Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer known for his work in Hindi films. He made his debut in 2000, opposite Kareena Kapoor, in the J. P. Dutta-directed war drama Refugee. His portrayal of the titular unnamed refugee garnered him a nomination for Best Male Debut at the Filmfare Awards ceremony. [1] However, the film was a box office failure, as were a series of his subsequent films, including Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai (2001), and Shararat (2002). [2] His career prospects improved in 2004, when he played a gangster in the Mani Ratnam-directed political drama Yuva, and a police officer in Sanjay Gadhvi's action thriller Dhoom. [2] [3] For the former, he won his first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, [4] and the latter became one of the highest-grossing films of the year and his first commercial success. [2] [5]
In 2005, Bachchan starred in the crime comedy Bunty Aur Babli opposite Rani Mukerji, and the Ram Gopal Varma-directed thriller Sarkar. The former was the second highest-grossing film of the year, [6] and his performance in the latter earned him a second Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. [7] In both films he co-starred with his father, Amitabh Bachchan. That same year, he also appeared in the Bengali film Antarmahal (2005). The following year, Bachchan appeared in the Karan Johar-directed musical romantic drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), for which he received his third consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. [8] The same year, he reunited with Dutta on the historical romance Umrao Jaan (2006), and reprised his role as a police officer in the second installment of the Dhoom series, entitled Dhoom 2 (2006). The latter was the highest grossing Bollywood film to that point. [9] Bachchan next starred alongside Aishwarya Rai in Guru (2007), a biopic inspired by the life of the businessman Dhirubhai Ambani. [10] His title role in the film was positively received. [2]
In 2008, Bachchan starred in Varma's Sarkar Raj, the romantic comedy Dostana, and the superhero film Drona. The following year, Bachchan produced and appeared in Paa (2009), a comedy-drama which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. [11] In the same year, he also starred in the Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra-directed satire Delhi-6 (2009). Bachchan then suffered a brief setback in his career as he starred in another series of films that performed poorly at the box-office, including Ratnam's drama Raavan (2010), and the action thriller Game (2011). [2] His role in the comedy Bol Bachchan (2012), opposite Ajay Devgan, proved to be his first box-office success since Paa. [12] [13] He followed this with three commercially successful films: Dhoom 3 (2013), opposite Aamir Khan, [2] the action heist comedy Happy New Year (2014), opposite Shah Rukh Khan, [14] [15] and the 2016 film Housefull 3. [16] Abhishek Bachchan starred in Manmarziyaan in 2018, an Indian romantic drama directed by Anurag Kashyap. [17]
He was seen in Red Chillies Entertainment production Bob Biswas, that went on floors and was released on 3 December 2021. [18]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Refugee | Refugee | [19] | |
Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa | Kabir Srivastav |
[20] [21] | ||
Dhai Akshar Prem Ke | Karan Khanna |
[22] [23] | ||
2001 | Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai | Suraj Shrivastav | [24] | |
2002 | Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya | Shiv Kapoor |
[25] [26] | |
Desh | Anjan | Bengali film; Cameo | [27] | |
Om Jai Jagadish | Jagadish Batra | [28] | ||
Shararat | Rahul Khanna |
[29] [30] | ||
2003 | Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon | Prem Kumar | [31] | |
Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost | Karan Singh | [32] | ||
Kuch Naa Kaho | Raj Malhotra | [33] | ||
Zameen | ACP Jaideep "Jai" Rai | [34] | ||
LOC: Kargil | Captain Vikram Batra | [35] | ||
2004 | Run | Siddharth (Sidhu) |
[36] [37] | |
Yuva | Lallan Singh | Won - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (Male) | [38] | |
Hum Tum | Sameer | Cameo |
[39] [40] | |
Phir Milenge | Tarun Anand | [41] | ||
Dhoom | ACP Jai Dixit |
[42] [43] | ||
Rakht | Manav | Guest appearance in the song "Kya Maine Socha" |
[44] [45] | |
Naach | Abhinav | [46] | ||
2005 | Bunty Aur Babli | Rakesh Trivedi (Bunty) |
[47] [48] | |
Sarkar | Shankar Nagre | Won - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (Male) | [49] | |
Dus | Shashank Dheer | [50] | ||
Salaam Namaste | Dr. Vijay Kumar | Cameo Also Narrator |
[51] [52] [53] | |
Antarmahal | Brijbhushan | Bengali film |
[54] [55] | |
Home Delivery | Himself | Guest appearance |
[56] [57] | |
Ek Ajnabee | Bodyguard | Cameo |
[52] [58] | |
Neal 'n' Nikki | Raj Singh | Cameo | [59] | |
Bluffmaster! | Roy Kapoor |
[60] [61] | ||
2006 | Alag | Himself | Guest appearance in the song "Sabse Alag" |
[62] |
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Rishi Talwar | Won - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (Male) | [63] | |
Lage Raho Munna Bhai | Sunny Khurana | Cameo |
[64] [65] | |
Umrao Jaan | Nawab Sultan | [66] | ||
Dhoom 2 | ACP Jai Dixit | [67] | ||
2007 | Guru | Gurukanth "Guru" Desai | [68] | |
Shootout At Lokhandwala | Abhishek Mhatre | Cameo |
[69] [70] | |
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom | Rakesh "Rikki" Thakkral | [71] | ||
Aag | Dancer | Guest appearance in the song "Mehbooba Mehbooba" |
[72] | |
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag | Rohan Varma | [73] | ||
Om Shanti Om | Himself | Guest appearance | [57] | |
2008 | Sarkar Raj | Shankar Nagre | [74] | |
Mission Istaanbul | Dancer | Guest appearance in the song "Nobody Like You" |
[75] [76] | |
Drona | Aditya (Drona) | [77] | ||
Dostana | Sameer "Sam" Acharya | [78] | ||
2009 | Luck by Chance | Himself | Guest appearance | [79] |
Delhi-6 | Roshan Mehra | [80] | ||
Paa | Amol Arte |
[81] [82] | ||
2010 | Raavan | Beera Munda | [83] | |
Jhootha Hi Sahi | Caller 3 | Voiceover |
[84] [85] | |
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey | Surya Sen | [86] | ||
2011 | Game | Neil Menon | [87] | |
Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap | Playback singer for the song "Go Mera Go" |
[88] | ||
Dum Maaro Dum | ACP Vishnu Kamath |
[89] [90] | ||
2012 | Players | Charlie Mascrenhas |
[91] [92] | |
Bol Bachchan | Abbas Ali and Abhishek Bachchan ( dual role) |
[93] [94] | ||
2013 | Nautanki Saala! | Himself | Guest appearance in the song "Draamebaaz" |
[95] |
Dhoom 3 | ACP Jai Dixit | [96] | ||
2014 | Happy New Year | Nandu Bhide and Vicky Grover ( dual role) | [97] | |
The Shaukeens | Himself | Guest appearance | [98] | |
2015 | All Is Well | Inder Bhalla |
[99] [100] | |
2016 | Housefull 3 | Bhaskar "Bunty" Mittal | [16] | |
2018 | Manmarziyaan | Rajbir "Robbie" Bhatia | [101] | |
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Bagheera | Voiceover Released on Netflix |
[17] | |
2020 | Ludo | Batukeshwar "Bittu" Tiwari | Released on Netflix | [102] |
2021 | The Big Bull | Harshad Mehta | Released on Disney Plus Hotstar | [103] [104] |
Bob Biswas | Bob Biswas | Released on ZEE5 | [105] | |
2022 | Dasvi | Ganga Ram Chaudhary | Released on Netflix | [106] |
2023 | Bholaa | Chomu Singh | Cameo | [107] |
Ghoomer | Padam "Paddy" Singh Sodhi | [108] | ||
2024 | Be Happy † | TBA | Completed To be Released on Amazon Prime Video |
[109] |
Shoojit Sircar's untitled next † | TBA | Filming | [110] |
Year | Name | Notes |
---|---|---|
2009 | Paa | |
2011 | Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap | |
2015 | Shamitabh | |
2023 | Ghoomer |
Title | Year | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
National Bingo Night | 2010 | Himself | [111] |
Side Hero | 2018 | ||
Breathe: Into the Shadows | 2020–2022 | Dr. Avinash Sabharwal/J | [112] |
Sons of the Soil: Jaipur Pink Panthers | 2020 | Himself | [113] |
Title | Year | Composer | Director | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
" Spirit of Chennai" | 2016 | C. Girinandh | Vikram | Himself | Non-album single | [114] |
Abhishek Bachchan is an Indian actor and producer known for his work in Hindi films. He made his debut in 2000, opposite Kareena Kapoor, in the J. P. Dutta-directed war drama Refugee. His portrayal of the titular unnamed refugee garnered him a nomination for Best Male Debut at the Filmfare Awards ceremony. [1] However, the film was a box office failure, as were a series of his subsequent films, including Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai (2001), and Shararat (2002). [2] His career prospects improved in 2004, when he played a gangster in the Mani Ratnam-directed political drama Yuva, and a police officer in Sanjay Gadhvi's action thriller Dhoom. [2] [3] For the former, he won his first Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, [4] and the latter became one of the highest-grossing films of the year and his first commercial success. [2] [5]
In 2005, Bachchan starred in the crime comedy Bunty Aur Babli opposite Rani Mukerji, and the Ram Gopal Varma-directed thriller Sarkar. The former was the second highest-grossing film of the year, [6] and his performance in the latter earned him a second Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. [7] In both films he co-starred with his father, Amitabh Bachchan. That same year, he also appeared in the Bengali film Antarmahal (2005). The following year, Bachchan appeared in the Karan Johar-directed musical romantic drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006), for which he received his third consecutive Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. [8] The same year, he reunited with Dutta on the historical romance Umrao Jaan (2006), and reprised his role as a police officer in the second installment of the Dhoom series, entitled Dhoom 2 (2006). The latter was the highest grossing Bollywood film to that point. [9] Bachchan next starred alongside Aishwarya Rai in Guru (2007), a biopic inspired by the life of the businessman Dhirubhai Ambani. [10] His title role in the film was positively received. [2]
In 2008, Bachchan starred in Varma's Sarkar Raj, the romantic comedy Dostana, and the superhero film Drona. The following year, Bachchan produced and appeared in Paa (2009), a comedy-drama which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi. [11] In the same year, he also starred in the Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra-directed satire Delhi-6 (2009). Bachchan then suffered a brief setback in his career as he starred in another series of films that performed poorly at the box-office, including Ratnam's drama Raavan (2010), and the action thriller Game (2011). [2] His role in the comedy Bol Bachchan (2012), opposite Ajay Devgan, proved to be his first box-office success since Paa. [12] [13] He followed this with three commercially successful films: Dhoom 3 (2013), opposite Aamir Khan, [2] the action heist comedy Happy New Year (2014), opposite Shah Rukh Khan, [14] [15] and the 2016 film Housefull 3. [16] Abhishek Bachchan starred in Manmarziyaan in 2018, an Indian romantic drama directed by Anurag Kashyap. [17]
He was seen in Red Chillies Entertainment production Bob Biswas, that went on floors and was released on 3 December 2021. [18]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | Refugee | Refugee | [19] | |
Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa | Kabir Srivastav |
[20] [21] | ||
Dhai Akshar Prem Ke | Karan Khanna |
[22] [23] | ||
2001 | Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai | Suraj Shrivastav | [24] | |
2002 | Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya | Shiv Kapoor |
[25] [26] | |
Desh | Anjan | Bengali film; Cameo | [27] | |
Om Jai Jagadish | Jagadish Batra | [28] | ||
Shararat | Rahul Khanna |
[29] [30] | ||
2003 | Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon | Prem Kumar | [31] | |
Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost | Karan Singh | [32] | ||
Kuch Naa Kaho | Raj Malhotra | [33] | ||
Zameen | ACP Jaideep "Jai" Rai | [34] | ||
LOC: Kargil | Captain Vikram Batra | [35] | ||
2004 | Run | Siddharth (Sidhu) |
[36] [37] | |
Yuva | Lallan Singh | Won - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (Male) | [38] | |
Hum Tum | Sameer | Cameo |
[39] [40] | |
Phir Milenge | Tarun Anand | [41] | ||
Dhoom | ACP Jai Dixit |
[42] [43] | ||
Rakht | Manav | Guest appearance in the song "Kya Maine Socha" |
[44] [45] | |
Naach | Abhinav | [46] | ||
2005 | Bunty Aur Babli | Rakesh Trivedi (Bunty) |
[47] [48] | |
Sarkar | Shankar Nagre | Won - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (Male) | [49] | |
Dus | Shashank Dheer | [50] | ||
Salaam Namaste | Dr. Vijay Kumar | Cameo Also Narrator |
[51] [52] [53] | |
Antarmahal | Brijbhushan | Bengali film |
[54] [55] | |
Home Delivery | Himself | Guest appearance |
[56] [57] | |
Ek Ajnabee | Bodyguard | Cameo |
[52] [58] | |
Neal 'n' Nikki | Raj Singh | Cameo | [59] | |
Bluffmaster! | Roy Kapoor |
[60] [61] | ||
2006 | Alag | Himself | Guest appearance in the song "Sabse Alag" |
[62] |
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Rishi Talwar | Won - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor (Male) | [63] | |
Lage Raho Munna Bhai | Sunny Khurana | Cameo |
[64] [65] | |
Umrao Jaan | Nawab Sultan | [66] | ||
Dhoom 2 | ACP Jai Dixit | [67] | ||
2007 | Guru | Gurukanth "Guru" Desai | [68] | |
Shootout At Lokhandwala | Abhishek Mhatre | Cameo |
[69] [70] | |
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom | Rakesh "Rikki" Thakkral | [71] | ||
Aag | Dancer | Guest appearance in the song "Mehbooba Mehbooba" |
[72] | |
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag | Rohan Varma | [73] | ||
Om Shanti Om | Himself | Guest appearance | [57] | |
2008 | Sarkar Raj | Shankar Nagre | [74] | |
Mission Istaanbul | Dancer | Guest appearance in the song "Nobody Like You" |
[75] [76] | |
Drona | Aditya (Drona) | [77] | ||
Dostana | Sameer "Sam" Acharya | [78] | ||
2009 | Luck by Chance | Himself | Guest appearance | [79] |
Delhi-6 | Roshan Mehra | [80] | ||
Paa | Amol Arte |
[81] [82] | ||
2010 | Raavan | Beera Munda | [83] | |
Jhootha Hi Sahi | Caller 3 | Voiceover |
[84] [85] | |
Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey | Surya Sen | [86] | ||
2011 | Game | Neil Menon | [87] | |
Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap | Playback singer for the song "Go Mera Go" |
[88] | ||
Dum Maaro Dum | ACP Vishnu Kamath |
[89] [90] | ||
2012 | Players | Charlie Mascrenhas |
[91] [92] | |
Bol Bachchan | Abbas Ali and Abhishek Bachchan ( dual role) |
[93] [94] | ||
2013 | Nautanki Saala! | Himself | Guest appearance in the song "Draamebaaz" |
[95] |
Dhoom 3 | ACP Jai Dixit | [96] | ||
2014 | Happy New Year | Nandu Bhide and Vicky Grover ( dual role) | [97] | |
The Shaukeens | Himself | Guest appearance | [98] | |
2015 | All Is Well | Inder Bhalla |
[99] [100] | |
2016 | Housefull 3 | Bhaskar "Bunty" Mittal | [16] | |
2018 | Manmarziyaan | Rajbir "Robbie" Bhatia | [101] | |
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Bagheera | Voiceover Released on Netflix |
[17] | |
2020 | Ludo | Batukeshwar "Bittu" Tiwari | Released on Netflix | [102] |
2021 | The Big Bull | Harshad Mehta | Released on Disney Plus Hotstar | [103] [104] |
Bob Biswas | Bob Biswas | Released on ZEE5 | [105] | |
2022 | Dasvi | Ganga Ram Chaudhary | Released on Netflix | [106] |
2023 | Bholaa | Chomu Singh | Cameo | [107] |
Ghoomer | Padam "Paddy" Singh Sodhi | [108] | ||
2024 | Be Happy † | TBA | Completed To be Released on Amazon Prime Video |
[109] |
Shoojit Sircar's untitled next † | TBA | Filming | [110] |
Year | Name | Notes |
---|---|---|
2009 | Paa | |
2011 | Bbuddah... Hoga Terra Baap | |
2015 | Shamitabh | |
2023 | Ghoomer |
Title | Year | Role | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
National Bingo Night | 2010 | Himself | [111] |
Side Hero | 2018 | ||
Breathe: Into the Shadows | 2020–2022 | Dr. Avinash Sabharwal/J | [112] |
Sons of the Soil: Jaipur Pink Panthers | 2020 | Himself | [113] |
Title | Year | Composer | Director | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
" Spirit of Chennai" | 2016 | C. Girinandh | Vikram | Himself | Non-album single | [114] |