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Abhishek Bachchan Talks About 'Rough Time' In Bachchan Family, Reveals No Director Wanted To Launch Him

Abhishek Bachchan recalled how his life changed when one day his father Amitabh Bachchan invited him to join him at the Filmfare awards.

Abhishek Bachchan with father Amitabh Bachchan
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Abhishek Bachchan made his foray into the entertainment industry with the 2000 film 바카라Refugee바카라. However, before bagging director JP Dutta바카라s project, it wasn바카라t easy for Abhishek, who is legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan바카라s son, to be launched in films. 

In a recent interview, Abhishek Bachchan recalled the tough times and mentioned that nobody wanted to take on the responsibility of launching Amitabh Bachchan바카라s son. He also revealed that before his acting debut, the Bachchans were going through a rough time, and that바카라s when he had returned to India from college in the United States in order to be with his father.

바카라There was a lot of chatter, excitement about me joining (the film industry). Not because of me, but because of the kid I was. But contrary to that, people were not interested in working with me. I think I met all the directors I could have met, and they all very respectfully declined saying, 바카라We don바카라t want the responsibility of watching you,'바카라 Abhishek said during a recent roundtable conversation.

He further talked about how one day his father Amitabh Bachchan invited him to join him at the Filmfare awards, and that is where his life changed. Abhishek said during the Galatta Plus roundtable featuring Hindi actors that he did not have any formal clothes to wear for the occasion, and they could not afford it as well. Also, he thought it would be prudent to show up in jeans and a T-shirt.

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바카라Filmfare, 20 years ago, you planned months in advance about what you바카라d wear. And nobody was giving away free clothes in those days, you바카라d have to buy them yourself. You바카라d make sure you weren바카라t shooting that evening, the entire industry would show up, even if they weren바카라t nominated. It was an occasion. But then, I was like, 바카라What to wear?바카라 It sounds weird to (say it now) but I didn바카라t have that many clothes, we couldn바카라t afford to바카라 We were going through a rough time, and trying to be as frugal as we could be,바카라 Abhishek said. 

He added, 바카라So, the sherwani that was made for my sister바카라s wedding a couple of years earlier, I wore that and went.바카라

Abhishek then recalled how during the same award show, JP Dutta won the Best Director award for 바카라Border바카라, and spotted Abhishek. It was then that he asked Abhishek to meet him and he offered him 바카라Refugee바카라, changing the course of his life entirely. 

Meanwhile, on the work front, Abhishek was last seen in R Balki바카라s 바카라Ghoomer바카라.

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