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PriyankaPereira: Feb 04 2013, 01:55 IST

He rejected three scripts for Krissh 3 before agreeing on the fourth. Instead of blindly banking on the popularity of the superhero he had created, Rakesh Roshan was looking for a story that would justify the need for a superhero in a film. “I am a meticulous producer and a hardworking director. A lot of money and manpower is at stake when one goes out and shoots. So I wanted to make sure I had an extraordinary idea for Krissh 3,” explains Rakesh, who even made storyboards and an animated feature before he began shooting the movie.

Perhaps, it is this passion for filmmaking and a quest for perfection that has fuelled Rakesh’s 25-year-long career as a director, and helped him succeed on several occasions. “I stand by my vision, no matter how bleak it might sound to other people. On most occasions, I have been proven right. And even when things haven’t gone as planned, at least I have had the satisfaction of attempting something different, for instance Kites,” he says Rakesh’s tryst with films began when he was all of 16. After his dad, music composer Roshan, passed away, he had two options — to either join the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, or work as an assistant director. Rakesh chose the latter, as this would allow him to continue staying with his mother and younger brother Rajesh (a popular music composer now).

As an assistant director for four years, he learnt the nuances of the

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