- Was shot on January 21 2000 by hitmen believed to act for the mob targeting the Indian film industry. When the doctors opened his chest they found clogged coronary vessels which they cleaned. Without the incident they might have gone undetected before causing a deadly heart attack.
- Father of Hrithik Roshan
- Son of Roshan and Ira Roshan
- Brother of Rajesh Roshan
- Became a grandfather when daughter-in-law 'Suzanne Khan' gave birth to a baby boy, named Rehaan Roshan, on March 28, 2006 at 3:30 pm at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai.
- Brother in law of actor Rohit Kumar ( Pinky's cousin).
- Director Mohan Kumar is wife Pinky's uncle ( Pinky's moms sisters husband).
- Grandaughter's name is Suranika Soni. She is daughter Sunaina's daughter .
- Former father in law of Fashion Designer Ashish Soni.
- Nephew is Eshaan Roshan ( Rajesh's son).He is a assistant director and up coming actor.
- Mother Ira Nagrath is a music director.
- Eins Zwei & The Parallel Cinema sang a song titled "Rakesh Roshan". The song released in 2013.
- Has two sisters.
- Daughter Sunaina wrote a coffee table book about her dad titled " To Dad With Love ".
- Was signed for the TV series Rajan (1985) but was later replaced by Karan Razdan.
- Starred in the shelved film Inland Films "Saath Jiyenege Saath Marenge "(1983). Starring Rakesh Roshan,Sarika,Vikram, Music by Nadeem Shravan, Directed by Swaroop Kumar.
- Starred in the shelved film "Apne Aur Anjaane"(1984). Starring Rakesh Roshan, Raj Babbar, Vidya Sinha,Sarika, Music by Ravindra Jain, Produced by Kalprit Chitra, Directed by Jagdish Mukherjee.
- Starred in the shelved film Diamond Films "Raees Damaad"(1984). Starring Rakesh Roshan,Zarina Wahab,Vikram, Music by Bappi Lahiri, Directed by Ram Waghela.
- Starred in the shelved movie "Rang Mein Bhang" (1976) Starring Navin Nischol, Zaherra, Rakesh Roshan, Music by Shankar Jaikishen, Produced by N.H.Nigam, Directed by Rahi Bharti.
- Starred in the shelved movie Social Movies "Chitrakar" (1976) Starring Sanjeev Kumar,Simple Kapadia,Rakesh Roshan,Nilu Rai,Music by Sonik Omi, Produced by Bharat Bhushan Sethi, Directed by Desh Gautam.
- Starred in the shelved movie Dee Kay Arts "Gehra Daag"(1976/1977) Starring Rakesh Roshan,Vidya Sinha, Sarika,Sachin, Mithun Chakraborthy,Music by Ravindra Jain, Directed by Kumar Kuldeep.
- Starred in the shelved movie Filmcar Productions "Choli Daaman"( 1975) Starring Rekha,Raakesh Roshan,Yogita Bali, I.S.Johar,Music by Sudhir Sain, Directed by Roopa Sain.
- Starred in the shelved movie O.K. Films " Azaad Qaidi"(1986) Starring Vinod Mehra, Rakesh Roshan, Rameshwari, Prem Chopra, Music by Bappi Lahiri, Directed by Ashwini Kumar.
- Starred in the shelved movie "Sanskar"(1978) Starring Parikshit Sahni, Rakesh Roshan,Zaherra,Bindiya Gozwami, Music by Ravindra Jain, Produced by D. Appa Rao, Directed by Vasudev Soni.
- Starred in Bhairaw Films untitled movie in 1978. Starring Jeetendra,Raakesh Roshan, Vikram,Sulakshna Pandit,Zaherra,Mala Jaggi, Asrani, Music by Rahul Dev Burman, Produced by Devilal Dhiliwal, Directed by Jai Prakash.
- Starred in Sunil Arts shelved movie in 1978. Starring Vinod Khanna,Raakesh Roshan,Music by Rajesh Roshan, Produced by Sunil Sharma, Written and Directed by Narinder Bedi.
- Wife Pinky Roshan was the adopted daughter of director J. Om Prakash.
- Starred in P.R. Films "Pal Bhar Ki Zindagi"(1979) Starring Rakesh Roshan, Prema Narayan.
- Starred in the shelved movie Production Number 3. Starring Rakesh Roshan,Shobha, Amjad Khan, Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced and Directed Atmaram.
- Starred in the shelved movie Aparajoy Film Maker's "Mushaire Ki Raat"(1980) Starring Rakesh Roshan, Sarika,Vijayendra Ghatge, Heena Kausar, Music by Rajesh Roshan, Directed by A. Shamsheer.
- Starred in shelved movie N.H.K. Films "Akela" (1976) Sunil Dutt, Saira Banu (Replaced Reena Roy) and Sunil Dutt's new actress discovery " Madhushala", Rakesh Roshan,Amjad Khan,Asha Sachdev, Music by Rahul Dev Burman,Directed by Khalid Samim.
- Starred in the shelved movie India International's "Aaj Ka Majnu" (Kidnappers)(1978) Starring Navin Nischol, Raakesh Roshan,Raksha, Asha Sachdev, Music by Rajesh Roshan, Directed by K.C. Agarwal.
- Starred in the shelved movie Shadow N Screen's "Ek Dost Ek Dushman"(1975) Starring Vinod Mehra,Raakesh Roshan,Zaheera, Prema Narayan,Om Shivpuri,Music by Bappi Lahiri, Directed by M.N. Yasin.
- He is the best friend of so many actors like - Shah Rukh Khan , Salman Khan , Rishi Kapoor , Feroz Khan , Rajesh Khanna , Jeetendra , Shatrughan Sinha , Anil Kapoor , Jackie Shroff , Vinod Khanna , Amrish Puri , Kader Khan & Amitabh Bachchan.
- He is the distanced uncle of handsome hunk actor - John Abraham.
- He is the relative uncle of actors - Zayed Khan , Fardeen Khan , Reza Khan & Jamal Khan.
- He is the father of most handsome actor - Hrithik Roshan.
- He is the relative of Khan Family ; which includes his friends - Sanjay Khan &cFeroz Khan and their brothers :- Akbar Khan , Mazhar Khan , Sameer Khan , Ilyas Khan , Asghar Khan & Sharooq Khan respectively.
- He is the relative of voice dubbing artist & actor - Mohan Kapur somehow.
- He is the best friend of directors as - Sanjay Gupta , Anurag Basu , Jaideep Sen , Priyadarshan , Vikram Bhatt , Ken Ghosh , Vidhu Vinod Chopra , Rajkumar Hirani , Rajkumar Kohli , Raj Santoshi , J.P Dutta , Guddu Dhanoa , Sanjay Leela Bhansali & Farhan Akhtar.
- He is also the best friend of actor - Gulshan Grover.
- He is the best friend of many actresses - Rekha , Reena Roy , Praveen Babi , Hema Malini , Madhuri Dixit , Kajol , Kareena Kapoor , Karishma Kapoor , Aishwariya Rai , Ameesha Patel , Preity Zinta , Priyanka Chopra , Juhi Chawla , Barbari Moore ; Katrina Kaif & Yami Gautam.
- He is the brother of music director & composer - Rajesh Roshan.
- His favorite actress was then Rekha but now it is Kiara Advani for some reason he knows better.
- He co-operates & worked with his most trusted & closest friend director - Sanjay Gupta for now.
- His favorite actor was Shah Rukh Khan in 90s but now his favorite actor is his own son - Hrithik Roshan forever.
- He produced only 3 films so far in his production career ; those films were - "Krazzy 4" (2008) ; "Kites" (2010) & "Kaabil" (2017) ; for three different directors of the films as - Jaideep Sen , Anurag Basu & Sanjay Gupta.
- His under collaboration production house banner is Sanjay Gupta's "White Feather Films" for few years.
- He worked to direct the films only for his own production house called - "FilmKraft Productions" company since from 1987 to till now in 2022 as far.
- He has been directed the 14 films till now in his direction career for Bollywood in which includes so many super-hit films like :- "Khudgarz" (1987) ; "Kaala Bazaar" (1993) ; "Karan Arjun" (1995) ; "Koyla" (1997) ; "Kaho Naa.....Pyaar Hai" (2000) ; "Koi....Mill Gaya" (2003) & "Krrish" Series or Franchise continuous......
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