“No pressure to live up to family’s name,” Abhishek Bachchan

The star son Abhishek Bachchan who rates his dad Amitabh Bachchan as his favorite actor, has said that his family background is not something on his mind when facing camera and he feels like any other artiste in the industry. “That’s a good thing, people should have high expectations of you. Then you can deliver to high expectations,” Abhishek shared with media in Mumbai.

Abhishek is back with ‘Manmarziyaan’ releasing on September 14, after a two-year break, which he spent reassessing and re-evaluating his acting career. “It was a personal decision about how I want to approach my work. It wasn’t the kind of work I was doing or anything. It was just that I felt I as an actor had become a bit complacent about,” he said.

He does not see his return to the silver screen as being his second innings. “But that’s what you (media) are all going to call, so I will accept that”.

Abhishek said he really enjoyed working with Taapsee Pannu and Vicky Kaushal, the main leads in the upcoming film, along with him, describing them as gifted actors, and it was a great learning experience for him. He said he has been focusing on his schedules in the last one year and has “lots and lots of work” going forward.