After Abhishek Bachchan wins award for Dasvi, Amitabh Bachchan recalls how he was ‘derided, ridiculed mocked’

Amitabh Bachchan is feeling proud of son Abhishek Bachchan after he won an award for his film Dasvi.

After Abhishek Bachchan won an award for his performance in Dasvi, dad Amitabh Bachchan was the proudest. He took to Twitter to wish his son and also rub his success in the noses of his critics.

Amitabh Bachchan feels Abhishek Bachchan was treated unfairly.

He wrote, “My pride .. my joy .. you have proved your point .. you were derided , ridiculed mocked .. but you silently without any tom tomming, showed your mettle .. you are and shall ever be the BEST.” Abhishek had won Best Actor award at the Filmfare OTT awards. Dasvi also won Best Film.

Amitabh Bachchan's tweet for Abhishek.

Amitabh and Abhishek's fans wished the actor as well. “Many many congratulations to you and may it always continue like this, may Abhishek ji always get success like this," wrote one. “Awesome achievement. Even after facing so much criticism he silently have grown as an actor. And yes this movie had good meaningful message with awesome acting and story telling. Congratulations to #AbhishekBachchan,” read another tweet.

In his early days in Bollywood, Abhishek was often compared to his father. Many of his films failed to take off at the box office. However, he saw success and acclaim with films like Guru, Yuva, Raavan and Bunty Aur Babli. He was recently seen in the second season of Breathe: Into the Shadows.