Happy Birthday Rahul Roy: Actor Rahul Roy, who became a sudden star from the film Aashiqui, is celebrating his 53rd birthday today. Know how he got his first film and why he was labeled a flop even after becoming a superstar?
Today is the birthday of Rahul Roy, who became an overnight star with his first film Aashiqui. These actors are celebrating their 53rd anniversary today. Born in Mumbai, Rahul was raised in Delhi, but his destination was Mumbai only, so he once again reached where he was born.
His mother Indira Roy was a famous columnist and father Deepak was a business man. It is well known that filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt made Rahul a star. But very few people know the story behind his stardom.
The songs of his first film ‘Aashiqui’ are still remembered by people as it used to be in the 90s. ‘Jaane Jigar Jaane Man’, ‘I will forget the world’, ‘Tu meri zindagi hai’, ‘Ek sanam jaati aashiqui ki’, ‘Ab tere bin’, the song of the film which I will definitely remember. Actress Anu Aggarwal was seen in Aashiqui alongside Rahul Roy.
First movie found in 20 minutes
Even to get a small role in Bollywood, people have to wait for years, but Rahul Roy can be said to be very fortunate in this case, because he did not do any kind of struggle to get into films but filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt He himself was offered the film. When he went to meet Mahesh Bhatt, within the first 20 minutes it was decided that Mahesh Bhatt was taking Rahul in the film.
Offers of 60 films received in two weeks
Rahul Roy, who became a big star after his first film, did not get any film offer for the next 8 months. His patience was breaking. But suddenly when the offers of films started coming in, then in two weeks the offers of about 60 films came. Rahul signed 47 films, but later he had to return the money of many producers as he did not have time to shoot.
Rahul has acted in 3 films with Pooja Bhatt, 2 with Shilpa Shetty, 2 with Karisma Kapoor, 1 with Sri Devi and 2 with Raveena Tandon.
Rahul wins the first season of Bigg Boss
Rahul’s film Aashiqui was released in the year 1990. After that he did many films but none of the films tasted that kind of success. But during this time Rahul’s passion did not diminish among the people. The proof of this is that Rahul joined the television reality show Bigg Boss in the year 2006. In this show too, Rahul got a lot of love from the audience and he had named the title of the first season of Bigg Boss.
These days Rahul Roy’s health is not doing well. Rahul suffered a brain stroke during the shooting of the upcoming film LAC in November, which was being shot in Kargil. Rahul was discharged on January 6 this year after being in the hospital for about 45 days. The doctor had told that he would be cured in about 6-7 months.
Today, through social media, Rahul Roy has thanked his fans for his blessings and wishes.
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