Abhishek Bachchan expresses gratitude towards wife Aishwarya Rai for sacrificing career for daughter Aaradhya

Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are currently in the news for their separation rumours. The actor has been garnering praise for his performance in I Want To Talk. In the film, Abhishek plays an ailing father who only has 100 days left with his daughter. Recently, in a chat, Abhishek spoke his heart out about how parents make different sacrifices for their kids.

Abhishek Bachchan thanked wife Aishwarya Rai

During the chat, Abhishek Bachchan thanked his wife, Aishwarya Rai, for staying at home with their daughter, Aaradhya Bachchan. He said that because of her sacrifice, he could continue to star in films. Speaking to The Hindu, Abhishek spoke how mothers sacrifice their careers, while father can continue to work for the family.

Abhishek said, 'In my household, I'm lucky I get to go out and make movies but I know that Aishwarya is at home with Aaradhya and I thank her immensely for that but I don't think the kids look at it that way. They don't look at you as a third person, they look at you as the first person'.

He even walked down the memory lane as he remembered the time his mother Jaya Bachchan left her successful career while Amitabh Bachchan continued to earn for the family. He continued saying, 'My mother stopped acting when I was born because she wanted to spend time with the children. We never felt the void of dad not being around. I think at the end of the day after work, you come home at night'.

'Being a parent, your children give you great inspiration. You climb mountains on one leg if you have to for your child. I say this with profound respect for mothers and women because what they do nobody can but a father does it all but quietly because he doesn't know how to express or demonstrate it. It's a flaw that men have. With age, kids realise how solid their fathers have been. They may be in the background but they are always there', said the actor.

He recalled saying, 'Growing up, there would be weeks I wouldn't see my father, and he sleeps in the room right next to me. The door of my and my sister's room and the master bedroom would always be open. He would always come after we had gone to bed and would leave before we woke up the next morning. Despite his busy schedule, I don't remember a single annual day at my school or the basketball finals that he missed. At the end of the day, he is always there for us'.