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John Abraham (actor)

John Abraham

Born
Farhan AbrahamDecember 17, 1972 (1972-12-17) (age 36)Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation
Actor, Model, Producer
Years active
2003—present
Domestic partner(s)
Bipasha Basu (2002 – Present)
Official website
John Abraham (Hindi:जॉन अब्राहम,Urdu: جان ابراهام,Malayalam:ജോണ്‍ എബ്രഹാം, born December 17, 1972 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India), is an Indian film actor who appears in Bollywood movies and a former model.
After modeling for numerous advertisements and popular companies, Abraham made his film debut with Jism (2003). The film was a decent hit at the box office and got him nominated for the Filmfare Best Debut Award. In his first blockbuster hit, Dhoom (2004), he played an anti-hero. He bagged another Filmfare nomination for his negative roles in Dhoom and then in Zinda (2006). He received critical acclaimmation and appreciation worldwide for his movie Water (2005). In the year 2007, he was nominated under the category of Best Supporting Actor at Filmfare Awards for the movie Baabul. His movies brought him national and international critical acclaim. He received the 'Rajiv Gandhi Award' for his contribution to Bollywood in 2006. Further, he was awarded for his contribution to Indian cinema in 2007 by the 'Giant International Awards'.
Contents[hide]
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Modeling
3 Early acting career
3.1 Breakthrough
3.2 Producer
3.3 Media
4 Personal life
5 Awards and nominations
6 Filmography
7 See also
8 Notes
9 External links

[edit] Early life
Born in Mumbai, India on December 17, 1972. Uptil now, John Abraham has been one of the most successful Indian male models. Abraham's father is a Malayali architect. His mother, Phiroza Irani, is part of Mumbai's Parsi community. Abraham's Parsi name is “Farhan” to which his father, being a Syrian Christian, added “Abraham” as a respect for the Bible and named him “John“. He has one younger brother, Alan. He is an Indian Christian.
Abraham first went to the Bombay Scottish School and later to Jai Hind College, where he completed his BA (Honors) in economics.[1] He was an avid sportsman, captaining the college football team. He earned his MMS degree from Mumbai Educational Trust.

[edit] Career
Abraham started his career with the media firm Time & Space Media Entertainment Promotions Ltd., which, however, closed down due to financial problems. Later, he worked for Enterprises-Nexus as a media planner. It is a hardly known fact that he was also previously married to Svetha Doijode.[Citation Needed]

[edit] Modeling
In 1999, he won the Gladrags Manhunt Contest and went to Singapore for Manhunt International, where he won second place. Following this, he appeared in a number of commercial advertisements and in music videos for singers like Pankaj Udhas, Hans Raj Hans and Babul Supriyo. To further improve his acting skills, Abraham joined Kishore Namit Kapoor acting lab and successfully completed a course on acting while juggling modelling assignments.

[edit] Early acting career
Abraham made his acting debut in 2003 with the controversial film Jism, a thriller with him and Bipasha Basu in lead. The film was a surprise box office success and his work was noticed widely. [2] It was while making of this film that John and Bipasha started dating each other. Later the same year came the paranormal thriller Saaya (2003) the film was a commercial and critical failure. It was followed by a bunch of failures like Pooja Bhatt's directorial debut Paap (2004) and Ahmed Khan's Lakeer (2004).

[edit] Breakthrough
After having many box office failures, John finally caught a break while starring in Dhoom in 2004, where he played the role of the villain 'Kabir'. The film was a big commercial success and one of the highest grossers of that year. [3]
In 2005 he starred in the supernatural thriller Kaal and the comedy Garam Masala both of which did well at the box office. [4] Later that year, he had a major role in the critically acclaimed film Water, which portrayed the tragic fate of Hindu widows in British India. The film was written and directed by independent Canadian film-maker Deepa Mehta. The film was popular overseas, and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards, which exposed John to a more international audience.
In the summer of 2006, he performed at the "Rockstars Concert" along with fellow Bollywood stars Salman Khan, Zayed Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Esha Deol, Shahid Kapoor and Mallika Sherawat. [5] In the same year, he starred in the films Zinda, Taxi No 9211, Baabul and Kabul Express (2006). [6] Among these Taxi No 9211 and Kabul Express were substantially successful.
Nikhil Advani's multi-starrer Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was Abraham's first release in 2007. The movie failed to do well at the Indian box office,[7] but was successful in the overseas market.[8] His last two 2007 releases were the offbeat thriller No Smoking and the sports film Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal.
In 2008 he had only one release, Dostana. The film was one of the highest Bollywood grossers of 2008.
His first release of 2009 was the much awaited movie of the year, Yash Raj Films's New York, which explores how the lives of three best friends are changed after the 9/11 attacks in New York.

[edit] Producer
In 2009 John became a producer by co-producing 1-800-Love along with Abbas Tyrewala.[9]

[edit] Media
Apart from his movie commitments, John is also the brand ambassador for Castrol Power 1, Yamaha Marque and has also endorsed Wrangler, Clinic All Clear, Fastrack eye gear and Samsung cell phones. He was the first Indian Brand ambassador for Diet Pepsi.[citation needed] John abraham is also the brand ambassador for Garnier Men.

[edit] Personal life
Abraham has been dating actress Bipasha Basu since 2002. The couple is considered a Supercouple in India.
John has his own fashion line: his brand (JA) clothes, which primarily features his favorite article of clothing, jeans. [10]
Abraham also associates himself deeply in the social causes and urges youngsters also to join hands in this humanity mankind.
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” I work for social causes that I address. I love animals and I work for PETA. I have my own brigade called John's brigade for Habitat for Humanity, Habitat For Humanity is a Jimmy Carter foundation project.” John said when asked about his work.[11] [12]
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He was also associated with the famous Lilavati hospital of Mumbai where he donated a check of 10 lakhs towards the hospital funds.[13]
In 2008 John became the first Indian ever to feature in the '25 Sexiest Men' list compiled by E! News and was ranked as the 7th sexiest man in the world.[14]. In the same year, UK magazine Eastern Eye named Abraham the "Sexiest Man In Asia".[15]
In January 2009, John took his charitable activities to a new level and led a group of Indian celebrities in the Mumbai Marathon, an event to benefit the United Way.[16]
During the latter part of January 2009, John Abraham injured his leg badly while shooting for David Dhawan’s upcoming flick, Hook Ya Crook. John had to slide down a 20 feet pole but when he started doing so, he could not manage it rightly, and he landed directly on his leg.[17]

[edit] Awards and nominations
Main article: List of John Abraham's awards and nominations

[edit] Filmography
Year
Film
Role
Notes
2003
Jism
Kabir Lal
Nomination, Filmfare Best Debut Award
Saaya
Dr. Akash "Akki"
2004
Aetbaar
Aryan Trivedi
Paap
Shiven
Lakeer - Forbidden Lines
Saahil
Dhoom
Kabir
Nomination, Filmfare Best Villain Award
Madhoshi
Aman
2005
Elaan
Abhimanyu
Karam
John
Kaal
Krish Thapar
Viruddh
Amar
Water
Narayana
Film nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Garam Masala
Sam
Shikhar
Himself
Special Appearance
2006
Zinda
Rohit Chopra
Nomination, Filmfare Best Villain Award
Taxi Number 9211
Jai Mittal
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Special Appearance in song Where's The Party Tonight?
Baabul
Rajat Verma
Nomination, Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
Kabul Express
Suhel Khan
2007
Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love
Ashutosh
Hattrick
Himself
No Smoking
K
Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal
Sunny Bhasin
2008
Dostana
Kunal
2009
Luck by Chance
Himself
Special Appearance
Little Zizou
Arjun
Special Appearance
New York
Sameer
Aashayein
Rahul Sharma
Completed
Hook Ya Crook
Filming
2010
Film City
Filming [18]
1-800-Love
Pre-production [19] [20]

[edit] See also
List of Indian Actors

[edit] Notes