I'm done with reflecting, time to look forward: Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan turned 20 in Bollywood years last month and after a period of self-reflection, actor says he w wants to focus on coming decades.

actor, who along with Kareena Kapoor Khan made his debut with JP Dutta's 2000 film "Refugee", returned to screen with Anurag Kashyap's "Manmarziyaan" in 2018 after a brief hiatus.

"I have reflected far too much. Past two-three years, I have only been reflecting in media. So, I'm w done with that. When I completed 20 years last month, I said 'Eugh of looking back, w we have to look forward'," Abhishek told PTI in an interview over a Zoom call.

Kwn for his performances in films like "Yuva", "Guru", "Bunty Aur Babli" and "Bluffmaster", 44-year-old actor said in spirit of going ahead first thing he has to offer is his work.

Abhishek, who will next be seen in Amazon Prime Video series "Brea: Into Shadows", said he happy to be getting opportunity to play a gamut of roles.

"I don't kw in next six months what state of mind I'm going to be in to decide what kind of work I want to do. But currently, I just love fact that producers, directors and audience are allowing me to do work which has a lot of variety. I hopefully show m that re are different things that I can convincingly do," he said.

psychological thriller is follow-up to 2018 "Brea", which starred R Madhavan.

new season goes ahead with Abhishek, who plays Avinash Sabharwal, a psychiatrist who will go to any length to find his missing daughter Siya. It starts streaming from July 10.

Director of show is Mayank Sharma who has also co-written show with Bhavani Iyer, Vikram Tuli, and Arshad Syed.

Created by Abundantia Entertainment and produced by Vikram Malhotra, "Into Shadows" also marks actor's digital debut, but he said yes to project on its story's merit.

"When I heard story, I immediately said yes. criteria that it was on Amazon Prime Video, or it was going to be a movie or TV show is immaterial to me. At end of day, it was great material which I really liked and wanted to be a part of it." actor said today's audience is more interested in seeing characters that are real and flawed rar than being fantastical.

"That time is gone when hero has to be morally on a higher ground to audience. In today's day and , especially youth, y would much rar see a flawed character achieve something by admitting ir flaws and trying to work with it," Abhishek, son of actors Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, said.

"re are lesser and lesser fantastical characters. Our most popular heroes today are all great characters which have one or two flaws which just makes m real. That just makes character more tactile and approachable," he added.

Besides "Into Shadows", actor has a slate of three films -- " Big Bull", reportedly based on India's biggest securities scam of 1992, Anurag Basu's anthology "Ludo" and crime thriller "Bob Biswas".

A rags-to-riches story " Big Bull", which will digitally release on Disney+Hotstar, has "matic similarities" to "Guru". 2007 drama directed by Mani Ratnam also charted journey of a simple man's rise to ambition.

"That's only similarity that it is matic," Abhishek admitted.

"' Big Bull' is a story of perseverance, hard work, and dedication. I like watching inspirational movies. What I liked about this one is that it wasn't just a whitewash piece," he added.

actor, who has also worked with Ratnam in "Yuva" (2004) and "Raavan" (2010), said he would love to collaborate with "genius" filmmaker again.

"He is one of my favourite directors. Mani has an amazing way of working. He tells great stories, his style of telling those stories is unique. I'm blessed to have three Mani Ratnam films in my repertoire. I kw actors who would give an arm and a leg to do one film with him.

"Mani is family to me and Aishwarya. He just has to call me and I'll be re." "Ludo", a dark anthology comedy, gave him an opportunity to work with Basu, director with a "wonderful, quirky mind".

"He is a director I've had great admiration for. A latent desire that I'd get opportunity to work with him and he's lived up to it. He's a mad genius. I loved working with him. I just love way he looks at life and I think that reflects in his films. He has a very unique perspective on everyday things," Abhishek said.

Production on "Bob Biswas" came to a halt amid coronavirus-led lockdown and y still have about 12-13 days of shoot left.

actor said y want to finish shooting on a priority basis.

Bob Biswas was a breakout character in filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh's 2012 thriller "Kahaani", starring Vidya Balan. Played by actor Saswata Chatterjee, Bob was an LIC nt who moonlighted as a cold-blooded contract killer.

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