Never Say Die : Abhishek Bachchan
He has been there for the last 11 years. Tinsel town’s Aby Baby has had his share of misfortune and stardom. He has given a lot of duds and a few hits in between. Today as Dum Maro Dum rakes in mollah at the BO he basks in relief. And relief he needs because his career graph is heart-wrenching. Debuting in 2000 with Refugee he went on to give 17 flops , and somewhere in between got recognized as an actor in Mani Ratnam’s Yuva (2004). He received his first Filmfare award as the Best Supporting Actor for the film. The same year he featured in another commercial hit, Dhoom.
In 2005 Bunty and Bubbly and Sarkar rang the cash register and in 2007 Guru did him proud. 2008 was the year of Dostana and 2009 that of Paa.
Abhishek’s career in some ways bears some resemblance with his paa Amitabh. Senior Bacchan too had a string of 11 flops in the beginning of his career, and then he bounced back and how.
Today we are still waiting for the Junior to `bounce back.` Like all young actors Junior has also made his share of mistakes. Chosen flop scripts to act in …but he had little choice….for he had to keep his acting shop open and his image fresh in the fickle mind of public. But when once in a while a good film came his way he shown in it. It is more of his charisma that has been pulling him through, and here he shares karma with his wifey Aish, who also despite a sullen BO record is thought of as a queen of marquee. Being in the shadows of a towering Paa has its shortcomings as much is expected of the lineage. Now with the cop act clicking in Dum Maro Dum it is being whsipered that it can be a Zanjeer for Abhishek. A beginning to a glorious career. Well, we will wait and watch