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John Abraham to join Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan for an international flick

The film titled as Bombay Velvet, will be directed by our own Anurag Kashyap and the Slumdog… fame Danny Boyle. However the even more interesting part is that it features you three hottest hunks of Bollywood: Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham. In fact John was the first actor to be signed for the film, before the much established names (SRK and Aamir) made news. A source said, “This was just after John and Anurag formed a mutual fan-club after working together in No Smoking. Although the film didn’t work at the box-office both John and Anurag vowed to do another film. That’s when Bombay Velvet was born. The film has three segments and John was signed on for the second segment. He will play a real-life 1960s hero of the masses.” SRK and Aamir will play in the first and third part respectively. Soon after John knew that he has signed for the role, the actor started preparing for the character by reading extensively. John’s role demands him to acquire completely new mannerism an

John Abraham turns producer

Considering nobody’s ready to put money on him, John Abraham is turning producer for his untitled dream project. Whether its recession or John Abraham being no longer bankable, Studio 18 has backed off from producing his dream film. The film was to be directed by John’s good friend Sabal Shekhawat and at the last moment the production house backed out citing financial reasons. A source close to the actor revealed, “When John heard the script he was completely in awe, the film is a spy thriller and Sabal wanted the film to be on the lines of Mission Impossible. This, however, had the production costs hitting the roof.” Sabal Shekhawat is a renowned ad filmmaker and is the man behind John Abraham’s break in the modelling industry. “Studio 18 wanted Sabal to cut down some of the costs, but Sabal did not want to compromise with the quality of the film. This being the reason behind them backing out of the project. They’ve termed it as a recessionary decision, saying during such times, it’s

John Abraham lights up Bipasha Basu’s home

It shocked and surprised her John Abraham has gifted girlfriend Bipasha Basu a home full of lights, as she moves into her newly renovated apartment. John Abraham is currently in London shooting for Abbas Tyrewala’s film “1-800-Love”. But he co-ordinated with her interior decorator and made payments for the lights and the chandeliers before he left for the shoot. All the light fixtures are from Italy and Spain, and had been selected by Bips herself. John Abraham was aware that Bipasha Basu had been hunting and buying stuff from all over the world to do up her house for last couple of months. He also knew that she had liked these particular light fixtures. So John teamed up with her decorator and purchased them without her knowledge. Bipasha only came to know about his gift when she entered her apartment for the house warming occasion. She was completely shocked and surprised to see her house all lit up, thanks to John. As John Abraham’s house is under renovation too, it’s now Bipasha’s

'New York' makes money across the world

Producers say movie top earner in UAE for 2009 Yash Raj Films' "New York" that sees director Kabir Khan tackling an unconventional and serious subject has brought much-needed respite to the box office by grossing Rs.350 million worldwide over the three-day weekend. "New York", released worldwide on Friday (June 26), is about three friends whose lives change post the 9/11 terror attacks on the Twin Towers. It stars John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Irrfan Khan in pivotal roles. The movie that hit over 900 screens across the world had promising advance bookings and continued to register more demand from the audience after the first day of its release. According to Tushar Dhingra, COO, BIG Cinemas, the film "opened very soundly and is giving good results". "It has proved to be a strong box office ledge for multiplexes. After a long, long time, this movie has been able to pull the crowds to the cinema halls again," Dhingra told IA

Katrina Kaif: ‘26th June will be Judgement Day’

Katrina Kaif is super excited, and nervous, about the release of ‘New York' Katrina Kaif can’t wait for “New York” to release. After all, this is probably the first time she has gone de-glam, playing a character who could very much be your girl-next-door. While Kat admits that the ultimate fate of this Kabir Khan-directed film rests in the hands of the audience, she says she did have a blast while shooting, especially because she could play a college girl – something she missed out in real life as she started working early in life. In a chat, she talks about her forthcoming film and being ‘herself’ on screen: There has been a lot of talk about your character in ‘New York’. While some say this is your best role ever, some talk of you going de-glam… When I was offered this film, I remember telling Adi (Aditya Chopra) and Kabir to give me a film which is more ‘me’, like a ‘Namastey London’. And he told me that if I do this film I will understand that this role is more ‘me’ than any of

Obama leaves John Abraham hanging

As his film “New York” is all set to release, John Abraham has a scary incident to narrate, which took place during the film’s shooting in the US. Apparently, director Kabir Khan wasn’t too happy as there were not too many stunts in the movie. So he decided to shoot one particular scene and the location chosen a public building in Philadelphia. On hearing this, John said a flat no. But finally had to give in to Kabir’s demand. He had never imagined that he would be stranded on the 20th floor of the building for two hours because President Barrack Obama’s was passing by with his entire entourage and for security reasons the entire area was shut down. The entire unit too had to go inside the building, leaving John hanging from the cables on the 20th floor. He just had two suction pumps for his safety. Finally he was rescued after two hours when the team was allowed to come out. John said that shooting with Kabir is always an experience. He has previously worked with the director in “Kabu

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John Abraham finds it hard to play himself

Bollywood hunk John Abraham is playing himself in "Fillum City" and says it is tougher than doing other roles. "I'm playing John Abraham. And believe you me, it's not easy. I keep looking for myself in the character and find there are so many things that I want to keep for myself. I'm trying to act and dress as I do in real life. It's tough because you're constantly trying to 'act' like yourself," John told IANS. The film is being made by debutant director Deven Khote. John is also not happy with reports about him signing an international project. He wishes people wouldn't put out misinformation about him. "I believe websites have put out stories that I'm doing an international film called 'American Empire'. I haven't even read the script. So where's the question of my doing it? Doing international films isn't a burning ambition for me," he said. Though an enthusiastic voter, John couldn't be part

John Abraham sends parents in his place to wish trainer

Bollywood was out in full force for the wedding of celebrity fitness trainer Ziauddin Khatib to Sabah on May 25 at the Bandra Reclamation, Mumbai, with Emraan Hashmi being one of the first guests to wish the newlyweds. However, good friend and client John Abraham couldn’t make it so he sent his parents in his place to extend his good wishes to the couple. Though John is a huge Bollywood star, not many have seen his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Abraham walked in on time and stayed at the reception till the very end, enjoying themselves with the other guests. Other famous faces at the reception were actor Bikram Saluja, who walked in with Khalid and Kulraj Randhawa, who was all praise for her kickboxing trainer. Ayesha Takia’s father Nish Takia also attended the ceremony. Muzamil Ibrahim and his brother Mudassir both walked in together, while Javed Ahmed was heard discussing fitness with a police officer present at the occasion. The wedding ceremony took place at the Spastic Society at Reclamat

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Sonal Chauhan and John together

Sonal Chauhan made her debut in Jannat, and now the pretty Sonal Chauhan is all set to star opposite heartthrob John Abraham in her next film. The actress has signed up for a film to be directed by Tony D’souza, who is currently working on Blue . The actress turned down a number of films before accepting M F Husian’s son Owais Husain’s film. The actress reportedly suffered a burn on the sets.

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John Abraham : I don’t think I am that sexy

Bollywood dreamboat John Abraham who’s shooting for David Dhawan’s Hook Ya Crook. In real life, the headturner exudes easy charm, flashes his trademark dimpled smile and settles down for an interview in between shots. Exclusive excerpts from an interview: This is the first time you are doing a film with Genelia D’Souza, who’s also a big name in Telugu films. What’s it like working with her? She’s great to work with. She’s normal. It’s hard to find normal people these days! You were injured while shooting for this film. Have you recovered completely? Every third day I am hurt (shows a gaping cut on his finger). Tell us more about your role in the film? Okay, I play the role of Viraj, who loves cricket. Then an incident happens in his life that lands him in prison. When I read the first draft of the script written by Renzil D’Silva, I immediately knew that this was the kind of role I always wanted to do. When I came to know that David Dhawan was directing the film, I knew that this would

The other side of the gate: John Abraham

Be it Om Shanti Om, or the recent Luck By Chance, the lives of those involved in Bollywood continue to fascinate the audience. But more than the audience, it’s the bunch of people living outside the studio gates that gets to see the real Bollywood. And John Abraham is one actor who the bunch will definitely get to see. For John plays himself in UTV’s Film City. The film, to be directed by UTV biggie Deven Khote, will see a host of newcomers too. Says Deven, “Film City is about the lives of those people who stay outside the film studios and how their lives are influenced by people from inside the industry. It will be a fun film; one of the protagonists plays a spot boy while the other plays a camera assistant. Film City is my experiences in the film industry for the last two decades.” Won’t this be similar to Luck by Chance, we ask Deven. He is quick to say, “See, John does play himself, but we have deliberately refrained from roping in other actors, like in Luck by Chance. We didn’t

Indian Idol finally gets its first female winner

This time, the foruth series of popular TV show ‘Indian Idol’ was unique as the show finally got its first female winner in the form of Sourabhee Debbarma, who won title of ‘Indian Idol 4′ on Sunday ruling out her close contestants the Bengali girl Torsha Sarkar and army man Kapil Thapa. The 22 year old girl who surprisingly has had no professional training in music walked away with a Rs.10 million contract with Sony TV and a car. The result was based on public voting. The celebrity guests of the finale included Bollywood stars John Abraham, Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh, who had come to promote their forthcoming film ‘New York’. Others from the Indian film and music industry, including judges Javed Akhtar, Anu Malik, Kailash Kher and Sonali Bendre, too were present to cheer the finalists.

Bollywood: John Abraham’s Slum Connection

Bollywood New Movie Slumdog Millionaire has definitely made the slums of Mumbai a little popular. Perhaps this is why they are so welcoming to every director who wants to make a film on their lifestyle. John Abraham’s fortcoming film Hook Ya Crook is also one of those films shot in the Chikalwadi Chawl of Mumbai. This film is directed by David Dhawan and John Abraham playes a cricketer who resides in the chawl. In a song John and Genelia D’Souza dance to a tapori-ish number with the typical tapori dance steps. The residents of the slum were delighted to see the stars around and cheered for the unit as they worked. John Abraham added to their delight by giving them autographs and taking pictures with them.

After John, Salman Khan dares to bare his butt

After flaunting their sculpted muscles and buffed up six to eight pack abs, Bollywood machos are now daring to bare their hip toned butts. A trend started by the uber sexy John Abraham in ‘Dostana’ has now become the current ‘It’ fad in tinsel town. And, the latest actor to take the bare butt dare is none other than Salman Khan. The actor who introduced the whole bare your chest idea and made waxed chests fashionable is now following in John Abraham’s footsteps. According to the latest buzz, Salman Khan will be seen exposing in his much delayed flick ‘Wanted Dead & Alive’. The flick will have the muscle man endorsing beach gear revealing his buffed up physique and cute bum in hot trunks. With this act, Salman Khan is sure to take fashion meter to an all-new level. Though the filmmakers are not revealing any word on Salman Khan’s exposing act just yet, they aren’t denying the supposed wet and wild scenes in the film. Speaking to a news daily, designer Ashley Rebello said, "

John Abraham voted sexiest Asian man

His sculpted beefcake, well-chiseled face and his dimpled smile make John Abraham an object of fantasy for girls (and even guys). No wonder, he’s voted world’s sexiest Asian in a poll. In the annual round conducted by Eastern Eye, a leading British Asian weekly, Abraham emerged the top in a shortlist of 10 sexiest Asian men in the world in 2008. The weekly sent judges a shortlist of 10 names. The judges then ranked the names according to their individual preferences and the newspaper then compiled the results to produce a final list. "John Abraham made up for a quiet year with a sensational look in Dostana , with one of the greatest physiques ever seen on the big screen. His body helped to make the film a hit with Asian women," Hamant Verma, editor of Eastern Eye, said. The judges included Brianna Ragel, editor of Asian Woman Magazine, Che Kurrien, editor of GQ India and the former editor of FHM India, Farhad Dadyburjor. John has replaced last year’s winner Shahrukh Khan wh

John-Katrina make their way into Shahrukh's film

Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi with Shahrukh Khan and Anushka Sharma , which hits the theatres this Friday, happens to be one of the most anticipated movies of 2008. Yash Raj Films is apparently planning to show the first look trailer of New York with the Shahrukh's biggie. This movie happens to be another one of their anticipated movies that star John Abraham and Katrina Kaif . New York is set in the Big Apple and is a story about friendships and romance. It's the story of three friends who are living in peace and harmony but known to them lurks a danger that will threaten the very essence of their friendship. Sounds interesting! We'll have to wait and watch to see whether it interests us so much later too!