Abhishek Bachchan calls daughter Aaradhya ‘most beautiful woman'; feels embarrassed when Amitabh Bachchan praises him: ‘He is 83'

Indian Express

16 hours ago

Abhishek Bachchan recently completed 25 years in the film industry. While the actor has played many roles in his long career, lately his choice of characters has mostly been of a father or a father-figure. His upcoming film Kaalidhar Laapata also revolves around the same subject. In a recent interaction, Abhishek revealed the reason behind this pattern and also talked about his father and superstar Amitabh Bachchan praising him unabashedly on social media.
In an interaction with The Hollywood Reporter, Abhishek discussed how his character in Kaalidhar Laapata is about a man who spends his life fulfilling his family's needs, only to realise that he hasn't done anything for himself. Talking about the same, he said, 'The theme struck a chord with me, apart from the various layers of the subtext, was that it's never too late to go and try and fulfil a dream that hasn't been fulfilled, and I don't look upon that as a midlife crisis, but there are a lot of us that have sacrificed a lot for our families and finally realise that I've done so much for my family, what about me? I love the simplicity of what he wanted to do.'
Abhishek has been able to relate to his recent characters because of his personal life and his equation with his daughter Aaradhya Bachchan. He said, 'I don't think I am actively seeking such roles but I have noticed the common thread and I attribute it to the most beautiful woman in the world, my daughter. Artists go through phases in life and when I started with Breathe, then Ludo, Bob, Be Happy, I Wanna Talk, Kaalidhar Laapata – I understood that paternal emotion in those because I was also witnessing and experiencing that in my real life. I don't know if Aaradhya wasn't around whether I'd still be experiencing those emotions or feel them as acutely. They also happened because that relationship spoke to me because I used to experience that with her.'
'When Hope, I can call him (Amitabh) my fan,' Abhishek said as he discussed the praise that he sees his father write on social media about his films and performances. Speaking about Big B, he said, 'I think he's an overzealous, emotional father right now, and that's the one thing I love about him. You know, in the initial parts of my career? We never expressed all that. I think he used to feel scared that 'I don't look like you know…'. He is doing a lot of it now. You can't blame him, he is 83.'
He added, 'Most people forget that apart from being the great Amitabh Bachchan, he is also a father.' Admitting that he feels embarrassed seeing his father write words of praise for him on social media, he said, 'I feel very embarrassed when he writes all the things, I don't know how to respond.'