Bangkok: The Bachchan family seems very excited about their Unforgettable world tour next month. However, interestingly other Bollywood stars are just dropping out of that tour.

Since it’s announcement at IIFA 2007, Unforgettable – a world tour featuring the three Bachchans’ -Amitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya has been in the news more for stars dropping out of the event.

When the tour was announced last year in Yorkshire Lara Dutta and Bipasha Basu were also part of the tour but now both the actresses have opted to drop out.

There was also news of Saif Ali Khan joining the team and later backing out.

Nonetheless, the organisers have managed to rope in Akshay Kumar and Madhuri Dixit for a few specific shows in the US and Canada. In what will be a treat for fans, Aishwarya and Madhuri will be performing live to their popular dance number Dola Re from Devdas.

Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, whose much awaited film Sarkar Raj was released yesterday, does not feel that he should always be paired with his wife Aishwarya Rai in a husband and wife role.

“Just because we’re husband and wife doesn’t mean we should play the same roles in all our films,” Abhishek told IANS in an interview.

Excerpts:

How different are you and your father in Sarkar Raj compared to Sarkar?
In Sarkar Raj, Pa (Amitabh Bachchan) would be seen with an added slouch. Pa had to be shown more aged than the first part of the film. A lot of time has passed and we see it in both our performances. My character has more responsibility on his shoulders unlike my earlier character, which was that of a hungry and lean man who was eager to prove himself. Now, my character is a confident and successful man.