Barbara Mori Slapped by Hiritik Roshan

A lot has been written about the on-screen chemistry between Hrithik Roshan and Hollywood hottie Barbara Mori, but both share a great off-screen chemistry also, according to the director of ‘Kites’ - Anurag Basu.

Talking to a news daily about the Hrithik Roshan –Barbara Mori Story , Anurag recalled a humorous event from ‘Kites’, “We were doing an intense scene which had a long dialogue. Towards the end, Barbara was supposed to slap Hrithik. We okayed the scene. But Barbara asked me if it was possible to do a retake, because she wanted to slap Hrithik again. It was a prank, but I decided to play along. Duggu was very surprised when I told him we’d do the scene again because I’d already told him the earlier take was fine.”
Rakesh Roshan’s mega opus ‘Kites’ has courted all sorts of controversies, right from the growing intimacy between Hrithik Roshan and Barabra Mori to the reportedly crumbling marriage of Hrithik and Sussanne. So, quite expectedly, the movie and its lead pair have become hot.

With Basu frantically trying to convince Hrithik, the actor became cautious. “So when we shot again, just as Barbara was about to slap him, Duggu ducked and slapped her instead. Barbara was shocked. Then she realised that Hrithik had seen through her prank and everyone on the sets burst out laughing,” said a playful Basu.

Hrithik turns English teacher for Barbara Mori

Barbara Mori has also learnt English while shooting for the romantic-action thriller and it was none other than co-star Hrithik Roshan who turned teacher on the sets. Hrithik would teach Barbara English and Barbara would teach him Spanish while shooting for the movie. Hrithik knows enough Spanish to understand Mori better than his character in 'Kites' who can't follow a word of what she says in the film,' said a crew member.

Film producer and Hrithik's father Rakesh Roshan told IANS: 'Barbara knew only Spanish when she started shooting for 'Kites'. That suited us fine since her character is supposed to understand only Spanish. During shooting she needed to communicate with her co-stars and the crew. She was forced to learn English. Now she speaks just enough to make herself understood'.

'Kites' is being directed by Anurag Basu and also stars Kangana Ranaut in a pivotal role. The film's shooting is over and it has reached editing table. Rakesh Roshan is hoping for an October release.