Abhishek Bachchan: ‘Every director I met said they didn't want to take the responsibility of launching me’

Abhishek Bachchan has detailed his struggles of getting his first film in the early 2000s. In the Hindi Actors Roundtable on Galatta Plus, Abhishek revealed that despite film magazines proclaiming that Amitabh Bachchan's son is gearing up for his debut, no filmmaker wanted to cast him. Abhishek Bachchan talks about the struggle to get his first film What Abhishek said “There was a lot of chatter, excitement about me joining. Abhishek grew his moustache and beard for the part, but when the two pitched it to Amitabh Bachchan for him to produce it under his banner ABCL, he said the script is “bakwas.” How Abhishek got his first film In order to boost his son's morale, Amitabh took Abhishek along to the Filmfare Awards, filmmaker JP Dutta spotted him. While that film didn't materialise, JP eventually cast Abhishek in his 2000 cross-border romance Refugee, opposite fellow newcomer Kareena Kapoor.