This 6'3 feet tall, dark and handsome Abhishek Bachchan, son of veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan and actress Jaya Bachchan, began his early years of education at the Bombay Scottish School, continued at Jamnabhai and finished studying at Aiglon School in Switzerland. Since he was interested in acting and his father supported his decision, he stopped studying business in United States and joined Films.

Abhishek made his debut in Bollywood with the movie 'Refugee' opposite to Kareena Kapoor in 2000. Though the movie was not considered a success, he was liked by the audiences and the critics respectively. His early list of movies include films like Tera Jadoo Chal Gaya (2000), Dhai Akshar Prem Ke (2000), Bas Itna Sa Khwab Hai (2001), Shararat (2001), Desh (2002), Kuch Naa Kaho (2003), Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost etc. But none of them were box-office hits. At that time he was struggling for a blockbuster which can prove his talent. Meanwhile he got engaged to Karishma Kapoor in 2002 but their relationship was mutually broken off before the engagement without any explanations by both parties.

He got the role of a Captain Vikram Batra in L.O.C Kargil (2003), which was a worthwhile experience for him and he did justice to his role. His next film was Zameen (2003), a movie touching the Indo-Pak terrorism, in which he enacted the role of a police officer, who is on the trail of a mob involved in smuggling arms into the city, very well. 

In 2004, it was his performance in Mani Ratnam's 'Yuva' proved his mettle as an actor of caliber. His performance earned him the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award as well as other supporting actor awards at some of the major film award functions. Yash Raj Films's Dhoom, a thriller loosely based on a Hollywood flick, was another hit in the same year. In 2005, he shot to fame with four consecutive hits, Bunty Aur Babli, Sarkar, Dus and, Bluffmaster.

His first 2006 release, the Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna multi-starrer received mixed reaction at the box office. His second release Umrao Jaan failed to do well at the box office and the third Dhoom 2, a sequel to his first hit Dhoom has done very well at the box office.

For him 2007 started with a huge hit film Guru and he has received much acclaim for his performance and the film has emerged his first true solo hit at the box office.