Overview

• Several directors said they didn’t want the responsibility of launching Amitabh Bachchan’s son and declined meetings with him in the late 1990s.
• He ultimately debuted in JP Dutta’s Refugee in 2000, which also marked Kareena Kapoor Khan’s first film role.
• Bachchan described those early refusals as disheartening but formative for his understanding of his father’s influence.
• After working on Refugee, he realized why filmmakers were wary of his surname and how much respect they held for Amitabh Bachchan’s stature.
• He is now drawing on those early lessons as he promotes his upcoming film Kaalidhar Laapata.