Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan share a very close bond. Big B and Abhishek often praise each other on social media, which shows their love.
India observed Kargil Day on July 26. Meanwhile, an old clip of Abhishek honouring the Indian Army caught Big B’s attention on social media.
Amitabh Bachchan is proud of Abhishek Bachchan for honouring ‘uniformed jawans’
On July 26, Amitabh Bachchan shared an old clip about Abhishek Bachchan on X. Big B praised his son Abhishek as the latter had paid tributes to the Indian Army while talking about his character Captain Vikram Batra in LOC: Kargil.
The 81-year-old actor wrote, “I am proud of you Abhishek… and the respect you have given to our uniformed personnel.”
Check out Amitabh Bachchan’s post here:
Read here what Abhishek Bachchan said in the old clip
The original post had a video in which Abhishek Bachchan can be seen sharing his experience of shooting for JP Dutta’s film LOC: Kargil and how it impacted the families of the martyrs.
“I had the privilege of playing the amazing character of Captain Vikram Batra,” Abhishek said, referring to the martyr’s famous quote ‘Yeh Dil Maange More’.
The actor said it was a special feeling to pay tribute to the “amazing sons of our soil”.
Abhishek recalled that the team organised a screening for the families of the jawans. The Guru actor recalled how one of the families thanked director JP Dutta and said that it brought back memories of spending time with their son.
The original post read, “Honoring the valour of our Indian Armed Forces on 25th Kargil Vijay Diwas @juniorbachchan reminiscing the release of LOC Kargil.”
Recently, Amitabh Bachchan praised Abhishek Bachchan for his work in his films Refugee and Bol Bachchan on X. On June 30, praising his performance in his debut film Refugee, Big B tweeted, “Your versatility and your dedication to the characters you play… everything is so different and completely unique…”
The senior actor also gave him his blessings in the tweet. Refugee has completed 24 years of its release in Hindi cinema.
all about loc kargil
Directed by JP Dutta, LOC Kargil was based on the Kargil War fought between India and Pakistan. The film starred Sanjay Dutt, Ajay Devgn, Saif Ali Khan, Sunny Deol, Abhishek Bachchan and Suniel Shetty. It also featured Akshaye Khanna, Manoj Bajpayee, Sanjay Kapoor and Akkineni Nagarjuna.
LOC Kargil was released on 12 December 2003.
Talking about work, Amitabh Bachchan was last seen in the film Kalki 2898 AD directed by Nag Ashwin, which was released last month in June. The science-fiction film also featured Deepika Padukone, Prabhas, Disha Patani, Kamal Haasan, Dulquer Salmaan and many more.
Big B has the Tamil film ‘Vettaiiyaan’ starring South megastar Rajinikanth in the lead role.
Meanwhile, Abhishek Bachchan will be seen in Shoojit Sircar’s untitled slice-of-life drama. Abhishek also has Be Happy, Housefull 5 and King in the pipeline.
His last film was Ghoomar which was released last year. In this film, Abhishek shared screen space with Saiyami Kher.
Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan have worked together in a few films like Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, Sarkar and Bunty Aur Babli.
Also read: Amitabh Bachchan praises Abhishek Bachchan’s ‘versatility’ and ‘dedication’ as his debut film ‘Refugee’ completes 24 years
