‘MY PARENTS NEVER BROUGHT ME UP TO BE A QUITTER'

‘Never sit back and relax.’ ‘Always be a student.’ ‘Always be hungry to learn and improve.’

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Abhishek Bachchan has probably seen it all. Being the son of India's biggest superstar, he has seen his fair share of hits and flops. And he doesn't take any of it for granted.

When he felt things were not quite going according to plan, Abhishek took time off from his career to introspect, resulting in his 2.0 OTT version.

The actor, who is all set to entertain US with his social comedy Dasvi next, looks back at his career and tells "I don't think you become actors of the calibre of my parents, or even Aishwarya for that matter, if you're going to be lackadaisical about your work. They are some of the hardest working actors I've ever worked with."

The year 2000 was an important one for your family. It was the year you made your debut with Refugee, and the year when your father Amitabh Bachchan started the second innings of his career with Mohabbatein after going through a phase of rising debts and the failure of his production house, ABCL. But before these movies were released, what was the mood at home?

It was definitely sombre.

Things weren't really working out the way you wanted them to.

There was a lot of hardship.

The mood was sombre, and yet, filled with an attitude to go out there and achieve.