Hrithik Roshan was born in Mumbai, India, to Pinky and actor/director Rakesh Roshan and nephew of well-known music director Rajesh Roshan. Hrithik's entry into acting extended the Roshan family role in Bollywood to the third generation.

Roshan is married to Suzanne Khan (who is now Suzanne Roshan), his high-school sweetheart. Suzanne is the daughter of actor/director Sanjay Khan and sister of actor Zayed Khan. Film clans (see List of Bollywood film clans) tend to intermarry.

Hrithik Roshan and Suzanne Khan/Roshan welcomed their first child, a baby boy, into the world on March 28, 2006, at 3:08pm at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai, India. The child was named Hrehaan and Hrithik's and Suzanne's child must be about 9 months