Naman Ramachandran What started as a fight to restore his father’s musical legacy has evolved into an unexpectedly raw chronicle of one of Bollywood’s most enduring film dynasties in “The Roshans,” a four-part Netflix documentary series that reveals the struggles and triumphs of three generations.
The project emerged from an unexpected source – a popular digital music player that omitted patriarch Roshan’s name and compositions from its catalog. “One day I wanted to hear my father’s songs, and I could not find Roshan.
There was no Roshan in that, with almost all his contemporary musicians, everybody’s name was there but my father’s name was not,” veteran filmmaker Rakesh Roshan recalls of the incident that occurred nearly a decade ago.
Despite reaching out to the company, the oversight remains uncorrected. “That made me think, what can I do for my father?” This catalyst led to an ambitious project that would ultimately span 300 hours of raw footage, condensed into four hours of surprisingly intimate storytelling.
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