions to concentrate on their studies. Sister Cyril, principal of Loreto, revealed that two girls from her school had even run away from home to catch a Bombay-bound train, in the hope of meeting their favourite hero. "They were later caught and sent home by the railway police", she said. 
Hrithik did make an announcement at Tantra, saying there is a difference between real and reel life. "What looks awesome on the big screen doesn’t necessarily mean that it will have the same impact in real life as well. So folks, please come out of this illusion and work hard on your studies." 

After having lunch with industrialist R P Goenka at the latter’s residence at Belvedere Road, Hrithik's final stop was RPG Music World, the city’s newest music store. The actor politely asked the media to leave him alone so that he could do justice to his fans. "If you trust me a bit, all of you can kindly leave your names and addresses. I promise I’ll send each one of you my autographed photos," Hrithik told his fans. Overwhelmed by his gesture, Ashwita, a student of St James High School, suggested that Park Street should be renamed Hrithik Roshan Sarani. Why 'Sarani,' and not 'Street?' The teenager justified that Sarani would give it a Bengali touch! 



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