John is in love again
Bipasha need not worry. The actor is infatuated with Hema Malini
John has a confession to make. "Hema Malini is still the Dream Girl. During Baabul if I had shot one more day with her I'd have fallen in love with her. She's really pretty. It is either black or white for Hema Malini. She is frank and tells you things like it is. That's so rare in this industry where people often say one thing, and mean another," says John Abraham.
While John does not try to conceal his infatuation for Hema Malini, he has ample respect for Amitabh Bachchan too. "Besides his work ethics, he's a nice man. When we meet he makes me feel so comfortable. He exudes a positive energy. I always felt safe in his shadow when I made my debut with him in Aetbaar. Nothing has changed in Baabul."
John's best compliments are reserved for Rani Mukherjee. "I have learnt a lot from her. Rani exudes a lot of confidence."
After Baabul next week, John has a totally antithetical release Kabul Express in the following week. "Baabul is my first masala film. Newcomers generally do conventional films and then go on to the unconventional. I took the opposite route. I first did Jism and Saaya and then came to Baabul. After that I'm again back to being completely unorthodox in Kabul Express. I'm back at the lunatic fringes in Kabul."
But John is equally confident about both his releases. "Kabul Express has been tried before audiences in Toronto and the US. I'm sure it will go down well with our audiences."
From the socially relevant Baabul to political parable Kabul Express, that's a long journey to make.
John says, "People think my choices are crazy. Well, all I've to say is that I prefer riding bikes instead of cars. I love life on the edge. I love taking risks. I'm very secure about my space in the cinema. I've made my choices and I've stuck by my directors through thick and thin."
John is now excited about Nagesh Kukunoor's Ashaayen. "My role requires plenty of preparation. There are two kinds of preparations. One is the big-spectacle preparation where one prepares for the action and dance scenes like Dhoom or Cash. The other kind of preparation is my kind. For my roles I've started preparing for those little nuances that add something almost invisible to the role. There're the larger-than-life roles and the life-size preparations. I believe in the life-size preparations."
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