Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan’s wife, has ‘allowed’ him to work, according to him. Since the couple’s daughter, Aaradhya was born, the actor’s perception of his career has shifted.

In a recent interview, Abhishek Bachchan stated that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan had ‘immensely’ contributed to his acting career. After their marriage, Aishwarya ‘allowed’ him to act and stepped in to look after Aaradhya, according to the actor.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan got married in 2007. The duo welcomed their daughter Aaradhya in 2011.

The actor added that Aishwarya stepping in to care for his daughter eased a ’emotional weight’ off his shoulders while talking about his family’s contributions to his career.

“A lot of what I am as an actor post marriage is due to Aishwarya. One is the practical, logistic side of it. To know that my wife is with Aaradhya is a huge, emotional weight that if lifted, from many parents’ mind. She has allowed me, and I say allowed cause that’s what it is — she’s given me permission and allowed (and said), ‘You go act, I’ll take care of Aaradhya.’ So you go out, you get the liberty to perform freely and it’s a fact. The countless amount of mothers that do this with their husbands, and you have to be thankful. They have every right to say, ‘Come, show in the responsibility 50-50.’ So from that perspective,” Abhishek said, speaking with RJ Siddharth Kannan.

“You could have been fearless before about certain things. Today, you cannot afford to be fearless about certain aspects because you’re responsible for a life. Like, I say today, and this is purely my personal choice, I don’t know if I would be comfortable making films that I feel my daughter might get embarrassed watching.

There might be certain films she might not be able to see right now or understand right now. I don’t know if that’s the case. But I would not want to make a film which my child says ‘Arre yaar, why did he make this film?’ I never want to do that. I would have never thought of that before and I do that because I want to do that,” he added.