Hrithik Roshan Reveals ‘Lord of the Rings’ Link With ‘Krrish’ at ‘Rings of Power’ Asia-Pacific Premiere

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Naman Ramachandran Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan has revealed a direct link between “The Lord of the Rings” and his sci-fi franchise “Krrish.”Roshan was one of the guests at Amazon Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Asia-Pacific premiere in Mumbai on Thursday.

The actor revealed that his father Rakesh Roshan, who directed “Koi… Mil Gaya” binge-watched Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy in 2004. “He was talking about the way they’ve used this one great incredible idea and then had this progression which was so incredible and [asked] ‘why can’t we do that?,’ said Roshan. “He said ‘why can’t we take ‘Koi… Mil Gaya’ — which is one of our previous films — ‘and have a progression and build on that’ — and that was the birth of ‘Krrish,’ ” Roshan revealed. “If there was no ‘Lord of the Rings,’ there’d be no ‘Krrish.’ ” “Krrish” released in 2006, “Krrish 3” in 2013 and “Krrish 4” is understood to be in the works.The premiere was also attended by Bollywood star Tamannaah Bhatia, “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” showrunner JD Payne, cast members Robert Aramayo, Sara Zwangobani Maxim Baldry, Lloyd Owens, Nazanin Boniadi, Megan Richards, Charles Edwards, Tyroe Muhafidin, Ema Horvath and Markella Kavenagh and Amazon executives.Albert Cheng, COO, Amazon Studios said: “We have seen fantastic customer adoption in India and the country has witnessed the maximum number of new customers worldwide who started streaming on Prime Video last year.

It is one of the fastest growing and most engaged locales for Prime Video worldwide, all of this within just five years of launch.