Abhishek Bachchan turns fifty. Has been acting in films for about twenty-five years. Abhishek has definitely gradually become a very mature actor, yet he is the underdog. He has acted in many such successful films, from 2004's Yuva and Dhoom to 2025's Housefull 5, in which his acting was strong. If we look at his films like Guru, Sarkar, Delhi 6, Daswini, Ghoomar, I Want to Walk or Kalidhar Lapata etc., then Abhishek is seen to be such a diligent actor who is seen working hard to achieve his goal. Despite being the son of famous actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan, there was never any arrogance in his behavior nor was there any accusation of racing in the industry regarding chemistry. Sometimes there was success, sometimes failure, just kept acting with simplicity.
It is worth noting that comparison between a superstar father and his son is nothing new in the film industry. Even when there is a son of a legendary personality like Amitabh Bachchan, comparisons become even more inevitable. Everyone desires to know that the son of the artist who is called the megastar of Hindi films, Big B, Alexander of Bollywood, the angry young man of the seventies, the Shahenshah of acting, etc. Abhishek Bachchan How much strength do I have? Does the son also have the potential to become a superstar like his father?
However, this comparison is meaningless. Rajendra Kumar was once called the Jubilee Star, but his son Kumar Gaurav did not get success in any other film except Love Story. Similarly, Sunny Deol was also marginalized in the beginning. In the initial years, compared to Dharmendra, his image did not have such attraction, due to which today he gets bumper success at the box office. Sunny Deol's performance in front of Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff was like a very dull one. But in the later period, the makeover made him a superstar.
Nepotism is true to some extent in the film industry, but because of this the public does not tolerate any artist for years. Napo kids also go through double pressure. The audience expects the same performance from them as their parents, whereas artists of every generation have different talents, different stories and situations. There are neither equal opportunities nor equal characters. Still the expectations remain the same. There is also a truth that no matter how big a kid a kid is, if he does not have talent, he cannot become a horse for a long race. This has been proved every time with every artist.
Abhishek Bachchan (getty image)
Well, the issue of Abhishek Bachchan is a little different from that of Nepo Kid. Abhishek has turned fifty and has been acting for about twenty-five years - we have already written this above. Now just look at the film career of Amitabh Bachchan. Test your acting and maturity beyond the success-failure graph. When Amitabh turned fifty, what was his position in the industry. Till 1992, Amitabh was at the pinnacle of Indian cinema. As if the title of Shahenshah of the silver screen was given to him from the 1988 film of the same name. The space he created before this, from Zanjeer to Khuda Gawah, was exemplary for any subsequent artiste. Whereas till the age of fifty, Abhishek Bachchan has his own place in the industry.
So where is the lack left? There is no doubt that Abhishek Bachchan is a talented artist. Now he lives the character well, impresses a large group of audiences but it is equally true that his debut was as a pre-mature actor. Watch the performance of Amitabh Bachchan in Saat Hindustani and Abhishek Bachchan in Refugee. Both of them made their debut with these two films. Watch the acting of father and son closely and evaluate it seriously. Abhishek does not appear as mature in Refugee as Amitabh appears in his first film. Whereas in the same year, Hrithik Roshan creates charisma with his debut film Kaho Na Pyaar.
Well, it was not Abhishek Bachchan's fault in his pre-mature debut. Actually the circumstances were like this. In the year 2000, on one hand Amitabh Bachchan was being given the status of Millennium Star, on the other hand he was under the pressure of debt worth crores. KBC game show and Mohabbatein film may have saved Amitabh Bachchan from debt worth crores, but at the same time, Jaya Bachchan, who was away from acting for many years, had to come on screen sometimes with happiness and sometimes with sorrow, while Abhishek Bachchan was also launched by JP Dutta. Till this time, complete preparations for Abhishek were not done.
In a way, the entire Bachchan family came back on the film screen. Certainly this was a mission to get rid of crores of debts. No wonder Amitabh Bachchan, with his courage and talent, recovered from huge debts and became a mainstream super star again. But meanwhile, Abhishek Bachchan, who jumped into the battle of acting on the silver screen without any special preparation, could not create any special magic. For a long time, comparisons were made in the media between Abhishek and Hrithik, the focus was on their performance graphs, but it was not considered that the way Hrithik Roshan was made to debut with great preparation, Abhishek Bachchan remained far away from the pomp and show of that grand preparation.
Even in later years, Abhishek did films on his own. Neither father Amitabh Bachchan, mother Jaya Bachchan nor wife Aishwarya Rai were ever accused of lobbying for Abhishek's role. After a long time, Abhishek Bachchan definitely got the success he deserves. It remains to be seen which of his characters proves to be shocking after the age of fifty. And what position can they achieve? Well, it is being told that her role in Shahrukh Khan's King is going to be of a different nature. Waiting for the king.
