Abhishek Bachchan has been in the business for 25 years now and knows the drill of this place. Moreover, while he belongs to a family of stars – being Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan’s son, he’s quite used to the flip side of fame. However, Abhishek believes in letting his work to the talking and be known for just his work. The actor who’s known for movies like ‘Guru’, ‘Yuva’, ‘Bunty Aur Babli’, ‘Dhoom’, and many more, has usually maintained a dignified silence towards anything that’s written about him and his family. In recent times, there’s also been a lot of misinformation and negativity around his life. During a chat with ETimes, when asked why he never chose to clarify any misinformation, here’s how he reacted.’He said, “Because the person who is putting out the misinformation and the lies is not interested in clarity or in correction. Previously, things that were said about me, didn’t affect me. Today, I have a family and it’s very upsetting. Even if I clarify something, people will turn it around. Because negative news sells. You’re not me. You don’t live my life. You’re not answerable to the people that I’m answerable to. People who put out such negativity, have to live with their conscience. They need to deal with their conscience and answer to their maker. See, it’s not just me. I don’t get affected. I know what the rigmarole of this place is. There are families involved. I’ll give you a very good example of this whole new fad of trolling.”Opening up further on social media trolling and how his friend Sikandar Kher once took a stand for him, Abhishek said, “It’s so convenient to sit anonymously behind a computer screen and write the most nasty things. You do realise you’re hurting somebody. No matter how thick-skinned they are, it affects them. How would you like it if somebody did that to you? A couple of years ago, I put out some post and some troll said something very nasty about me. Sikandar, who’s very close to me, a very close friend, felt hurt seeing that comment. So, he replied to the troll saying, ‘I dare you to come and say this on my face’.”He added, “So Sikandar put his address down and said, ‘Come, I’m waiting. I dare you Mr Troll to come and tell me on my face, whatever you just wrote here. If you’re going to say it on the internet, I dare you to come say it to me on my face.’ That person clearly will never have the guts to come and tell me this on my face. If someone comes and tells me things on my face, then I will feel they have conviction. I will respect that.”Read full interview here: Abhishek will be seen next in ‘Kaalidhar Laapata’ set to begin steaming from July 4 onwards on Zee5.
