Abhishek Bachchan was part of Dhoom (2004) Dhoom 2 (2006) and now he will be seen in Dhoom 3. The actor plays the role of Jay Dixit, a cop, and is the only constant in all films apart from Uday Chopra (who has decided to quit acting after D3). Abhishek is playing one of the protagonists and it was odd that he was missing from the release of the title track event last week. Aamir Khan and Katrina Kaif presented the song to the media. What’s odd is that he was not invited to the event, and wasn’t even informed about it.
Says a industry source, “For some reason when YRF organised the event for the title song Dhoom Macha Le Dhoom, they left Abhishek out. He found out about the event from the Internet and social networking sites, when they began reporting that Aamir had delayed the event by a few hours because he rushed to Wankhede Stadium to watch Sachin Tendulkar play his last match.”
Another source close to Abhishek adds, “He was invited and had come for the first event of Dhoom 3 (the unveiling of the first look) and Aamir was present too. At this week’s event, everyone wondered why he wasn’t present when he was in the city. If the heroes were not needed for the showing of Katrina’s song, why was Aamir present? Though Aamir is the villain, Abhishek is the face of Dhoom. But nobody told him about the event.” The source wonders if the omission was deliberate, “Abhishek has got many compliments about his look in Dhoom 3 including an ‘awesome’ one from his father Amitabh Bachchan. Considering he’s the hero, is this Aamir’s way of hijacking the film? Abhishek is as much Aditya Chopra’s blue-eyed boy as Aamir, as he’s done many films with him but he is not the kind of person to make a fuss about such things. Of course, he is bewildered as to why nobody informed him about it. They could have informed him and asked him not to come as it was Katrina’s event but not to be told also is shocking!”
Rafique Gangjee from YRF says, “The trailer was launched by Aamir Khan and Abhishek Bachchan and the Dhoom Macha Le Dhoom song was always meant to be launched by Katrina Kaif with Aamir Khan.”
