Happy birthday Abhishek: A look at Junior B's top five performances

  [caption id=“attachment_1375343” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] In early 2007, Abhishek Bachchan starred in Mani Ratnam’s film Guru. Starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the film was a commercial success. Critics applauded Bachchan’s performance and the film earned him his first Filmfare nomination in best actor category.[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1375357” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Yuva, again a Mani Ratnam film, gave Abhishek Bachchan’s career a much-needed kickstart in 2004. The actor played the role of a goon, Lallan Singh. His rustic ‘angry young man’ type performance in the film was applauded by critics.[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1375361” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] In Ram Gopal Verma crime-drama Sarkar, Abhishek Bachchan not only shared screen space with his father Amitabh Bachchan, who is considered to be a legend in Bollywood, but also held on his own and managed to catch the eyes of the audiences as well as the critics. He also bagged Star Award and Filmfare award nominations in the supporting actor’s category.[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1375369” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Abhishek Bachchan not only acted but also produced Paa for AB corps. Curiously, this film saw a role reversal as Abhishek played the onscreen father of Amitabh Bachchan. The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.[/caption]   [caption id=“attachment_1375389” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Abhishek Bachchan first tasted commercial success with Bunty Aur Babli starring alonside Rani Mukherji.[/caption]