Rakesh Roshan

As Rakesh Roshan clocks in his 50th year in the industry, he is happy with how his life has turned out. The filmmaker, who is no hurry to churn out films year-after-year, choosing instead to work at a leisurely pace, appears content with the knowledge that he knew when it was time to ‘move on’. "When I realised my films [as an actor] weren’t working, I knew it’s time to move over to the other side. I started off as a producer and went on to direct films. There has been no looking back ever since," he tells mid-day, when we meet him at his suburban office.