Hirthik Roshan, an inspiring story!
I have always admired Hirthik Roshan as a talented bollywood actor and dancer but now he inspires me as a person. I didn’t know that he suffered from stuttering and a severe case of scoliosis that is a painful medical condition characterized by an abnormal curvature of the spine. Recently he appeared on a talk show with Farah Khan to discuss the issues he faced growing up. His stuttering was so bad that on some days he avoided going to school as his class mates made fun of him. At times he was unable to get even one word out let alone a whole sentence. However his passion was acting, he knew that that is what he wants to do in life. As he said on the chat show, one day he went to the beach and saw some kids doing summer-saults. He found that very interesting and asked them to show him to do the same. They agreed and started to teach him. He kept falling but tried again and again. Couple of days went by and one day he did it. This made him realize that he couldn’t do that before but with practice he conquered it, he couldn’t talk fluently now but he can if he started from scratch. So he started with the alphabets, repeating them all day long in as many ways as possible. As a matter of fact he still does it one hour a day every day. I found this very surprising because the way he delivers his lines in the films is so natural and flawless. At the age of 21 when he was just getting his confidence back he was diagnosed with scoliosis. Doctors said that with this condition he couldn’t be an actor as dancing and doing action scenes is an integral part of bollywood films and if he do that for a couple of years he will be in a wheel chair. For one year he went along with the doctors’ suggestion to not to act but after a year his passion for acting got better of him. He decided that acting is what he was meant to do. That is what gives him joy. In his own words, “I made up my mind if I die doing this, I will die doing this but at least I will live the way I want to live”. He is a unique person not only in his mental attitude but also in the way that he looks physically as you might know he was born with double thumbs in his right hand. So in the beginning of his career people told him that he can’t be an actor with a double thumb, as leading actors in bollywood films are suppose to be perfect. But he knew that perfection is not looking or being like everyone else but it is being who you are. As I understood from his interview he doesn’t care much about other people’s opinion, what is important to him is being his true self. That is the secret of success, it doesn’t matter what others think about you but what truly matters is how you see yourself. If you think of yourself as the divine and powerful being that you are then there is nothing that can prevent you from achieving all that you desire. Hirthik Rohan knew what he wanted to do not because of the perks that are associated with being an actor but it is what he enjoys. What other people thought were his weaknesses actually made him what he is today. He became a much better actor because of what he went through, that is why he is able to portray human nature so accurately on screen. Today Hirthik Roshan is one of the most successful actors of bollywood having received many awards for his memorable performances. He is also a skilled dancer. Here are some wise words from him, “Nothing in life is good or bad, I am not an actor in spite of my problems, it is because I had these problems that I became who I am”. Richard Bach, My New Favourite Author >
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