Actor Abhishek Bachchan, who tasted success as a producer with the National Award winning film Paa, says he's not a huge fan of producing movies. However, he's okay with the job as long as he isn't acting in the project.
"I hate producing films. It's just that I got lucky (with Paa). But I hate it," Abhishek, who played a reel father to his real father Amitabh Bachchan in the 2009 movie, told IANS.
"During Paa, I had a very difficult time because the producer in me came in the way of the actor in me. I would be more comfortable in producing a film without me acting in it. If I have to produce a film in which I am acting, that would need a lot of preparation and organisation from my part," he added.
Abhishek's next as a producer is Shamitabh, which again stars his megastar father.
"Shamitabh is more enjoyable because I am just the producer in that. Production is a very difficult job and it's a very thankless job," said the 38-year-old.
Being directed by R. Balakrishnan aka R. Balki, the movie also stars Dhanush and Akshara Haasan.
Paa was also directed by R Balki, and Abhishek says the doors of his home production AB Corp will always remain open for the acclaimed filmmaker.
"He means a lot to me as a director, and helped me restart my production house with Paa. He turned me into a producer by making Paa," he said.
Production apart, Abhishek is all excited about his big screen appearance in Farah Khan's Happy New Year, which releases Oct 24 - just a day after Diwali.
