Megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday highlighted a post on social media stating that his son, actor Abhishek Bachchan "unnecessarily became the victim of nepotism negativity".

A Bollywood news portal on the microblogging site X posted a video of Abhishek posing for the shutterbugs at a promotional event.

"Abhishek Bachchan unnecessary became the victim of 'nepotism' negativity, but the amount of good films in his filmography are very high," read the caption of the post.

Amitabh Bachchan, 82, reshared the video clip on his X account and wrote: "I feel the same .. and not just because I am his Father." The screen icon often uses his social media accounts to promote Abhishek Bachchan, 49, with whom he has co-starred in films such as Bunty Aur Babli, Sarkar, and Paa.

The 49-year-old actor will next be seen in the Prime Video film Be Happy. He was last seen in Shoojit Sircar's I Want To Talk.