Abhishek detractors should eat loads of humble pie: Amitabh
Subhash K. Jha - 2/7/2007
Mumbai, Feb 8 (IANS) Proud father Amitabh Bachchan is in raptures over son Abhishek's latest achievements and says he wasn't as daring in his selection of roles.
"I was never this adventurous. And had I been so, I doubt if I would've been able to carry it off with such conviction and aplomb. I never got the opportunities and also maybe I was never so brave," Amitabh told IANS in an interview.
Abhishek's performance in "Guru" is being hailed as no minor achievement.
"'Guru' coming in the wake of 'Dhoom 2' has proved to all and sundry that given a role and an opportunity, Abhishek can deliver. He has in one stroke silenced all his detractors and critics. It's a slap on the face of those that thought unkindly of him. Large volumes of humble pie need to be devoured by them."
Commenting upon a media analysis that his days as brand ambassador are over, Amitabh said: "The brand endorsements have never been so good, contrary to certain media analysts, who recently headlined that 'The King Is Dead Long Live The King'. It is a rather prolonged thesis on my diminishing and expired brand value and the rising value of my colleague and dear friend Shah Rukh Khan."
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Were you so adventurous in your heydays?
Adventurous in my heydays? Thank you for relegating my heydays to the past! But seriously though, I was never this adventurous. And had I been so, I doubt if I would've been able to carry it off with such conviction and aplomb. I never got the opportunities and also maybe I was never so brave.
Considering Hrithik Roshan had an author-backed role in "Dhoom 2", do you think it was a mistake for Abhishek to do the film?