John Abraham and Neil in Yashraj's next

Neil Mukesh

In Kabul Express he worked with a pair of male stars, John Abraham and Arshad Warsi, and now director Kabir Khan is likely to shoot with another pair of male stars for his next venture for Yashraj Films. According to sources Khan's next film, which he calls "a contemporary film with relevance" is likely to feature John Abraham again alongwith Neil Nitin Mukesh.

For 26-year-old Neil, his deal with Yashraj will be a homecoming of sorts. He had earlier made brief appearances as a child artiste in Yash Chopra's Vijay (1988) and Jaise Karni Waisi Bharni (1989). He has also assisted Aditya Chopra and Kunal Kohli. While he refused to divulge any details, saying it was "premature to talk,"The Johnny Gaddar star did confess that he was keeping his fingers crossed. "He is super thrilled about the possibilities," disclosed a close friend of Neil's.

John Abraham, who has worked earlier with Yashraj is expected to be more blas? about his new project but sources close to the star reveal that he is relieved that all past differences with producer Aditya Chopra have been resolved.

The story goes that when John had entered the Yashraj camp with Kabul Express, Aditya Chopra had offered Jhoom Barabar Jhoom to him. However John had too many queries about the script which annoyed Aditya. Further, John dilly-dallied about meeting Aditya who called him several times. This irked Adi and he went ahead and signed Bobby Deol for the film. When John heard that he had been dropped he did try and seek reconciliation but with little success until now.

John Abraham

Sources say that Kabir who had been keen on casting John, approached Aditya and facilitated a meeting between the two. "Kabir and John are the best of friends apart from having a healthy working relationship and so he is keen on casting John for YRF's next. Aditya Chopra was apprehensive about casting John in the film due to his past experiences. However, Aditya Chopra had a meeting with John and informed him about a two film contract with Yashraj Films. Apart from Kabir's film, John will also do a second film under the same banner."

When contacted Kabir Khan did not deny meeting John, however, he refused to confirm that he had signed him for the film. "I will only be casting in February and nothing has been finalised yet. It is too early to talk about anything now," says Kabir.

John Abraham too remained unavailable for comment.

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John Abraham is one lucky guy. The kind of stars that are working in his favour, literally, and how he is actually reaping rich dividends from his famous fallout with Salman Khan.

PNC is twiddling its thumbs over Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, starring Salman, John, Priyanka Chopra. Salman's rift with John is now common knowledge. And chances are, he will never agree to work with him again. Director Rituparno Ghosh, on the other hand, refuses to replace John, because that may offend Bipasha (why may, almost certainly!), who is now shooting for the director's Bengali film. PNC will not shoot without Rituparno, who will not shoot without John, so there!

Part two of the John saga involves none other than Aditya Chopra and Aishwarya Rai. Adi, was keen to cast John opposite Abhishek in Jhoom Barabar Jhoom. John, not exactly your Mr Professional, kept dillydallying, until an obviously irritated Adi replaced him with Bobby Deol at the last moment. John, poor thing, rushed to the Yash Raj office, but guess what, Adi the mighty, kept him waiting outside for hours, refusing to meet him or take his calls.

The latest in this twist comes from none other than Aishwarya Rai who is working with John in an as yet-untitled film. The actress, who is now in the good books of Aditya Chopra, has apparently played the peacemaker, especially now that she is sure there can never be a reconciliation between Salman and John. She has used her charms and good offices to convince Adi to take John back into his fold again. And guess what, Adi has relented. So John, lucky boy, has been signed up by Aditya Chopra for his next.

Sigh! Some people can eat their cake and have it too!

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If one person was a child actor, why do they still call it newcomers 😕

Tfs

Both the guys are wearing scarlett lipstick 😆 😕 .

Must be the colour of the season(I have seen Rhea Sen and others wear it too)!Looks ghastly on indian skin!

There is something about Neil's eyes.... and Johns smile 😛

neil is surely future superstar he did a brilliant job in jhonny gaddar

Neil is great, he is so gonna OWN johnny boy

i luv john n im soo happy for him.. no fights with the yash raj's lol... i hope salman n john make up soonn.. luv dem both

Hope Neil gets a big break with this big banner. He deserves it.

Looks like Crimson lip color is in for men😆

cool cannot wait to see this movie and wasnt dhoom a yash camp movie before kabul express 😕

Neil is fantastic i hope all the best for him