Hrithik Roshan’s sister, Sunaina Roshan, recently opened up about her tough journey battling alcohol addiction and how her brother played a key role in her recovery. Sunaina shared that she went to an international rehab centre during one of the hardest times in her life, while her father, Rakesh Roshan, was battling cancer, a fact she didn’t know until much later.
Sunaina Roshan On Rehab
“It was a very, very tough course,” she said about the 28-day rehab program. “I probably wanted to come back on the 10th day. My dad said to come back. But my brother told me, ‘You’re not coming back.’ He never allowed me to come back. He said she has to finish it, only then she’ll not turn to alcohol.”
Sunaina described her rehab stay as “horrific” and emotionally exhausting, especially because phones weren’t allowed and patients were told to avoid stressful activities. When her mother, Pinkie Roshan, came to pick her up after the program, her father broke the news of his cancer diagnosis. “I was shaken up. Even talking about it is like living the moment I got to know,” she said.
She recalled getting angry with Hrithik for not letting her come back home early. “I fired my brother that day. I kept telling him I wanted to come back, and said, ‘You guys don’t care for me.’ But he said no. I got so frustrated I kept yelling at him,” she remembered.
Sunaina On Her Addiction
Talking about her addiction, Sunaina said, “For me, a can of beer became probably six cans… There were days I’d drink from morning to evening.” One day, she realised she couldn’t even remember what she had done the previous night, which scared her. “That’s the only side of me that I hated to the T,” she admitted.
Sunaina insisted on going abroad for rehab, saying, “In India, you can pay a small amount of money and get alcohol. I didn’t want that temptation.”
