Last updated:November 23, 2024, 2:53 PM IST

Did you know that the ending of Abhishek Bachchan’s song Right Here Right Now has a connection to the advice Shah Rukh Khan once gave him? Read on to find out what it is!

Abhishek Bachchan reveals Shah Rukh Khan’s advice to him before his acting debut.

Abhishek Bachchan starrer ‘I Want To Talk’ released in theaters yesterday, and the actor is getting a lot of praise for his performance in the film. Abhishek, who made his Bollywood debut with the 2000 film Refugee, recently revealed the advice Shah Rukh Khan gave him and Uday Chopra before his debut. The advice became their mantra, and it even featured in the song ‘Right Here Right Now’ from the Abhishek-starrer Bluffmaster, released in 2005!

In a conversation with ETimes, Abhishek Bachchan recalled how Shah Rukh Khan’s advice to him and Uday Chopra. He said, “Shah Rukh Khan had told me before I became an actor. He told me two things that really stood out. I remember me and my friend Uday sitting in his garden. And Shah Rukh had come. We used to play cricket on Sunday. And after cricket we all used to talk to us because both Uday and I were about to start our films. He said, ‘Iss duniya mein 2 kism ke hote hain (There are 2 kinds of actors in this world. One actor runs because dogs chase him. The other actor runs because he loves to run.) the other. Run, because you love to run. Don’t run because there is no compulsion.”

Abhishek explained how the advice really stuck with them, which is why at the end of the song ‘Right Here Right Now’ from Bluffmaster, Abhishek is heard saying, ‘UC, keep running homeboy!’ Explaining this, Abhishek said, “That’s why the end of my song ‘Here, right now’, that was Uday and my mantra to each other. So I say at the end, ‘UC (Uday Chopra) – keep running home boy.’ So that’s why I said that. And that was so wonderful to hear as an actor. That you do things because you love to do them.” However, he added that it doesn’t always work that way.

“A lot of the time you have to do things because you have to. There are other requirements – be it financial or whatever. But in the main, try to do it,” Abhishek said. He did not reveal the other advice, explaining that it is very personal.

Want To Talk, directed by Shoojit Sircar, stars Abhishek Bachchan in the lead role as Arjun Sen. The film also stars Johny Lever, Ahilya Bamroo, Banita Sandhu and Pearle Maaney.