Abhishek Bachchan Got Emotional Filming Father-Daughter Scenes, Says Shoojit Sircar

Abhishek Bachchan Got Emotional: Abhishek Bachchan's recent film 'I Want To Talk' strikes a chord at a meta level-since there are ongoing rumors regarding his split from wife Aishwarya Rai, adding further fuel to the speculations. In the movie, his character Arjun has a wife, Anna, and both are co-parents of their daughter, who co-parents with her husband. Shoojit Sircar mentioned in an interview with Siddharth Kanan that there were instances wherein Abhishek would get emotional during father-daughter scenes while filming.

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When asked whether he and Abishek get all teary-eyed while working for this slice of life drama, the filmmaker said, “Bahut (a lot). Because he's a father. There are many scenes he was emotional. Meri bhi beti hai, uski bhi beti hai. Kahin na kahin wo toh reflect karega na uske kaam mein. Jab wo dekh raha hai ye meri beti hai, ghar pe bhi meri beti hai, kahin na kahin toh coexistence hoga na. (I have a daughter, he also has one. Somewhere that would reflect in his work. There'll be a coexistence if it strikes him that this is my daughter, and I also have a daughter back home). He would relate. I know sometimes he won't tell me, but I know he's affected. Sachchai hai na film mein, wo hua hai na kisi ke sath (There's truth in the movie, it's happened with someone).”

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I Want To Talk is co-written by Shoojit and Ritesh Shah and is based on the real-life story of Arjun Das, a cancer survivor, who has a bittersweet relationship with his estranged daughter. Released in theatres last week, it features the likes of Johnny Lever and is co-produced under Ronnie Lahiri's Rising Sun Films.

Recently, Abhishek mentioned in an interview that he considers himself lucky to be a working father as, while he is required to shoot for films, his wife spends time with Aaradhya Bachchan. He mentioned how he was "immensely thankful" to Aishwarya because of this.

Aishwarya recently spoke on women's rights in an event at the UAE. All these rumors surrounding her distancing from the man came further to fuel themselves when she was introduced solely as "Aishwarya Rai" and not "Aishwarya Rai Bachchan."

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