Abhishek Bachchan recently opened up about the time when he thought of quitting films as none of them were working. He thought that becoming an actor was a mistake and went to his father Amitabh Bachchan who gave him an advice that changed his thought process.
In an interview with Galatta Plus, Abhishek said that he had a conversation with his father about it. “A lot of my movies were not working; critics were panning my performances no matter who I worked with. I worked with some of the biggest directors of that era hoping that they will teach me stuff and rectify stuff that I haven’t managed to do and nothing was happening,” he said.
He added, “I went to my dad and I said ‘we need to talk, I think we have made a mistake. I don’t think I am cut out for this because no matter what I do, it isn’t working, I have tried everything. I have tried all genres. I have tried all kinds of cinema. I have tried all kind of filmmakers and I am just not able to do it. Maybe it’s time for me to be honest with myself and say you are not cut out for this, you are not good enough, find something else to do’. And I did go and speak to him about this and he reassured me.”
Abhishek recalled the piece of advice that Amitabh gave him not as a father but as a senior actor. “He said, ‘You are nowhere near the finished product. You have a lot of improving to do and I am noticing improvement in every film of yours. There is a hidden good actor within you. How good you become is upto you and how hard you want to work. The only way you will be able to polish your craft is by working so go out there, whatever film you get just sign and just work’ and that’s what I did,” Abhishek added.
That’s when he started taking up supporting roles. “I didn’t care what kind of a role it was supporting, secondary, tertiary, I did everything, until I found the confidence in myself. Until I could deliver at the box office and people started banking on me as a leading man again.”
Abhishek starred recently in Shoojit Sircar’s I Want To Talk which released in theatres on November 22. He will also be seen next in the dance-drama Be Happy, helmed by Remo D’Souza.
