Veteran filmmaker Rakesh Roshan on Monday shared fascinating details about the making of the iconic mask worn by Hrithik Roshan's beloved superhero character Krrish.
He explained that the designing process for the mask took six months to be perfected, during which time the outfit was also worked on.
“It took about six months because we were designing and wanted to see which looks better on Hrithik ... The outfit and all that took six months,” he said, in a vlog by choreographer-director Farah Khan at his Khandala home.
He added that the mask—which became a signature element of Krrish's hidden vigilante persona—was made out of wax, due to which it presented unique challenges during filming.
"Hrithik used to wear the mask for three to four hours. The wax would melt. He had to remove it and put in a new one. So I had an air-conditioned bus with the AC on for 24 hours,” the filmmaker said.
'Krrish' (2006) saw Hrithik Roshan play a dual role alongside Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Rekha, and Naseeruddin Shah.
The sequel to the hugely popular sci-fi film 'Koi... Mil Gaya' saw Krishna Mehra (Hrithik Roshan), who has superhuman abilities like his father Rohit Mehra, fall in love with Priya (Priyanka Chopra-Jonas). This leads him to Singapore, where he takes on the mantle of Krrish and faces off against evil mastermind Dr Siddhant Arya (Naseeruddin Shah), who was creating a supercomputer that could show the future.
It quickly captured the superhero fantasies of children born in the 2000s, as well as milennials, and became a box office hit, leading to two more sequels. The last sequel was released in 2013.
'Krrish 4', which will be helmed by Hrithik, was officially announced in April this year, with shooting finally set to begin in 2026, following reports of delays.
