Mumbai: Despite being the son of Bollywood legends Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, it’s wasn’t easy for star kid Abhishek Bachchan to carve a niche for himself in the industry.
Recalling how he was overlooked after his films failed at the box office, Abhishek told The Hollywood Reporter India, “Actors are very fragile people. We put on this exterior, but actually, on the inside, we’re like scared children. You’re looking for validation. You’re scared of going unrecognised when you go out somewhere. I genuinely hope for any actor that they get to experience both. That’s when you learn to value each of them.”
He continued, “I’ve walked into rooms where nobody even turns and looks at you. I’ve walked into a hotel lobby, and it didn’t make a difference. I expected it to make a difference because I’m a film star…You walk into a hotel lobby and you expect someone will come for an autograph, and then, nobody comes. You swallow that, and you keep going.”
“A couple of months later, Dhoom comes out, and you walk into the Marriott, and the lobby comes to a standstill. You only value that because you’ve been on the other end. And because you’ve been on the other end, you never want to go back there, so you work even harder… I say this often: The foundation stone of success is laid on the ground of failure.”
Sharing valuable advice which colleague Hrithik Roshan gave him, Abhishek revealed, “He was there and he was so happy. He hugged me, and he said something in my ear which just threw me off. But it’s kept me so aligned to what has happened. He said, ‘Till now it was nothing, your problems start now. Now you have something to lose’.”