Why Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan is unapologetic about money and ambition

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00:00the show of wealth is almost crude and crass, it's undignified. It can be but there's nothing wrong in

00:10wanting to be rich and there's nothing wrong in working hard to get it.

00:16I love the topic of this particular you know movie because I think scams it's a great time to

00:23be a scamster today somebody was telling me because of all the everybody is digitally

00:27overshare etc. Do you believe that greed is good? I don't know I mean being a kid who grew up in

00:35the 80s and 90s and saw Wall Street and Gordon Gekko all of a sudden a great almost heroic when

00:47he said greed is good. I don't know what greed is good but I think we should stop being apologetic

00:53about our dreams and our lofty dreams more so. I think our society and our culture teaches us a lot

01:00of humility which is very good but on some level maybe that humility has been turned into you

01:07should maybe feel a bit guilty about wanting to achieve and being ambitious and there's nothing

01:12wrong in that and I think that's good. So, I'm not sure if greed is good but pursuing your dreams

01:17aggressively I think is definitely worth it. Did you at any point tell you I think in an interview

01:22with Indian Express I read that you told your makers not to make him flawless like make him

01:27flawed is that what drives you now to have complex roles rather than just don't whitewash the man you

01:33said I think that was their quote I paraphrase it but is that well yes that's true my I am drawn to

01:46very humane characters you know I think human frailty is an interesting thing to portray

01:53on camera also what excites me is when you see somebody who's very relatable and real

02:01achieve unreal things I think that makes them far more heroic than somebody who's completely

02:08whitewashed and morally above board I also feel our audiences tastes have changed in the last 10

02:17years where previously we loved that typical heroic character that did everything right

02:24I think today the youth especially wants to see characters that are a bit grey yes we do have

02:32shortcomings as human beings but despite those hurdles and shortcomings we still manage to

02:37overcome them and achieve what we set out to achieve so I think that is something that really

02:42excites me and what I liked about Himanshah's character was like I said here's somebody who

02:49achieved these lofty heights so quickly but then also how he falls for the trappings of wealth and

02:56success and power I mean anybody who comes into so much wealth and power that has to corrupt you on

03:02some level but how do you surmount that how do you still succeed beyond that I think those are

03:07the complexities that I enjoy dealing with and your character also seems to equate wealth with status

03:13you know standing in society even with you know to feel morally superior to people perhaps

03:20was that an interesting trait in him because I think that's what Harshad Mehta in a weird way

03:24represented as well right my whole thing is why is that wrong you know on some level I feel

03:31we seem to think that the show of wealth is almost crude and crass it's undignified it can be

03:40but there's nothing wrong in wanting to be rich and there's nothing wrong in working hard to get

03:47now everybody's standards and morality differ what I liked about Himanshah is he's unapologetic about

03:54what he wants you know he says it before he becomes it that I want to be the richest man in

03:59the country and I will be the richest man in the country he's unapologetic about it he said nobody's

04:03going to make me feel guilty for feeling in this way because I'm putting in the hard work he's not

04:09doing anything to cut corners he works very hard and I think that's a message which I liked you

04:16know I really I see today's youth have that mantra as well they're very unapologetic about

04:24their desires and their wants and they could either be material or they could be spiritual

04:28you know I see a lot of youngsters today who are not chasing success and wealth for them success

04:35has a completely different meaning it means contentment it means health it means happiness

04:40and I dislike the fact that today's generation is unapologetic about what they want

04:45whereas maybe previous generations were brought up to maybe underplay our desires. Were you at any

04:51point Abhishek in your perhaps in your personal space apologetic about the wealth that I'm

04:57assuming you you are very rich I know but let's not get there but I'm just saying

05:01were you at some point feeling like the you know guilt that you feel for perhaps being

05:06more richer than others? No, I don't see why you should feel guilty about that I think if you work

05:11hard as we all do we get what we deserve we work for it and why are you feeling guilty about it

05:18it's hard earned money with blood, sweat and tears you can't be ashamed of that that's your hard work

05:24that's a badge of honor you know I think you should be proud of the fact that your hard work

05:29is paying off and you should also know that yes I'm not somebody who would like to throw it in

05:34people's faces that's just not the kind of personality I am but I'm not going to allow

05:40anybody to make me feel bad about the fact that I'm earning money and earning good money

05:44it's because I work very hard for it and the one thing you have to learn is without that sacrifice

05:50and that hard work and those extra hours you're not going to get that.

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