Abhishek has gone from strength to strength…

Not many young actors get contrasting opportunities like Sarkar and KANK in such a short span of time.It's wonderful that Abhishek got it. But somewhere it also it shows the confidence of the respective makers in the actor. Two different directors from two different schools and ideologies seeing something different in the same actor, and then going ahead to manifest this difference on screen, it speaks volumes about their perception too...and if the actor delivers...and I pray that he does..then it speaks volumes on the capability of the actor as well.

You sound very emotional.

For Abhishek who was loaded with expectations and crushed under the burden of successive failures, to suddenly find himself as the chosen one, is God's benevolence and the incumbent vagaries of this profession.. My assessment of him as a performer will always be somewhat harsh, but if you want to hear something quotable, here goes…the projectionist at the laboratory where the prints of Sarkar were being checked, after viewing the film, said 'Aisee picture to maine pehle kabhi dekha nahin...Amitabh Bachchan aur Abhishek Bachchan ka acting dekhne ke baad, yeh maloom nahin ki kaun kiska baap hai!!'

Abhishek plays your son again in KANK. How different is this father-son relationship from the one in Sarkar?

In both we are father and son on the same side of the fence. Sarkar was intense and dramatic, KANK is light- hearted and friendly, wram and open. In the former father and son shared the grim intricacies of the system, falling victims to it and surviving. Here we share intricacies, perhaps frivolous and risqué in content. But the affection, emotion and love are all-pervasive. And yes we still survive. Well..almost !!