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John Abraham’s Force has received a good opening at the boxoffice worldwide with the film’s collection in the first week hitting Rs 22 crore, including Rs 16 crore from India. Excerpts:
You’ve been trying to switch modes as an actor from action to romantic to dramatic to sexy back to action. How do you react to this? Every actor has the right to experiment and that is what I have been doing. Dhoom was pure action and it clicked. It gave me the double opportunity of being with my first love — driving two-wheelers at top speed. I did a variety of roles in films like Jism, No Smoking, Kabul Express, Water, Aashayein, New York, Dostana, 7 Khoon Maaf and Jhootha Hi Sahi. The audience did not accept my romantic hero image in Jhootha Hi Sahi. But I am okay with it. Having said that, I am now looking forward to the action hero image Nishikant has vested me with in Force. Have you decided to stick to action roles from now on? Yes, I guess I have. When an actor reaches a point of maturity as an actor, it is time to decide on which screen image fits you well, you can do justice to and most importantly, the one that the audience accepts you in without a second thought. Force is a commercial film and Nishikant and I agreed on this at the outset. The way I look now, the way my body moves and looks, is just right for action films like the character I play in Force. We hear Force is a Hindi adaptation of Gautham Menon’s 2003 Tamil film Kaakha Kaakha. Did you see the original? I saw the film and loved the way the director had punched romance and action together. Suriya did the role of the ACP in the anti-narcotics division which I play in Force. He is a good friend of mine. He said he fell in love with Jyothika during the making of the film and the two got married after the film was over. The romance leaves a lasting impression on the audience though the action is strong too. The next was Nishikant’s script. I took one look at it and read the dialogue, understood his treatment and approach and found everything quite credible even in a commercial film. Are you comfortable with the kind of work you usually do? I have been in the industry for eight years and have done around 30 films. Yes, I am comfortable because if I wasn’t, I would have tried something else even within films. I consider myself an understated actor but the audience has accepted me the way I am. With Force, I hope to switch over to more action-centric roles. Do you know that Vipul Shah, the producer of Force calls me Action Abraham and not John? I play an action hero in its real raw sense. I am the most comfortable being a director’s actor and that is what I have done in Force too. What is your lifestyle like right now as Bipasha is no longer a part of it? Life is not just about a single relationship. She is not there and that is all there is to it. We are not in touch anymore. What has happened had to happen. Once you accept it, other things in life begin to fall in place. I find myself spending more time with my family when I am not on my marketing trips for my new film. I am keeping abreast of what is happening around the world such as the economic crisis in Greece, and about producing films in which I might not feature at all. Did you put in extra work to build a special body for Yashvardhan though you already have a killer body? Yes, I did. I worked out
for eight long months to put on 10 kg of mass which I needed to maintain
for one whole year. When I was 100 kg, running around became a bit tough
and I was hurt when I had to execute a fall. Thanks to the muscles, no
bones were broken. It was tough going but the results are really good.
The action sequences are choreographed and orchestrated very well. But
it is the romance that you take with you out of the theatre.
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Shoma A. Chatterji checks out with John Abraham, about his latest film, Force, which got him the highest opening of his career
