Sonali Kulkarni, who played Hrithik Roshan’s foster mother in the 2000 film Mission Kashmir directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, shared her experience of working with the actor when he was still new to the industry. Sonali, who was 25 at the time, mentioned she didn’t even realize initially that she would be playing Hrithik’s mother on screen. While she had no reservations about portraying Hrithik’s mother, Neelima, she was more concerned about playing Sanjay Dutt’s wife due to their height difference.