John Abraham: Motorcycles are used as props in films these days

John Abraham puts his money where his heart is – he is planning a football-centric film and owns an Indian Super League football club too. Bikes are also close to his heart, and the actor is slightly discontented with the way motorcycles are used in films these days.

At a recent press conference in the capital, he told us, “They are used as props these days – log nachtey hain uske aage, films mein, award functions mein. I want motorcycles to be used with a bit more credibility, and maybe I could make a film on them sometimes,” he says. In town to promote his film Rocky Handsome, John said that although he enjoys acting in all kinds of films, he can’t make them as a producer. “I enjoy films like Welcome Back and can act in them, but as a producer, my sensibilities direct me towards producing films like ‘Madras Cafe,’ ‘Vicky Donor’ and ‘Rocky Handsome’.”

Corporates sell soaps, can’t think creatively

John’s latest production has no corporate backing, and the actor-producer says that it was a deliberate move to keep them out of the film. “This film is our baby, and I think we have been able to execute almost all the decisions we had taken,” John said as the film’s director, Nishikant Kamat, who was also there, nodded in agreement. “Corporates sell soaps, they can’t think creatively. The distributor response to this film is good. This is one of my safest films as a producer. Humein pata hai yeh film kahan chalegi, kaise chalegi,” John added.

Can’t put five songs in a Korean film

Rocky Handsome is adapted from the South Korean film The Man From Nowhere. Nishikant, who has earlier made Force with John, said that he had to modify the story to suit Indian sensibilities because a Korean film can’t be remade in India. “You can’t put five songs in a Korean film. Plus, Indian sensibilities are very different, so you have to adapt the story accordingly,” he reasoned. Nishikant also happens to play the antagonist in this film, and shares that acting and directing in the same film can be a very confusing task. “I am never going to do the two things together again,” he said at the press conference.

Akshay and I came from the same place – nowhere

John has been quite vocal about his equation with Akshay Kumar. He says he can relate to the latter more because he’s come up from being a nobody to a somebody in Bollywood without any ‘connections’. “Both of us came from nowhere – I can relate to that. Akshay and I genuinely get along. I admire his lifestyle and discipline,” says John.

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John Abraham: Motorcycles are used as props in films these days