When Amitabh Bachchan Said If Shweta Bachchan Wants To Join Films, 'It Is Up To Her Husband'
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Filmibeat Desk
Saturday
is
here
and
we
thought
of
taking
you
down
the
memory
lane.
We
dug
up
an
old
interview
of
Amitabh
Bachchan,
wherein
he
had
spoken
about
Abhishek
Bachchan's
initial
days
in
the
film
industry,
and
why
he
can't
interfere
in
Shweta
Bachchan's
decision
over
taking
up
acting
after
her
marriage.
This
interview
dates
back
to
2001.
Speaking
about
Abhishek's
debut,
Amitabh
Bachchan
had
said,
"It
is
not
an
easy
path.
He
has
a
long
way
to
go.
I
believe
he
has
the
capacity
to
perform.
He
has
screen
presence.
Potential.
But
he
needs
to
work
with
the
right
people
who
can
extract
that
potential.
The
kind
of
directors
who
will
grab
him
by
the
shoulders
and
shake
him
up."
Big
B
further
said
that
as
a
father,
he's
always
there
for
his
son,
but
he
makes
sure
to
give
Abhishek
an
honest
feedback
about
his
work.
"We
watch
his
films
together.
I
tell
him
where
he
needs
to
improve-
it
might
be
his
hair,
clothes,
sometimes
his
movements
are
wrong,
his
expression
might
have
been
too
loud,
his
speech
is
wrong.
For
which
I
admit
that
we
(Jaya
and
I)
are
to
blame.
We
sent
him
abroad
for
his
studies
at
a
very
early
age.
So
he
never
got
to
learn
and
speak
Hindi
as
it
is
meant
to
be."
In
the
same
interview,
Amitabh
Bachchan
also
spoke
about
his
daughter
Shweta
Bachchan
and
said,
"Let
me
tell
you
that
of
the
four
of
us,
she's
the
best
actor.
She
has
never
indicated
that
she
wanted
to
enter
films.
Besides,
now
she
is
married.
Paraya
dhan.
So
if
she
does
want
to
enter
films,
it
is
up
to
her
husband.
Our
rights
over
her
ended
the
day
she
got
married."
For
the
unversed,
Shweta
Bachchan
got
married
to
Nikhil
Nanda
on
February
16,
1997.
The
duo
has
two
kids-
Navya
Naveli
Nanda
and
Agastya
Nanda.