Hrithik Roshan maternal grandfather famous director-producer J. Om
Prakash first introduced his beloved grandson on-screen at age 6 in the
hugely successful Aasha (1980), by secretly having his camera crew film
without the little boy's knowledge as he danced spontaneously while
'visiting Grandpa' on Grandpa's movie set. As J. Om Prakash later
recounted the eventThe song was to be shot on Jeetendra. Hrithik was on
the sets, and he liked the interlude music very much and started
dancing. I had asked my cameraperson and crew to be ready. I asked
Hrithik if he liked the song, and he said, "Yes, Deda, it is lovely
music." I replayed the music and he started dancing, and we shot it
without his knowledge. When the music got over, the entire studio
applauded excitingly. The remaining part of the music was to be shot in
the same way with Jeetu. After Jeetu's shot was over, he came to me and
said, "For God's sake don't shoot a single more shot in this film with
this boy, otherwise the audience will hoot my performance!" That was a
remark that came from Jeetu [Jeetendra, the male lead of Aasha and a
major Hindi filmstar]What followed over the next several years is what
adult Hrithik describes as his childhood "lucky mascot" period: tiny
one- or two-shot uncredited appearances in various of his family's film
projects, where his only task was to have fun and supposedly bring luck
to the movie. Thus child Hrithik (aged 6) can be seen riding a tricycle
on a beach during the song "Ram Kare Allah Kare" in his father Rakesh
Roshan's production Aap Ke Deewane (1980). In his grandfather J. Om
Prakash's Aas Paas (1981), a gap-toothed Hrithik (aged 7) even received a
costume and a close-up, as he passes a love note from
