Actor Hrithik Roshan has carved a niche for himself as an actor in Bollywood. However he fought many odds to reach this level and his father director-actor Rakesh Roshan opened up about Krrish actors battle against stammering In a conversation with ANI the senior actor shared how he felt about Hrithiks stammering problem as a father: I used to feel bad. He wants to say so many things. He is so well-educated and very intelligent. But he used to hold himself back because of his stuttering. Once I remember that he was in Dubai and he wanted to just say thank you Dubai. And he used to get stuck on the word D... He has locked himself inside the bathroom. To learn those two sentences by heart to say thank you Dubai. So I used to feel bad that he is such a progressive man but something is holding him back. Hrithik himself addresses his stammering problem Hrithik himself has spoken about his stammering problem in previous interviews where he shared how challenging it was as a child to deal with it during his school days.  Rakesh Roshan recalled how Hrithik worked hard to get rid of the problem: He worked so hard on it. He would wake up in the morning and read the newspaper for an hour in English Hindi and Urdu. And now he doesnt stutter. For the last 10 12 14 years. He also made a film Koi... Mil Gaya which focuses on Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) an intellectually disabled boy coming in contact with an alien and making wonders in the scientific field. The film follows his relationship with Nisha (Zinta) Rohits friend who falls in love with him. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Preity Zinta in lead roles with Rekha in a supporting role. He added I made Koi... Mil Gaya to show how good he(Hrithik Roshan) is as an actor. And that was the biggest challenge for me. And then the same boy I made him into a superhero. After the science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) Roshan made the superhero Krrish film series. The first Krrish movie released in 2006 while the second film in the series titled Krrish 3 hit the screens in 2013. Both films featured Priyanka Chopra who was opposite Hrithik. The anti-hero of Krrish was Naseeruddin Shah while Vivek Oberoi played the antagonist in Krrish 3. All these films were helmed by Hrithiks father Rakesh Roshan. So in . Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai I showed his two sides one as a common man and another as a stylish and sophisticated person. I showed his another side in Koi... Mil Gaya and then I made him a superhero in Krrish he shared. On Krrish 4 he shared It is almost ready and I will be announcing it very soon. The acclaimed director spoke about Hrithiks journey as an actor saying I made Kaabil where he is blind. As an actor if he does something different he gets an inspiration. For me as a filmmaker I also try to take on new subjects for me. So that gives me sleepless nights. That gives me insecurity. Whether this will work or not. So that gives me some more power in me to make such kind of films to convince the people that this is what was my conviction and this is what I am trying to convince you all. Veteran filmmaker Rakesh Roshan won the Outstanding Achievement Award at IIFA 2025. Rakesh has acted in films like Khubsoorat (1980) with Rekha and Kaamchor (1982) with Jaya Prada. He made his directorial debut with Khudgarz (1987). He went to direct movies such as Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) Karan Arjun (1995) and the Shahrukh Khan starrer- Koyla (1997).