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Amitabh Bachchan hypes up son Abhishek, endorses post that ‘he is unnecessary victim of nepotism’

Amitabh Bachchan couldn't help but heap praises on his son Abhishek Bachchan on X, as he agreed that the latter is an unnecessary "victim of nepotism."

Amitabh Bachchan agrees Abhishek Bachchan is an unnecessary "victim of nepotism."

Amitabh Bachchan has always hyped up his son Abhishek Bachchan. He showered praise and encouragement on Abhishek through a series of tweets on Tuesday, in which he endorsed a post that claimed Abhishek “unnecessarily became the victim of ‘nepotism’ negativity.” Amitabh also gave Abhishek a pep talk post his appearance at a Mumbai red carpet event and ahead of the latter’s next film, Be Happy. Abhishek had earlier juggled questions about his father hyping him on social media, calling it Amitabh’s love buta accepted that it becomes embarrassing at times.

A Bollywood news portal on X shared a video of Abhishek posing in a white tuxedo on the red carpet. The caption stated, “Abhishek Bachchan unnecessarily became the victim of ‘nepotism’ negativity, but the amount of good films in his filmography are very high (fire and hundred emojis).” Amitabh reposted the tweet and wrote, “I feel the same… and not just because I am his father.”

I feel the same .. and not just because I am his Father https://t.co/PvJXne1eew

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 4, 2025

Amitabh then reposted the trailer of Abhishek’s next film, Remo D’Souza’s relationship drama Be Happy, on his X handle and wrote, “Abhishek you are extraordinary – How you adapt and change with each film character is an art, which is incredible… love you Bhaiyu.” Be Happy revolves around a father-daughter relationship, in which Abhishek will reunite with his Ludo co-star Inayat Verma. In his last release, which was also based on a father-daughter relationship, Abhishek played a real-life Bengali terminally ill patient Arjun Das in Shoojit Sircar’s I Want To Talk, released last year. The film failed to attract audiences to theatres. In his next, Abhishek will return to the Housefull franchise with the fifth instalment of the ensemble comedy franchise.

Abhishek you are extraordinary .. how you adapt and change with each film character is an art, which is incredible .. love you Bhaiyu https://t.co/Dl7sbHg8N4

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 4, 2025

Amitabh further heaped praises on his son, writing alongside a video of Abhishek gracefully posing on the red carpet, “Superior… Abhishek… stunning… Abhishek… the walk the grace and THE STYLE… and no fuss, just a normal being… away from the unnecessary display of excitement or attention seeking… (red heart emoji).” A couple of months ago, Amitabh even validated the rumours on X of Abhishek being cast as the chief antagonist in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer crime drama King, and wrote that after years of hard work, it’s finally Abhishek’s chance to shine now.

superior .. Abhishek .. stunning .. Abhishek .. the walk the grace and .. THE STYLE .. and no fuss , just a normal being .. away from the unnecessary display of excitement or attention seeking .. ❤️ https://t.co/GLAwxdiXMO

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) March 4, 2025

Amitabh has also shared screen space with Abhishek in a number of films, including Ram Gopal Varma’s Sarkar franchise, Shaad Ali’s 2005 blockbuster romantic comedy Bunty Aur Babli, Karan Johar’s 2006 romantic drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, and R Balki’s 2009 film Paa. In a recent interview with SCREEN, Abhishek had spoken about his father’s praise for him, “It is wonderful. But at times you feel it’s a bit excessive, it’s embarrassing and I told him that once, ‘Hey, can you just back of a bit? Take your foot off the accelerator!’ But we forget, he is also a father. I am a father today and I know the raw emotion that comes with a child. You can’t blame him.”

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