To make his son a hero, the director mortgaged his house and car, he became a star overnight, but the father’s life was in danger.

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Hrithik’s mother, Pinky, said that she often had to play the role of mediator between father and son. He said, ‘There were days when I found him a little sad sometimes. I would ask him, ‘What happened?’ You are not looking good’. Then he would tell me that he wanted to do a scene in a different way, but Papa wanted it in a different way. I felt bad as a mother. From his room, I would go to my room and talk to my husband and ask what happened and he would say, ‘Hrithik doesn’t know anything! I am the director!’