Abhishek Bachchan On His Two-year Film Break: 'Felt My Personal Approach Needed To Change'
Manmarziyaan will see Abhishek Bachchan on the silver screen after a gap of 2 years and the actor says that he wanted to re-evaluate and re-energise himself.
Abhishek
Bachchan
says
he
had
reached
a
"complacency
point
in
his
career" and
that
made
him
realise
he
needed
to
take
a
break
professionally.
The
actor,
who
is
back
with
Manmarziyaan
after
two
years,
said
taking
a
back
step
was
scary
and
he
did
fear
he
would
be
forgotten,
as
there
is
a
wide
held
notion
in
the
industry
that
once
the
actor
is
out
of
sight,
he/she
would
soon
be
out
of
one's
mind.
"It
is
not
just
about
this
industry,
life
in
general,
it
is
about
out
of
sight,
out
of
mind.
Initially
it
was
a
thought
that
I
had.
But
I
was
very
confident
that
it
would
not
become
an
issue,"
Abhishek
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
The
actor,
best
known
for
his
roles
in
Guru,
Yuva
and
Dhoom
franchise,
said
feeling
stuck
was
a
bigger
fear
than
being
forgotten
for
him.
"I
just
wanted
to
re-evaluate
where
I
was
in
life,
wanted
to
re-energise
myself.
There
was
a
definite
complacency
that
had
come
into
my
work
and
I
wanted
to
change
that,"
he
said.
For
Abhishek,
42,
it
was
not
the
films
that
he
was
doing
but
how
he
was
doing
it
that
was
bothering
him.
"I
have
worked
very
hard
on
all
the
films
I
have
done.
I
have
loved
all
the
films
that
I
have
done
and
I
have
enjoyed
every
one
of
them.
(But)
I
felt
my
personal
approach
needed
to
change."
As
a
leading
man,
his
2015
film
All
is
Well
did
not
do
well
at
the
box
office.
He
was
then
seen
in
Housefull
3
with
Akshay
Kumar.
When
asked
if
he
ever
felt
that
his
viability
as
a
hero
was
questioned,
Abhishek
said,
"The
films
like
Happy
New
Year
and
Housefull
3
were
doing
well,
they
were
enormous
hits.
But
you
have
to
go
beyond
that.
It
was
a
more
personal
decision
than
a
commercial
one."
In
his
break,
Abhishek
focused
on
supporting
his
football
and
kabbadi
teams.
"Sports
is
very
inspirational,
you
learn
about
team
spirit,
fighting
spirit,
how
to
push
against
all
odds
and
still
try
and
come
out
victorious.
I
have
been
a
sports
man
all
my
life.
Having
my
football
and
kabbadi
team
has
helped
me
so
much.
The
two
years
when
I
was
not
making
films,
I
was
concentrating
on
my
supporting
teams
and
setting
them
up.
It
is
very
rewarding."
The
actor
said
that
today
he
is
a
lot
more
focused.
"In
all
these
films,
when
you
feel
the
onus
of
the
film
is
not
on
you,
you
feel
liberated
and
it
becomes
very
easy.
But
your
job
is
not
meant
to
be
easy,
it
is
meant
to
be
tough
and
you
are
meant
to
feel
and
take
the
pressure.
That
is
more
important."
"When
you
see
what
you
have
done
in
the
past,
you
figure
out
a
better
way
and
that
is
good
as
it
means
you
are
evolving
as
an
actor,"
he
said.
"Each
individual
has
to
learn
to
grapple
with
success
and
failure
themselves.
It
has
different
definitions
for
everybody.
With
success,
you
learn
humility
and
from
failure
you
need
to
learn
strength,"
he
added.