John's big fat starry nakhras

International Khiladi

Says a source, who was present during the shows, "John has developed a big attitude. He actually told Salman, 'I am an international star'.

That's ridiculous, considering Salman has a huge overseas fan base. John also created a fuss about staying in the same hotel as the rest of the stars. He insisted on staying at the most expensive hotel."

"When Salman heard John creating a big fuss about his room at the 5-star hotel he was put up at, Khan went to check out the accommodation. After checking the room, Khan told the organisers that if John was unhappy with the room, he would exchange it with him. At this point, the organisers told him that John's room was bigger than his."

A million bucks

Toronto-based promoter, Altaf Kassam, narrates the ordeal that he faced, including his million-dollar loss, especially when John Abraham and Shahid Kapur gave him heartburn.

Altaf Kassam, confirms, "John always wanted to stay in downtown hotels, which are more expensive and sometimes promoters of smaller cities couldn't afford such expensive fares. I have been in this business for 10 years but I have faced biggest loss during the Rockstars shows — almost a million rupees.

The promoters of the smaller cities have faced more losses. John told me right at the beginning that he only does business on paper. Salman's a very nice guy and one of the best human beings I have met. In fact, at the San Francisco show I wasn't getting money from the promoter so Salman told me that he would take care of it, as he knew the promoter."

Meeting is over

Problems between Khan and Abraham arose, when one show had poor ticket sales.

Salman called a meeting to say that he'd waived off his fee for that show, and he requested other artists to do the same. However, an irate John got up and left the room saying, "The meeting's over."

When quizzed about it, Kassam says, "To make up for one show with poor sales, we all sat down to discuss the waiver. Except for Salman, Zayed and Esha, all the other stars said that they can't give up a single dollar.

There was another time when we requested them for a free show. Again Kareena, Shahid and John had refused. But later on, Kareena and Shahid became more cooperative."

Rockstars part 2

Kassam is now planning more Rockstars shows. This time he's collaborating with Sohail Khan, "He's trying to help me by organising another Rocktars show with all the artists that had come this time.

The venues will be South Africa and Singapore respectively. They have all promised to cooperate by bringing their fees down so that I can cover my losses." But will all of them come again? "They have promised to…" says Kassam.