In his 23 year career, actor Abhishek Bachchan has forged a niche in the industry. After his role as Inspector Jai Dixit in ‘Dhoom 3,’ he starred in several light-hearted films like ‘Happy New Year,’ ‘The Shaukeens,’ ‘All Is Well,’ and later, ’Housefull 3’ in 2016. He then took a break and returned only in 2018 with ‘Manmarziyaan’ in which he played the second male lead.
In an interview, Abhishek has explained the reason behind his break. He said, “I was very complacent. I was getting great work, great money, all the films were becoming superhits. But I knew I wasn’t pushing myself. You should never think that I can sleep-walk through a film! No, you’re not meant to sleep-walk through a film because people are putting hard earned money on you!
He added, “You have to have sleepless nights. Somewhere that's the price you pay as an actor for your gift. When it stops meaning that and it comes easily to you, you've started your downward trajectory and that's the space I was in. So, I said, let me stop. Whichever films I had signed that time, which hadn't started, I returned the signing amounts to them. I told them I need to re-evaluate things, I took that time off, I came back and started selecting work which gave me sleepless nights.”
Abhishek was last seen in the 2022 film ‘Dasvi,’ which features him as a jailed politician who resumes his studies in jail. He was also seen in the second season of his web series ‘Breathe: Into The Shadows’ last year. The actor recently completed the shooting of R Balki’s ‘Ghoomer.’ He also produced a film titled ‘SSS7’ and also shot a film with Remo D’Souza and will now begin working on Shoojit Sircar’s next.