Dad copies me: Abhishek

The actor talks about about his identity beyond his father and more

Actor Abhishek Bachchan was in the Capital on Saturday evening when the serials blasts shook Delhi. The actor was travelling for a press meet near Connaught Place when the bomb at Central Park went off. CNN-IBN spoke to him about his first hand experience with terror, his identity beyond his father and the rumours that constantly hound his family.

You missed getting to Connaught Place by a few minutes on Saturday. Was it a narrow escape from the Delhi blasts for you?

Abhishek Bachchan: I wouldn't call it an escape. I was on my way to the Omega showroom in Connaught Place, but I changed my mind at the last minute as I had a function to attend, so I turned back. It's only when I got home to get ready, I saw on the news that the blasts had taken place. It was just a horrific event and I felt really bad about it.

What would you say about your own identity? Do you feel in a sense that you have stepped out of your father's shadow?

Abhishek Bachchan: No, and I don't think that I ever will step out of his shadow and neither am I trying to. I say this because very early on in my career, even before my first film released, I realised that this is something I should never try to do. I'm very proud to be in my father's shadow, to be a Bachhan and to be his son. One of the greatest things in my life is that I'm my father's son.

Do you think your a better dancer than your father?

Abhishek Bachchan: Well, he says I am. But I don't think so.

Is it true that his steps in the film Don for the song Khai Ke Paan Banaras Wala is something that he picked up from you?

Abhishek Bachchan: Yes that is true. Apparently when they were shooting for Khai Ke Paan banaras Wala, he used to take me to the set. And whenever the song was played I used to start dancing to it and they allegedly copied my steps. Which I think is a very cool thing as I get a lot of bragging rights. I can go around bragging that Amitabh Bachchan copies me.

Do think that the constant rumours about Aishwarya's pregnancy and that the Bachchan family doesn't want her to act anymore hurt her career at all?

Abhishek Bachchan: No I don't think so. Or else why would she be working in the kind of films that she does. Also, I don't take kindly to people saying that the Bachchans are stopping her from working because people very conveniently forget that my mother is an actor and I'm the son of an actor, an actor who has done some substantial work and continues to do so.

We don't believe in stopping anybody from doing anything, we aren't that kind of a family. I think that is a very archaic way of thinking. Aishwarya is free to do whatever she pleases to and whatever maker her happy. We as a family and I as her husband will support her.

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