Wow.. Its been 10 years since he has been around.. Time does fly...😊
Personally Abhishek has failed to impress me as an actor. Be it his commercially successful ones like Bunty aur Babli or his critically acclaimed ones like Guru, Yuva etc...
The only movies I liked him in were the Sarkar series..
Otherwise he has never wowed or impressed me as an actor or a star.
The three Khans, Saif, Hrithik, Ajay have given me enough performances for me to appreciate them.....
Even a fairly newbie like Ranbir I feel has given some great performances compared to AB Jr....
But Yes offscreen I definitely like him as a person. He comes across as a very straight forward, sincere , mature and a level headed guy which has become a rarity in Bollywood..
I have met him in person and though it was very brief, I have never seen somebody so well mannered, so gentle, so respectful person, in show biz.... and having met a few big stars and many small time and B grade ones I could see the contrast between him and them...
And coming to Poppy's question
If he was some random Abhishek so and so instead of being Abhishek Bachchan, do you honestly think, he would have got a producer to make a film like Drona and drown so much of money on a film like that
IMO, If he was not a Bachchan, he would have been history long back.... Yes.. being his father's son has given him this many chances. No producer would have put in so much money and made a Drona... and Drona was produced by the Bachchan's family friend and partially funded by AB Sr himself. This was their answer to Hrithik's Krish which backfired...
Though AB Sr's movies are flopping he still has enough clout and contacts in the industry.. There are still movies written for Amitabh and TV shows made just for him. The others yester year ones like Dharmendra, Feroz Khan etc dont even come close to him... You never know maybe if Esha or Zayed or Fardeen were given 50 chances even they would have reached this far...
Anyways glad they did not work out. Any day I rather prefer a Abhishek over the zombies.. Zayed and Fardeen.
Regarding something better happening in future for him I am very doubtful.. Yes for some more time he will be around with the multi starrers coming up. But solo hits not really...
In conclusion so what if he is not a star material, he is great husband material... 👍🏼
Edited by maddy1973 - 14 years ago
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