Bollywood stars
Abhishek Bachchan
Jai Dixit of Dhoom
About Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan is the police officer Jai Dixit in Sanjay Gadhvi’s Dhoom (27 August 2004) and both its sequels, Dhoom 2 (2006) and Dhoom 3 (2013) (Yash Raj Films).
On screen
He made two films with Mani Ratnam, Yuva (2004) and Guru (2007). He is Rikki Thukral in Shaad Ali’s Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007), and starred in Farah Khan’s Happy New Year (2014).
Our advice: watch Dhoom, the film that started the series, with its famous title song.
His first film on the Yash Raj Films site is J. P. Dutta’s Refugee, from 2000.
Selected films
Refugee (30 June 2000), directed by J. P. Dutta
Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon (27 June 2003), directed by Sooraj Barjatya
Yuva (21 May 2004), directed by Mani Ratnam
Dhoom (27 August 2004), directed by Sanjay Gadhvi
Dhoom 2 (24 November 2006), directed by Sanjay Gadhvi
Guru (12 January 2007), directed by Mani Ratnam
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (15 June 2007), directed by Shaad Ali Sahgal
Laaga Chunari Mein Daag: Journey of a Woman (12 October 2007), directed by Pradeep Sarkar
Dhoom 3 (20 December 2013), directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya
Happy New Year (24 October 2014), directed by Farah Khan
Release dates and directors are from the films’ pages on the Yash Raj Films and Red Chillies Entertainment websites.
Why it's on our list
- Jai Dixit in the Dhoom films
- Yuva and Guru, by Mani Ratnam
- Rikki in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Release dates and directors come from the studios’ own websites, and the National Film Awards from the Government of India’s Press Information Bureau.