John Abraham doesnt regret
The dashing John Abraham says that he doesn’t regret not being part of Dhoom 2 – the sequel of Dhoom , which capitulated him to fame.
John played the bad man in ‘Dhoom’ but its sequel will have Hrithik Roshan donning the bad man’s robe along with the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai . The film will also star Abhishek Bachchan , Bipasha Basu and Uday Chopra.
But John doesn’t have any regret for not being in the sequel. “I can either be grateful that the prequel was offered to me or crib about the latter. I choose to be thankful,” John told a leading news agency.
On Indian cinema and actors are making a dent abroad, John would rather stay put in Bollywood and have Indian cinema go global in terms of production value and craft.
“I don’t want to sound like a marketing agent for Rang De Basanti but I think it’s the finest example of global piece of Indian cinema,” said the star of films like Jism , Garam Masala , Taxi Number 9211 and Zinda .
John is soaking up the rave reviews for Water which has been received well in Canada, US, Australia and even in neighbouring Sri Lanka, where it is running to packed houses.
“It’s an Indian subject and it’s a pity that the release of the film has been delayed in India. But it will be released here shortly.” he said.
Another film that’s expected to hit the theatres at the end of September or beginning of October is Kabul Express . As a part of his homework , John read Khalid Hosseni’s ‘Kite Runner’ and saw ‘Osama ‘ directed by Siddiq Barmak .
A comedy, where he plays a scribe on an assignment to Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime, John said that the film was an eye-opener in ways more than one.
This was the period when Karzai had just come to power. The Talibans were kept locked in Afghani backyards and foreign correspondents would pay up 200 dollars a piece to interview them, he said.
“America has lot of press and PR but’ it’s India that’s doing a whole lot of development work,” stated the 34-year-old talking about the warmth exuded by Afghanis during the shoot.
On the remake mania gripping the film industry, John said, “I think it’s a great trend. It’s raking in the moolah for the industry.”
John added that amongst action, comedy and a romantic lead, he is most comfortable with action. “I think action requires the least bit of acting because that’s really being yourself on screen. Comedy is a bit of work and I admit I made mistakes in ‘Garam Masala’.” he added modestly.
On his favourite director, John said that he’d “give his right arm for Mahesh Bhatt . He is a legend.”
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