Mumbai: Actor Abhishek Bachchan knows exactly how to shut down a troller with dignity and grace.
Hours after the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday allowed movie theatres to reopen with 50 per cent capacity from October 15 in areas that fall outside containment zones, the actor expressed on Twitter only to rebuffed with, “But aren’t you still gonna be jobless?”
But aren’t you still gonna be jobless? https://t.co/npe28AqBsc
— catnip (@complexmea) September 30, 2020
This how Abhishek responded: “That, alas, is in your (the audiences) hand. If you don’t like our work, we won’t get our next job. So we work to the best of our abilities and hope and pray for the best.”
That, alas, is in your (the audiences) hand. If you don’t like our work, we won’t get our next job. So we work to the best of our abilities and hope and pray for the best. ??
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) September 30, 2020
Abhishek, who has been the internet’s punching bag for quite some time now. is known to respond to trolls with his typical subtle wit and a lot of humility.
1. And this is how he had responded on being called ‘unemployed’.
What do you call a person who is happy on a Monday ? Unemployed !
— Hakuna Matata (@10dulkaralways) November 4, 2019
2. When a Twitter user pointed out that the actor (a Bollywood insider and son of megastar Amitabh Bachchan) had more social media followers than Prachi Desai (an outsider), he replied, “I assure you Mr Singhal the amount of followers you have on social media is by no means a barometer of acceptance or popularity or talent. My friend @ItsPrachiDesai is a very talented actor and doesn’t need social media to endorse that. Her work speaks for itself.”
3. When Abhishek and his father Amitabh Bachchan were admitted to Mumbai’s Nanavati Hospital with COVID-19, a social media user tried to shame his career with this post: “Ab kiske bharose baith ke khaoge? Abhishek replied, “Philhaal toh let let ke kha rahe hai dono ek saath hospital mein (For now, we are both lying down and eating together in hospital).” The haters continued saying very few have the privilege of “let ke khana”.
I pray that you are never in a situation like ours and that you remain safe and healthy. Thank you for your wishes, ma’am.
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) July 29, 2020
4. Twitter exchange between him and a stand-up comedian Karan Talwar aka @BollywoodGandu.
“Life is not about answers but questions. Where is my career going? Am I making enough money? Why am I still following @juniorbachchan?”
@BollywoodGandu here are the answers: 1. Nowhere 2. For your skill set? Hell yeah! 3. I don’t know. I unfollowed you years ago.
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) October 28, 2015
5. In 2018, a Twitter user posted, “Don’t feel bad about your life. Just remember @juniorbachchan still lives with his parents. Keep hustling everyone!”
Yes! And it’s the proudest moment for me to be able to be there for them, as they have for me. Try it sometime, you might feel better about yourself.
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) April 17, 2018
6.
@arjunchugani @juniorbachchan I am fan of abhishek bachan sir. But not his movie.
— ?? Mayank (Petrol++) (@Mayankaryan084) June 16, 2015
7.
Big B paid for Aftab Shivdasani’s ticket so that Abhishek Bachchan isn’t the least known celebrity in the stadium
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) March 19, 2016
On the work front, Abishek’s next film, The Big Bull is one of the seven big Bollywood movies to be released on OTT platform Disney+Hotstar.
