By Subhash K. Jha, IANS

The Indian film industry is staggered by the weight of Hrithik Roshan's multimillion three-film deal with Adlabs but there is more to boggle Bollywood's collective mind.

According to a highly placed source, Hrithik has been given a carte blanche by Adlabs.

"Not only has Hrithik been signed for a record amount by Adlabs, he also has the freedom to pick and choose the nature and genre of the projects," the source said.

Hrithik has signed a whopping Rs.350-million (Rs.35 crore) deal with Adlabs - making him the highest-paid star in Bollywood.

"The superstar is free to choose the director of his own choice as well as the script, co-star and the rest of the unit and crew for each set-up. In short, Hrithik is in complete creative control of what he chooses to do and with whom."

Though the "Krissh" star isn't allowed to talk about the deal or what kind of films he would like to do with Adlabs, apparently he's looking at the new breed of directors who have come in during the past two years.

On the other hand, Rakesh Roshan has finally zeroed in on a story idea for his next super-hero film with Hrithik. This film is expected to start some time towards the end of 2007.

At the moment Hrithik is all set to leave for Jaipur to start shooting for Ashutosh Gowariker's "Jodha-Akbar". Once that's out of the way he starts work on Zoya Akhtar's film.

So when would he be able to do the three films for Adlabs?

"Oh, that's no problem. The deal stretches into three years. So Hrithik can spread out the films as and how he likes," the source said.