What started as a battle to restore his father’s musical legacy has evolved into an unexpectedly raw history for one of the most permanent Bollywood breeds in “The Roshans”, which is of four parts Netflix A documentary series reveals three generations conflicts and victories.
The project appeared from an unexpected source – a famous digital music player who deleted the name of the Patriarch Roshan and compositions from the catalog. “One day I wanted to hear my father’s songs, and I was unable to find Roshan. There was no Roshan in that, with almost all contemporary musicians, everyone’s name was there but my father’s name was not so,” a veteran movie director Rakish Roshan Remember the accident that occurred nearly a decade ago. Although communicating with the company, censorship is still not corrected. “This made me think, what can I do for my father?”
This catalyst led to an ambitious project that eventually extends 300 hours of raw shots, which was amazed to four hours of storytelling stories surprisingly. The documentary, directed by Shashi Ranjan, exceeds the restoration of typical works to reveal personal conflicts and the victories of the family that formed Indian cinema for more than 77 years.
For Rakesh Roshan, who has played films including “Crash“The concession, the documentary proved more difficult than making traditional films.” I thought it would be a very easy corridor, but I saw it was more difficult than making a movie, “he explained. In the movie, we have a text, but here there was no text. There was there. Just conducting interviews, in nature, there were emotions that retreated in hearing our side of the stories. “
The production team, led by Ranjan and editor Jetta Singh, faced many logistical obstacles, especially in providing rights. Roshan describes: “Buying music rights, buying this right and buying this right – which belongs to who, says someone that this concerns me, someone says that this belongs to us.” “We had to put notifications in the daily leaves everywhere they asked who is the legitimate pregnant woman.”
What appeared was a significant sincere picture of the family, which was achieved through a unique approach to the interviews. Every member of the family – including Rakish, the composer of his brother Rajish Roshan, and the star Hrithik – were separate, without knowing what others shared. “None of the family members conducted an interview together. It was separate days, separate weeks.”
This methodology resulted in unexpected raw moments. “In a moment, I forgot that I was Rakish Roshan,” the director admits. “I simply show my struggles and what I went through to achieve anything I can. This was not really because when I was saying that, I was feeling it at that time.”
Composer Rajish Roshan, who celebrates 51 years in this industry, repeats these feelings of originality. He says: “As a person, I am simple and direct, so it became very easy to be honest.” “What I said is the facts of my life, the intention of the documentary was to share our true lives, so everything was spoken directly from the heart.”
The documentary traces the family’s influence from the musical innovations of Patriarch Roshan through Rakish’s development from the actor to the successful director, the Rajesh’s permanent music profession, and the 25 -year Hrithik trip from the first feeling to the current star. The stars in the industry, including Shah Rukh Khan, and Sangay Leela Bhansali, provide an additional perspective on the influence of the family.
For Rakesh Roshan, seeing the complete chain was revealed. “When I saw all the four episodes together, I was surprised. I didn’t know that we contributed a lot to the industry.” “I never knew that we had been in this industry 77 years ago. Our contribution – Rajesh’s contribution, my contribution, Hrithik’s contribution – was overwhelming.”
In the future, Roshan offers both the wisdom of the current directors and the news of the masses. While noting that today’s managers “make great films”, they point out that they sometimes lack the broader vision required for collective gravity. “Their perception is not wide. They are trying to be honest in life, but the films are not. The films are entertainment,” recommends. “When I make a movie, I want to look at it from the smallest city in India via Los Angeles or to Australia – there should be all the fans there to watch this movie.”
For those who are waiting for the next batch in the “Krish” privilege, Roshan raises good news: “Very soon we will announce it. We are still working on it, and soon you hear it.”
Rajish Roshan sees the documentary more than just a family story. “The documentary shows the development of the Indian film industry through the journey of artists like us,” notes. “I think it was important for the documentary to be released now as many successful melodies must be placed from the 1940s and 1950s in an archive to be the future generation in contact and get to know it.”
