Everyone knows that when Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan first set eyes on the Spanish actress Barbara Mori, sparks flew. What BT discovered, however, is that when Hrithik saw Barbara for the first time — the sexy Latino was nearly bald!
The actress had just completed shooting the Spanish film Cosas Insignificantes that spoke of the intricacies of human relations. For her role, the lovely Barbara had shaved her head, because in the film, her screen son is shown having cancer and she expresses solidarity with him this way.
Producer Rakesh Roshan, who flew to Los Angeles to give Barbara a narration, admits that when he saw his future heroine with only one inch long hair, he was hesitant to sign her on. “I was aghast,’’ admits Rakesh. “I asked her how we would shoot with her six months down the line, but she was confident that her hair would grow or else she suggested that she would put hair extensions.’’
But bald is beautiful, and Hrithik and Anurag Basu were immediately sure that Barbara would be their heroine for Kites. They wouldn’t have it any other way.
