Breaking The Dancer’s Image – Hrithik Roshan’s Different Shades

By Aditi Thakur | December 20, 2017

Actor Hrithik Roshan is known for his amazing dancing skills. He proved to everyone right from his debut film, Kaho Naa Pyar Hai, that he is a dancer par excellence. Be it any kind of dance form, Hrithik is sure to ace it and win everybody’s heart with his moves. He is blessed with a body and face of an Adonis and he mesmerizes everyone with his expressions. But sometimes this quality of his overshadows other talents that he has. He is a good actor and can do some amazing stunts as well. He has played many characters from a lover boy to a terrorist; he has experimented a lot when it comes to characters.

So, here we present to you few songs that show Hrithik’s different shades other than the dance songs. They are a mix of romantic, sad, serious and happy songs which feature him. He may not have lip synced some of the songs, but they still belong to him as he has performed through his expressions solely.

1. Na Tum Jano Na Hum – Kaho Naa Pyar Hai (2000)
This was Hrithik’s debut movie and it was the most successful film of that year. Everything about the film was appreciated and the audience welcomed Hrithik with open arms. This Rajesh Roshan composition is sung by Lucky Ali and the lyrics are by Ibrahim Ashq.
He is seen as a young boy in love with a beautiful girl and is enjoying the moments of his first love.

2. Zindagi Do Pal Ki – Kites (2010)
This melodious KK number is composed by Rajesh Roshan. Although the movie didn’t do too well, the music was a massive hit. Another soulful number of the album worth mentioning is the song Dil Kyun Ye Mera.. again sung by KK.

3. Kehne Ko Jashn-E-Bahara – Jodha Akbar (2008)
This period film of Ashutosh Gowarikar featured Hrithik as Emperor Akbar. He portrayed the character very well; be it his dialogues, his sword skills or a mere expression. This magical song is composed by none other than A.R. Rahman and sung by Javed Ali while the lyrics are by Javed Akhtar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5L-CI3-lBo

4. Meri Adhoori Kahani – Agneepath (2012)
This movie was a remake of Amitabh-starrer film of the same name. Here, Hrithik played the serious character of Vijay Dinanath Chauhan which was immortalized by Amitabh Bachchan.

In this song, Vijay asks his lover Kali (Priyanka Chopra) to marry him and she is on top of the world. Hrithik conveys so many emotions in this one song that it almost has the gist of the entire movie in it. It is sung by Roop Kumar Rathore and composed by Ajay-Atul. Another song of the same album, Abhi mujh mein kahin by Sonu Nigam, touches your heart.

5. Kitni Baatein – Lakshya (2004)
Hrithik plays the character of Karan who is a happy go lucky guy from Delhi with no goal. The way his life shapes up and he becomes an Army officer is what the movie is all about. Hrithik’s transformation is amazing in this movie, the dialogue delivery, the body language everything changes according to the change in the character.

The song is featured on Hrithik Roshan and Priety Zinta. It is played as a background song while the characters emote via expressions. It is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and the lyrics are penned by Javed Akhtar. Vocals are by Hariharan and Sadhana Sargam.

6. Title Song – Yaadein (2001)
This Subhash Ghai film did not do well on the box office; but like any other Subhash Ghai film, the music was amazing. This song features Hrithik and Jackie Shroff. It is sung by Hariharan and composed by Anu Malik.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxaMd4qlF7g

7. Chupke Se Sun – Mission Kashmir (2000)
Hrithik plays a Kashmiri boy Altaf who loses his entire family in crossfire between the police and a terrorist. He carries the wound in his heart and becomes vengeful. In this song, Priety Zinta, his childhood friend explains to him that life is still beautiful and he needs to remain calm to enjoy it.

It is sung by Udit Narayan and Alka Yagnik while it is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy.

8. Sau Gram Zindagi – Ghuzaarish (2010)
Hrithik is seen playing a paralyzed magician in this Sanjay Leela Bhansali movie. This song is sung by Kunal Ganjawala. This album marks the debut of Bhansali as a composer. Listen to the ‘Hat ke’ lyrics by Vibhu Puri which gel so well with the movie setting.

9. Khwabon Ke Parindey – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011)
In this Zoya Akhtar movie, Hrithik plays the character of Arjun who is a workaholic. This song is actually the turning point of Arjun’s life where he starts understanding that there is so much to life than just work. It is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and sung by Mohit Chauhan and Alyssa Mendosa.

10. Meherban Hua – Bang Bang (2014)
This was the official remake of the English movie Knight And Day starring Tom Cruise. The song is composed by Vishal Shekhar while the lyrics are penned by Anvita Dutta and Kumaar. It is sung by Ash King, Shilpa Rao and Shekhar.

Enjoy these beautiful songs of Hrithik and do let us know if there are any other songs of this talented actor that you really enjoyed.