You are the best, Dad!

Hrithik Roshan on Rakesh Roshan
`I was always in awe of him right from childhood. I could never be myself in front of him. So I was closer to mummy. He was very strict in some ways and very kind in others. We used to hear a lot of stories about how our grandfather (music composer Roshan) had struggled to establish himself. Dad taught us the values of humanity and charity.

Once I remember a friend of mine and I were playing on the terrace. We were bored and suddenly we saw a crate of empty bottles lying around. We picked up the empty bottles and started throwing them down without caring as to who might be harmed. People kept shouting from below for us to stop but we didn`t bother. Suddenly my father`s car entered the building and boy, I got the thrashing of my life!

Text by Lata Khubchandani, India Syndicate