Hrithik Roshan’s Son Hrehaan Debuts as Singer-Songwriter With ‘This Heavenly Place’

Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne Khan’s elder son, Hrehaan Roshan, has formally begun his journey as an independent musician. The 20-year-old released his first single, “This Heavenly Place,” on August 28, introducing himself as a singer-songwriter and guitarist rather than entering entertainment through the family’s more familiar route of Hindi cinema.

The release is accompanied by a stripped-back, black-and-white music video featuring Hrehaan performing in English with a guitar. Available credits identify Sudan as the track’s producer and musician Ankur Tewari in the A&R role.

What Hrehaan Roshan’s debut reveals

“This Heavenly Place” is more than a family announcement presented on social media. The song has been released through Hrehaan’s own digital presence and is available on music and video platforms, supporting its description as his first independent single.

The uncluttered presentation is also significant. Instead of using an elaborate launch vehicle built around the Roshan name, the video places Hrehaan’s voice, writing and guitar work at the centre. It gives listeners a direct introduction to the kind of artist he intends to be.

Some coverage has referred to the song as “The Heavenly Place,” but the title appearing on Hrehaan’s official video and music-platform listings is “This Heavenly Place.”

Rakesh Roshan publicly praises his grandson

Rakesh Roshan marked the release with a dedicated Instagram post about the family’s connection with music. The filmmaker said it was moving to see Hrehaan writing, composing and singing his own material, and praised him for “carving your own path with grace & brilliant artistry.”

The post uses the word “album.” However, the publicly available release information reviewed for this report establishes “This Heavenly Place” as a debut single. No complete album track list or separate album release has been independently verified, so the project is described here as a single.

Hrithik also shared the release and expressed confidence in his son’s instincts. Sussanne Khan and singer-actor Saba Azad posted supportive messages, while Rakesh additionally encouraged Hrehaan to “keep soaring” in a comment reported by multiple publications.

Music in the Roshan family predates its film-star legacy

Hrehaan’s debut adds a new chapter to a family history in which music came before acting and filmmaking.

His great-grandfather, Roshan Lal Nagrath known professionally as Roshan was an influential Hindi-film composer associated with soundtracks including Barsaat Ki Raat, Taj Mahal and Chitralekha. His grand-uncle Rajesh Roshan subsequently built a long career as a composer, working extensively on films directed or produced by Rakesh Roshan.

Rajesh also composed the music for Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai, the 2000 film that introduced Hrithik as a leading actor. The film’s official production listing credits Rakesh as director and producer and Rajesh as music composer.

Hrehaan’s route is nevertheless distinct. His first credited release is not a Hindi-film soundtrack or a project directed by a family member. It positions him within the independent singer-songwriter space, where his work will be assessed one release at a time.

The Celebrity Hour Take

The family legacy makes Hrehaan’s debut newsworthy, but the format of the launch is the more revealing detail.

A mainstream film song could have given him immediate scale while limiting how clearly audiences understood his own musical identity. “This Heavenly Place” takes the opposite approach: a personal composition, an acoustic performance and a minimal visual treatment.

That does not establish the direction of an entire career from one song. It does, however, show that Hrehaan is beginning with authorship not merely a famous surname or an appearance in somebody else’s project. His next releases will indicate whether the single is the start of a sustained independent catalogue and whether the “album” mentioned by Rakesh Roshan is still to follow.

Sources & Verification

This report was prepared using Hrehaan Roshan’s official social-media release, the indexed official music video, Rakesh Roshan’s public Instagram post, Hrithik Roshan’s public message and established secondary coverage. The song title, release format, creative credits and family statements were cross-checked across the available material. The report treats the project as a single because a complete album could not be independently verified.