At the recent IFP gathering, Abhishek Bachchan addressed the topic of remakes and decisively stated that he would never revisit his father Amitabh Bachchan’s cinematic legacy. He fondly recounted his childhood days spent idolizing Big B, citing the joy of imitating his roles with pals. Read on to know more in detail.

Abhishek Bachchan recently stated that he grew up as a fan of his father, Amitabh Bachchan, whose movies he would watch as often as he could. However, the actor expressed that he would never want to recreate any of them. Here’s what Jr Bachchan has to say about remaking Big B’s films.

Abhishek Bachchan shares he would never want to recreate films of Amitabh Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan attended the second day of the IFP event in Mumbai, where he expressed his thoughts about not wanting to remake his father, Amitabh Bachchan’s, movies. According to IANS, he said, “I would never ever want to recreate any of my father’s films, and the reason I say that is because I have grown up wanting to be Amitabh Bachchan. I am Bachchan’s biggest fan. I used to watch my dad’s films as often as I could.”Abhishek went on to share that there was a certain point in his life when he would only watch Amitabh Bachchan’s films.“There was a point in time in my childhood, I only watched my father’s films, and afterwards and my friends would go to the backyard and re-enact the entire film—the fight was who was going to play Bachchan. I don’t know many people in my generation who didn’t grow up idolizing him,” he said.Abhishek further stated that he was not sharing as a son of the megastar but as a fan. He said, “I am not talking as a son; I am talking as a fan. My father, the reason why I consider him to be the greatest and ever was and ever will be—whenever I watch an Amitabh Bachchan film, I am never thinking, ‘How would I have done it?’”The ‘Guru’ actor added, “Secondly, a bit of arrogance as an artist that I can do it better.” He shared that, according to him, no one can do it better than Amitabh Bachchan, and hence, “there is no point doing it.”

On the work front

Abhishek Bachchan was last seen in the film ‘Housefull 5’, which was released in June this year. Directed by Tarun Mansukhani, the film also starred Akshay Kumar, Sonam Bajwa, and Jacqueline Fernandez, among others. It was the fifth installment of the ‘Housefull’ franchise.