Women can't resist John Abraham. Literally. On Valentine's Day, while on an UK tour for the premiere of his 'Taxi No 9211', the actor was mobbed by a large number of hsyterical female fans, who chased, groped and tried to get any and every bit of John to a point where additional security had to be called.
Milan Luthria, the director of the film, was with John at that time. He recounts the incident with much amusement.
"We were at Cineworld Theatre at Bradford to promote our film. People had started trickling in and before we knew it, there was a huge crowd in front of us. First we spotted two girls, about 14-15 years, crying because they were getting squashed in the crowd. John and I managed to pull them out. Then we saw a little boy fainting. We had to help him get to a safer place."
The director says there were at least over thousand women trying their very best to kiss John.
"He was panicking as he couldn't possibly kiss all of them! But quite a few caught hold of his jacket and his clothes. Finally, John was forced to jump on a table to speak to the crowd. But that didn't stop one fan to hurl herself at him. Luckily, he fell on his bodyguard and me," he says.
Though the trio managed to sneak out the movie hall, the moment they reached the car, most of the female fans were all ready to chase him in their cars!
"There was this girl in another car in front of us, sitting on the window and blowing kisses to John. We were so worried she would hit a lamp post that we stopped. She came running towards our car and fell on it. John was really patient throughout the whole thing. He actually couldn't stop laughing. Now I know that John is really a hugely popular star!" he concludes.
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Source- DNA,India
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