Bollywood is a cruel profession, and it is way more hostile to star children who have not lived up to the prestigious last name. In the case of Abhishek Bachchan, son of two legends Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, it was a blessing as well as a curse. Others had begun their film career with expectations and hope, and this met with a slew of rejection, failure and painful wake-ups. However his story also has the elements of development, survival and redemption.
Abhishek: An Aussie Beaming Future With Crushing Expectations
Abhishek entered the world of films in 2000 with Refugee, which stars Kareena Kapoor. The movie had moderate feedback, and he performed well. But in the succeeding years, there were nothing but box office failures. Such films as Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai, Sharara,t and Om Jai Jagadish never appealed to the audience.
Having both his parents as stalwarts, the expectations were very high. However, rather than the golden way, Abhishek was left fighting to prove himself. The industry and even the fans appeared not impressed. Even worse, he started feeling that he was becoming invisible in the streets.
Abhishek: Entering the Rooms that Nobody Cared
Abhishek in a Hollywood Reporter India interview, shared the story of a rather bad experience during his career. I have gone into rooms with people standing in it and no one looking at you, he said. You go into a hotel lobby and you anticipate people asking you to sign something, and then nothing happens.
These acts of cold indifference were devastating to a person who had been used to seeing his father idolized by a vast number of people. It was not only fame but rather the sense that he did not count. That quietness, that indifference, caused a scar.
The Turning Point Called Dhoom
This is followed by the year 2004. Abhishek played ACP Jai Dixit, a no-nonsense, leather jacket-wearing cop who is in pursuit of his fancily dressed robbers on high-speed bikes in Dhoom. The movie was revolutionary. The audience was that much surprised when they came across a different hue of the Abhishek-confident, cool, and in charge.
He remembers that when the film Dhoom was released, he would walk through the lobby of the Marriott, and things changed instantly. He revealed that the entire lobby just stopped. I used to be invisible two months ago. Everyone was now standing to witness.” It was an unreal, confirmatory experience.
The Words of Hrithik Roshan That Brought Everything New
It was on the same evening that Abhishek confronted Hrithik Roshan, who had similarly achieved an overnight stardom with Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai. Hrithik wished him good luck as well, but also gave him a hard word of wisdom.
He embraced me, and said, Till this moment nothing–it begins now, with your troubles. You know, you got something to lose now, said Austin.” Abhishek could not forget that line. It made him realise that being famous is easy, but being relevant is the hard part.
Self Doubt and Labeling Self a Flop Actor I Self doubts and labeling himself a flop actor
The years of unsuccess had really touched Abhishek before Dhoom. At home, he had started to call himself a flop actor, by times quite jokingly, yet with an undertone of sadness. This has been observed by his mother, Jaya Bachchan, and she remembered to note a similar occurrence with Amitabh when he went through hard times.
According to Jaya in the book To Be Or Not To Be by Khalid Mohamed, Amitabh also would sarcastically call himself a flop when he was undergoing tough times. However, she is certain (then and now) that failure is not permanent. She never doubted father or son.
When He Almost Gave Up Actor
It was a person who really thought about quitting behind the facade of the good image. Abhishek came to a breaking point after giving a series of box office bombs. He even considered quitting acting. His father, Amitabh Bachchan, was the person, who helped him look beyond the smog of despair.
Amitabh told him that great actors are denied too. It should not be the failure that should be avoided, but it should be learnt, improved and overcome.
Success That Made a Lesson to Him
Dhoom, which became a roaring success, and powerful acts in Yuva, Sarkar and Guru finally gave Abhishek the critical and commercial success that he sought. However, he was not arrogant after success since he had the experience of failure in the first place.
You don t appreciate being noticed till you have felt not being noticed, he replied. The realization toiled him more as he got another chance.
Yoyos in Career: the Ups and Downs
Since that time Abhishek He has had both box office success and creative ventures in his career. He exhibited superb comic timing both in Dostana and Bol Bachchan, he displayed emotional complexity in Guru, put himself into the darker and layered characters in movies such as Manmarziyaan and in Breathe: Into the Shadows in the Amazon Prime series.
Not all the films could work. There were disasters and performances that one lets the mind forget. In it all Abhishek remained a down-to-earth person maybe because he had experienced the worst of stardom.
Honesty on Being Vulnerable
Abhishek is not one of those actors who refuses a confession that acting may be both mentally and emotionally exhaustive. In his interview he said that actors are seeking validation. It is a lie of any person who says the opposite.
It is even more difficult with social media full of brutal comments and continuous attention. Abhishek, who has retorted against trolls in a very lighthearted and gracious manner, makes it clear that criticism is painful. Yet he is fuel to it, to get better, to make a point, to keep going.
Being an Influence of His Parents Strengths
Through his travels, Abhishek has resorted to drawing nothing but the knowledge of his parents. Even at the age of 80, Amitabh Bachchan has never stopped reining himself. Jaya Bachchan, a princess who speaks straight is his constant dose of sanity. They made him understand that failure is not a full stop: it is a comma.
When talking about the work ethic of his father, he once mentioned: you wake up, brush yourself, and come to work the next day. That is the philosophy which he also goes by.
Beyond Films: Fourth Dimensional Man: A Jack of Thills
Abhishek has done it both inside and outside of cinema. He is the owner of Jaipur Pink Panthers kabaddi team and also a part owner of Chennaiyin FC football club. They indicate how he is passionate about sport and a success story in other fields other than acting.
He is also a husband and a father. His marriage to Ashwarya Rai Bachchan and his status as a father in Aaradhya has given new enhancement to his life. During most of the interviews, he has expressed that his greatest joy and inspiration is his daughter.
A life of hard work and not luck A career that was characterized by resilience instead of privilege
As the son of an Indian superstar Abhishek Bachchan is no overnight sensation, but the child of earnestly gained respect. He has fallen, suspected, been mocked and yet has decided to remain tall. In places where other people would have given in, he decided to take a stand.
Riding in the industry where overnight popularity and a fleeting mind is the order of the day, Abhishek is yet one example, to say that the biggest ones are not always in your face. Other times, it is gradual, incremental and very intimate.
Speeding across the industry where overnight fame and a short lived mind is the law of the land, Abhishek is one such example to say that the biggest ones are not always in your face. Sometimes it is slow, gradual and extremely intimate.
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