Abhishek Bachchan: I met several producers and directors and requested to give me an opportunity to act

Abhishek Bachchan has been tracing his years in the film industry with his unique ‘Road To 20’ Instagram posts. The actor has been going movie by movie of his filmography and sharing unique incidents from his time filming them. He recently revealed that he had to beg producers and directors to give him an opportunity to act in their movies.

Abhishek is sharing pivotal moments from his career of 20 years on his Instagram handle. Abhishek has shared his timeline of the year 2009. He wrote, “#Roadto20 Year-2009 #Delhi6 #Paa Many don’t know that in 1998 @rakeyshommehra and I wanted to start our film careers together. Him directing me in a script we both worked on called “Samjhauta Express”. Both not able to get anyone to launch us despite trying very hard. I forget how many producers and directors I met and requested to give me an opportunity to act. But to no avail! We both were friends and decided that we would develop something that Rakeysh could direct and I would act in and that’s how Samjhauta Express was conceived.”

He further continued, “Alas, the film never got made (a regret we still have in our hearts). Rakeysh went on to make ‘Aks’ with my father and I was luckily spotted by JP saab. He liked my “look”, I had grown my hair long and a beard for SE. JP saab was thinking of making Akhri Mughal ( a historical ) and was on the lookout for a young fresh face… I got lucky. He never made Akhri Mughal but made Refugee instead. Over 10 years later Rakeysh and I finally managed to work together in the beautiful and still oh-so-relevant Delhi 6. Such a beautiful cast. We were all like one big family, always together even after wrap.(sic)”

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With the current argument on nepotism going around due to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, Abhishek’s post has been a new piece in the debate.

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