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Time of India
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
When Abhishek Bachchan reflected on being compared to Amitabh Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai: ‘It's never going to get easy..'
Abhishek Bachchan has lived much of his life in the spotlight, not just because of his own acting career, but also due to the family he belongs to. As the son of Bollywood legends Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan , and the husband of international icon Aishwarya Rai , Abhishek 's every move has been closely watched and often compared. But how does he really feel about constantly being measured against the towering achievements of his father and wife? In a past interview with CNBC-TV18, the 'Guru' actor had opened up about the long-standing comparisons and how he's learnt to deal with them, with grace, maturity, and a deep sense of pride in his family. 'If you are comparing me to the best...' Speaking honestly about how it feels to be compared time and again to his famous family members, the 'Dhoom' actor said, 'It's never going to get easy. But after 25 years of being asked the same question, I have become immune to it. If you are comparing me to my father, you are comparing me to the best. If you are comparing me to the best, somewhere I believe that maybe I am worthy of being considered among these great names. I look at it like that. ' Proud son, proud husband The 'Bunty Aur Babli' actor didn't shy away from talking about the people closest to him. With warmth and sincerity, he expressed his admiration for his family and their achievements. 'My parents are my parents, my family is my family, my wife is my wife, and I am immensely proud of them and their achievements and what they continue to do.' Learning from the best It's clear that the 'Manmarziyaan' actor has a deep admiration for his father's work ethic. Even at 82, Amitabh Bachchan continues to lead by example, something that fuels Abhishek's own dreams and determination. 'We are sitting here in a wonderful AC room in Mumbai, doing this interview, having a nice cup of coffee, and that 82-year-old (Amitabh Bachchan) is shooting for KBC from 7 in the morning. He's leading by example. I want to be like that. When I go to bed at night, all I think is that when I am 82, I want my daughter to be able to say that about me, 'Hey, my dad's 82 and he's still at it.'' Abhishek Bachchan also shared that everything he is today is because of his family, and he works for their honour, past, present, and future. He said he's proud of the name given by his grandfather but even prouder of the family surname. He hopes his daughter Aaradhya and future generations will value and carry forward the same belief system. Aishwarya & Aaradhya Twin in Black at Airport Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
India.com
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- India.com
This actress is fond of horse riding, went against her father to enter Bollywood, failed to become a star, quit films forever after 14 years, she is…
This little girl sitting on a horse belongs to a famous family of the industry. From her parents to her brother, everyone in her house is a superstar. This girl also decided to step into the film world. But her superstar father was not ready for this, so she entered the industry and worked in films. But, this girl could not become a hit in films after becoming an actress. This actress has been fond of horse riding. Recently, the actress has expressed her love for horse riding and shared old memories. This actress is none other than the darling of the Deol film family, Dharmendra and Hema Malini's elder daughter, Esha Deol. However, Esha's career has not been able to take her to any special heights of fame. Now the actress is making a comeback on the big screen after 14 years with the film 'Tumko Meri Kasam'. This actress is fond of horse riding Actress Esha Deol often shares beautiful stories related to her life and work on social media. In the latest post, the actress mentioned Ramu who takes care of her mare and thanked him. Sharing a post on Instagram, the actress told that she is fond of horse riding and often goes to Ooty. Sharing a childhood photo, Esha Deol wrote in the caption, 'This is from Ooty in 1987. Shanti was a beautiful brown mare and Ramu was her caretaker. I often accompanied my parents to their shooting. I was very fond of horse riding in the morning and evening. Shanti was very calm and it was fun to ride on her.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by ESHA DEOL (@imeshadeol) The actor further said, 'We used to roam around the whole city, mountains and markets together. Now I miss those moments a lot. Ramu not only taught me horse riding, but also taught me to feed Shanti and love animals. I am very grateful to Ramu.' Debuted in 2002 Let us tell you that Esha Deol started her acting career in the year 2002 with the romantic-thriller 'Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe'. She has also been a part of films like action-thriller 'Dhoom', 'Dus', 'Kaal' and comedy, 'No Entry'. After taking a break, Esha Deol made a comeback with 'Rudra: The Age of Darkness' released in the year 2022. After this, she appeared in 'Hunter Tootega Nahi Todega' released in the year 2023. Isha's latest release is 'Tumko Meri Kasam', which is based on the life of Dr. Ajay Muria, the founder of Indira IVF. Directed by Vikram Bhatt, 'Tumko Meri Kasam' also stars Isha along with Anupam Kher, Ada Sharma, Durgesh Kumar, Sushant Singh, Shubhankar Das and Manmeet Singh Sahni in important roles.
Indian Express
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
Bunty Aur Babli turns 20: Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji's crime caper is a sharp, spirited portrait of middle-class ambition in post-liberalisation India
It was the early 2000s. Aditya Chopra had seen failure, and not just once; the industry had started to lose faith as well as some within his own family. He was no longer the golden boy, and that silence around him was growing heavier. Hence, he made a decision. Not to retreat, but to move and to try something unexpected. He wanted to make a crime caper, with Abhishek Bachchan in the lead. He handed the reins to a young director, known only for a remake, and gave him a story that set out to change the syntax of commercial storytelling. For Yash Raj Films, this was unfamiliar territory. It had none of the soft-focus charm of their romantic sagas. There was no moral compass pointing north. Not even NRI nostalgia to cushion the fall. At its heart, it was about thieves, beneath the ever-watchful eye of capitalism's glimmering tower, stealing not for malice, but for meaning. Many might think this is about Dhoom, with its bikes, its pace, its swagger. That's another story for another day. This is about something else. Something gentler, but sharper. This is about Bunty Aur Babli. On paper, the film read like a loose riff on Bonnie and Clyde, but the comparison falls apart on contact. The conflict, the characters, even the tonal register, everything diverges. There's a deliberate lightness here, a sense of joy that's not accidental. What distinguishes it, though, is its grounding in a newly liberalized Indian economy. What resonates most is the social and generational context from which Bunty and Babli emerge. They're children of a transitional India, where aspiration outpaces infrastructure, where dreams travel faster than opportunity. Their world is shaped by cable television, their life is defined by endless stories of success featuring people like them, but never quite about them. They come from the moral certainties of the middle class, yet no longer find themselves entirely at home in them. So unlike Bonnie and Clyde, their rebellion isn't just romantic or criminal — it's existential. They're not simply running from the law; they're running towards meaning, place, and identity. Bunty (Abhishek Bachchan) comes from Fursatganj. Babli (Rani Mukerji) runs away from Pankinagar. Towns like these don't figure in the imagination of India A. They are not destinations, just glimpses from a moving train, places you pass through on your way elsewhere. The kind of small towns, which Gulzar described as 'chhote chhote shehron se', towns that appear as two-minute railway halts, or as dhaba stops on long, anonymous highways. It's no accident, then, that the film is filled with trains and roads. They're more than just setting, they're the spirit. Movement becomes metaphor. The story sways towards the form of a road movie, but what it really tracks is the velocity of desire, the shape of a search. Bunty and Babli's journey begins with the pulse of 'Dhadak Dhadak', introduced separately (notice Babli, dancing in an akhada, subverting every expectation of the YRF heroine). By the interval, they're together, dancing to 'Nach Baliye', on a set that feels like Broadway filtered through Mumbai, brought alive by Sharmishta Roy. It's more than a spectacle, it's a declaration. They've arrived. Not by permission, but by defiance. Because for towns like Fursatganj and Pankinagar, the law does not build ladders. It builds maps that forget them. Also Read | Bunty Aur Babli 2 review: Saif Ali Khan-Rani Mukerji kindle the old spark At the interval point, another shift takes place, not just in the story, but in the film's very form. This is when Amitabh Bachchan enters as Commissioner Dashrath Singh, tasked with hunting down Bunty and Babli. And with his arrival, something changes. Until now, the film had moved along the undercurrent of contrast, between different Indias, between aspiration and limitation, but that tension remained largely subtextual. With Bachchan's entry, the polarity becomes tonal. The first half of Bunty aur Babli is grounded. It belongs to the soil. Its language, texture, and rhythm echo the realism of Amol Palekar or Basu Chatterjee movies. But post-interval, the film shapeshifts. It leaps into the zone of a Manmohan Desai caper: louder, faster, glossier. The satire gets broader, the stakes more stylized. What was once rooted starts to float. The chase becomes theatrical, the con jobs more elaborate, the narrative more self-aware. And by the end, the homages are unmistakable. This is Catch Me If You Can, filtered through a Bollywood lens, stitched with spectacle and swagger. The film wears its love for the '70s on its sleeve. Look closely, and a Hath Ki Safai poster slips into the mise-en-scène like a memory. Listen carefully, and you'll hear 'Dil Cheez Kya Hai' floating in the background, as Bachchan's voice reflects on lost love. Ranjeet plays Ranjeet. Prem Chopra appears, but not as himself. And Sholay? It haunts the form. Bunty and Babli don the jackets of Jai and Veeru, not as parody but as inheritance. And in the end, there's a moving train, a face-off between an honest cop (read: Thakur) and two outlaws. But the most pointed homage is the casting of Bachchan himself. Once the face of rebellion, the original angry young man, he now stands on the other side. No longer the drifter, no longer the spark, he is the law, the system, the state. He chases what he once embodied. The film, without ever raising its voice, offers a mirror. A deconstruction. Bachchan as Dashrath Singh isn't just a cop chasing thieves, he's really time chasing itself. He's a myth returning to watch its own unravelling. You can almost sense that director Shaad Ali is working from a place of deep fascination. His enthusiasm doesn't just sit on the surface, it feels visceral, alive in every frame. But at no point does this passion overwhelm the story. Instead, it powers it from within. His gaze is packed with ideas, and what's remarkable is how effortlessly he brings each one to life. There's also a clear and genuine love for the song-and-dance tradition of Bombay cinema. Shaad doesn't treat music as decoration, he uses it to its fullest potential. Each song becomes a narrative moment, revealing themes, emotions, even entire storylines. But the real giant here — the cultural juggernaut, is Kajra Re. It's the song that defined a decade. Shaad Ali never directed a bigger musical moment. Alisha Chinai never sang a more iconic hit. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy never produced a more crowd-moving track. And Aishwarya Rai never danced with such massy charm and controlled fire. Even Gulzar, always philosophical, hit a rare balance here between the everyday and the eternal. Just look at the lines: 'Surmein se likhe tere waade, aankhon ki zubaani aate hain': a love promise written not in ink but in gaze. Or 'Aankhein bhi kamaal karti hain, personal se sawaal karti hain': as if eyes alone could interrogate intimacy. These are the kinds of lines you might find scribbled on the back of a truck, but in Gulzar's hands, they take on something almost existential. Speaking of memorable lines, you simply can't talk about Bunty Aur Babli without bringing up Jaideep Sahni's writing. As always, he returns to the themes he knows best: middle-class morality, amidst the changing fabric of post-liberalised India. And yet, even within this familiar terrain, he manages to craft a story that feels both fresh and utterly relatable. You could easily go on at length about Sahni's sharp writing. But often, just one scene, or even a single moment, a single line, is enough to reveal the depth of his craft. Take the wildly audacious moment when Bunty and Babli con a foreigner by 'selling' the Taj Mahal. Just moments earlier, a corrupt minister is confronted by a furious crowd chanting, 'Tanashahi nahi chalegi!' She snaps back, 'Arey kiski?' And the crowd replies — 'Kisi ki bhi.' That's it. That's Sahni for you. His writing doesn't shout, it slices. With one line, he can expose an entire system. With one exchange, he can turn satire into truth.
Pink Villa
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Pink Villa
‘In my head, I believe…': John Abraham shares why he's not fully convinced about doing OTT projects
The OTT platform has emerged as a top choice for both audiences and major celebrities, with many big names making their digital debuts. However, it appears that actor John Abraham isn't in a rush to join the trend. In a recent interview, the Dhoom star shared his perspective on the matter and said, "In my head, I believe, I was made for the big screen." John Abraham on why he is not doing OTT projects In a conversation with Hindustan Times, John Abraham expressed his reservations about working in the OTT space. He reportedly pointed out that venturing into the digital medium requires a large operational setup and a dedicated team, yet creators often don't retain ownership of the intellectual property. According to him, the revenue earned is usually offset by operational costs, making the effort less worthwhile. He added that most people involved in OTT would agree with this perspective, which is why he doesn't find it practical to pursue web series at the moment. However, he acknowledged that he would be open to producing a web series if he came across a compelling story that genuinely resonated with him. The Vedaa actor clarified that his interest would stem from a desire to share a meaningful narrative, rather than to pursue it as a business venture. This, he explained, is why he has not taken on any OTT projects as a producer so far. As for appearing in web content as an actor, John Abraham maintained that while he wouldn't rule it out entirely, he currently has no intention of doing a series or an original film for an OTT platform. He stated that his focus remains on the big screen, which he believes is where he truly belongs. Although he holds great respect for digital platforms, especially given the high-quality international offerings and standout Indian productions like Paatal Lok, he doesn't yet see himself fitting into that space. On the work front, John Abraham has teamed up with Rohit Shetty for his upcoming project. The yet-to-be-titled film is a gripping thriller based on the life of former Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria. The story promises to be intense, highlighting key moments from Maria's career, from his investigations into the 1993 Bombay blasts and the 26/11 attacks to his confrontations with the underworld.
Time of India
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Esha Deol's auto-rickshaw ride wins praise from father Dharmendra
Esha Deol shared a video of her enjoying a refreshing auto-rickshaw ride in Mumbai, catching her father Dharmendra's affectionate attention. The actress, known for films like 'Dhoom' and 'No Entry', recently returned to acting with projects including 'Rudra' and 'Tumko Meri Kasam'. Esha Deol is known for staying connected with her fans through social media. She frequently shares snapshots from her everyday life on Instagram, giving followers a peek into both her personal and professional world. Just recently, she posted a video showing herself taking an auto-rickshaw ride on a Friday morning, choosing it over her usual car commute. She expressed how much she enjoyed this simple yet refreshing change. The video caught the attention of her father, actor Dharmendra , who responded with heartfelt pride and affection. Stylish and Casual on the Ride On Instagram, Esha shared a charming video of herself taking an auto-rickshaw ride. Sporting a white floral-printed shirt, she looked effortlessly fashionable as she directed the driver through the streets. Her hair was styled in a neat bun, and she accessorized with subtle earrings, perfectly matching her relaxed and casual vibe for the day. Sharing the video, she wrote, 'My ride this morning रिक्शा ride आज मज़ा आया । ये है मुंबई मेरी जान ।#mumbaikar #mumbaimerijaan #rickshaw #love #eshadeol #gratitude." by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo Dharmendra commented on the post, 'Very well said my baby," along with several heart emojis. Esha's Journey in Bollywood Esha Deol stepped into the film industry with her debut in the 2002 romantic thriller 'Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe'. Over the years, she has made her mark with successful roles in movies like 'Aayutha Ezhuthu', 'Dhoom', 'Na Tum Jaano Na Hum', 'Dus', 'Kaal', and 'No Entry'. Comeback and Recent Projects Following a break from the screen, Esha made her return to acting with the web series 'Rudra: The Edge of Darkness' and 'Hunter Tootega Nahi Todega'. Recently, she appeared in the film 'Tumko Meri Kasam', which draws inspiration from the life of Dr. Ajay Murdia, the founder of the well-known Indira IVF clinics. The movie, directed by Vikram Bhatt , premiered in March this year and features a talented cast including Adah Sharma , Durgesh Kumar, Sushant Singh, Nazeea Syed Hasan, Shubhankar Das, and Manmeet Singh Sawhney. Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
