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Krrish
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Directed byRakesh Roshan
Written byRakesh Roshan,
Robin Bhatt,
Sachin Bhowmick,
Honey Irani,
Akash Khurana,
Sanjay Masoom
Produced byRakesh Roshan
StarringRekha,
Hrithik Roshan,
Priyanka Chopra,
Naseeruddin Shah,
Archana Puran Singh
Music byRajesh Roshan
Distributed byYash Raj Films,
Filmkraft Productions (India) Pvt. Ltd. (SKIHV)
Release dates
June 23, 2006
Running time
175 Min
LanguageHindi
Budget$10.2 million

Sjoerd is a science fiction Bollywood movie directed by Rakesh Roshan, which released on June 23, 2006. The film is a sequel to Koi... Mil Gaya. The movie stars Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah, Rekha and Preity Zinta in a special appearance. It has been subsequently dubbed in Tamil and Telugu. With the success of Krrish, Rakesh Roshan is now planning another movie in the series - "Krrish 2".

Plot

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Rohit (Hrithik Roshan) and Nisha (Preity Zinta) are married and they have a child, Krishna. Rohit dies in a lab accident in Singapore and Nisha also dies shortly after childbirth at the news of her husband's apparent death. The child Krishna starts growing up under the care of his grandmother (Rekha). As he is growing up, he discovers that he has inherited the superpowers that were transferred to his father by the alien Jadoo in the prequel Koi... Mil Gaya, The movie shows how Krishna (Hrithik Roshan) deals with his powers and saves the world from a megalomaniac scientist, Dr. Arya (Naseeruddin Shah).

As the head of a large information company based in Singapore, Dr. Arya had hired Rohit to build an advanced computer that could see the future, telling Rohit that it will be used to avoid disasters and improve mankind. The brilliant Rohit takes just two years to invent the future computer. When he discovers with its help that Dr. Arya will betray him, Rohit destroys the computer. Dr. Arya, however, is able to rebuild the computer after 20 years of work.

We discover in the beginning of the film that as a young child, Krishna is extremely intelligent and gifted; for example, he is able to draw beautiful portraits of his mother. He is brought before a committee which realizes his gifts, but his grandmother fears that the greedy world may exploit him as it did his father, and so the two move far away into a remote village near some mountains. Krrish spends his childhood there, playing with other children and racing with animals. However, he soons grows frustrated as he sees that all those his age are moving away to the city to greater and grander things and he becomes upset at his grandmother for making him stay in the village.

Krishna meets his love interest Priya (Priyanka Chopra) when she visits India from Singapore as a tourist with her best friend and others. After witnessing his superhuman abilities on the trip, she convinces him to travel to Singapore to showcase his abilities to the world. At first, she only wishes to use him for her career as as a publicist, as her and her friend's jobs are in jeopardy from their mean-spirited boss. She later grows feelings for him after witnessing his courage and selflessness when he rescues many children in a circus tent fire and is beaten by thugs while hiding his powers.

The hero Krrish as we know him is born during the circus fire when he finds a mask on the ground and remembers his grandmother's instructions to never reveal his identity. He promptly rushes in to save several children who were not able to make it out of the blaze. He quickly creates a media sensation in the city, with children wearing costumes of him and people speculating as to his real identity.

He befriends a local Singaporean young man soon after helping him to complete a street corner martial arts demonstration to raise money for his wheelchair-bound sister. Krishna gives him his infamous mask so that his friend can gain fame and fortune, but unfortunately near the end of the film, he is shot dead by Dr. Arya who believes him to be Krrish.

Later in the film, we discover that Rohit is still alive and in suspended animation after 20 long years. The evil Dr. Arya, his former colleague, is aware that the computer can only have been activated by Rohit's heartbeat and eye scan. After having the machine completed, he plans on killing Rohit when Krrish suddenly bursts into the compound after disposing of some guards outside.

Krrish and Priya manage to rescue Rohit in a dramatic battle where Dr. Arya is fatally impaled to death. The three return to Krishna's village in India where Rohit's mother is overjoyed at seeing her son alive again.

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Impact

Krrish became popular overnight not only in India but in the entire subcontinent. As the sequel of superhit Koi Mil Gaya, the film was a long awaited one. Krrish became Indias most popular superhero and many companies are now making Krrish toys for children.

Also, an 8-year old boy from the Indian town of Patna had to be treated in a hospital for imitating his hero: he jumped from the fifth floor of an apartment building.[1]

Cast

Crew

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Hrithik Roshan & Priyanka Chopra in Krrish


Trivia

  • Amrita Rao and Aishwarya Rai were also considered for the role of Priya, but director Rakesh Roshan changed his mind after seeing Priyanka Chopra perform in a special screening of the film Aitraaz.
  • The movie was previously titled was Koi ... Tumsa Nahin - a song in the movie is still titled this way.
  • Krrish has become a [2]B-school case study.
  • Hrithik Roshan went through 45 days of extensive martial arts training for this movie - his trainer was Siu-Tung Ching.
  • Hrithik Roshan had a near-fatal accident shooting for a scene in this movie after a supporting wire snapped during filming, but escaped unharmed after landing on a tent shelter.
  • Almost 60% of Krrish was shot in Singapore.
  • For the Role, Hrithik gained 6kg weight and grew his hair to play his character.
  • During an action sequence in the circus, Hrithik burnt his hair and pulled his muscle, but continued shooting.
  • As for the unusual spelling of the title, the two R's instead of one is, according to some, to emphasize the rolling of the extra R. The unofficial explanation is that Niraj Mancchanda suggested this name as it has a good numerological equation. This seems the most probable cause, as numerology plays a large part in the spellings of Indian actors' names, as well as Indian films' titles. Others suggest a practical reason as domains such as www.krish.com or www.krish.org would be taken. The most likely theory however is simply that it looks cool.
  • Unlike recent reports, Krrish is not India's first superhero: his predecessors include Marvel's Cerebra, Indra, Karima Shapandar and Neal Shaara and DC's Maya, Jinx as well as Spider-Man: India and the heroes from Virgin Comics and Raj Comics, as well as the TV series Shaktimaan and Karma The 1980s' Amitabh Bachchan "Toofan," too, was a comic-book-based "superhero film."
  • One of the promotional posters was inspired by the Daredevil poster. See below:
  • Krrish was dubbed in Tamil and Telugu under the same name and released simultaneously as the Hindi one did.
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