John Abraham Profile
John Abraham is a Sagittarian by sun sign as his date of birth is on December 17, 1972. John Abraham is a model turned Indian Bollywood actor who has carved a niche among the superstars of Bollywood.
John hails from Mumbai as he was born in the tinsel town of India. John’s father is a Malayali and comes from a sect of Syrian Christian which was a part of alwale dynasty in Kerala. His mother named Phiroza Irani was born and bought up in Mumbai. So, john is the elder son in the family and has a younger brother named Alan.
Abraham pursued his schooling in Bombay Scottish School and later got administered in to Jai Hind College where he fetched his BA honors degree in economics. Well known for his football fever, John was active sports man in his college and captained Jai Hind College’s football team.
Later on he joined Mumbai educational trust to fetch his MMS degree. His close friends and teaches say that John was an active sportsman and also a witty student.
Initial profession
John after completing his MMS degree started his professional life by working as a media executive in a well known media firm Time and Space Media Entertainment Promotions limited. For various reason the company had to shut down its financial dealings and so John had to go in a look out for another job. Through a friend John got a job in a Enterprises- Nexus which was a media planner in the company.
Modeling career
John was interested in modeling from his childhood and was dreaming to become a star. In the year 1999 when John made it to the Gladrags Manhunt Contest which was held in Singapore he was said to be the eligible guy to win the contest. Finally John managed to win the second place in the Manhunt contest and then his modeling career sprung up the peak.
Commercial advertisements poured into his bag and he successfully completed them Wrangler, castrol, Pepsi, Clinic all clear are some of his famous advertisements. Meanwhile, John considered taking up an acting job and so in order to achieve it, he joining the acting school of Kishore Namit Kapoor. In that he was well groomed with the likings to become an actor and simultaneously he maintained his modeling advertisements.
Acting break
- Finally John made his way to the bollywood with the film titled “Jism”. The movie was a controversial subject in which John was offered a role of the male protagonist. The film scored well at the box office and John was credited with high applause for his acting talents.
- Later on in the year 2003 John acted in the film “Saaya” which was a off beat film and the subject dealt with a psychic subject. But unfortunately the film got booed at the box office and was a loser financially.
- Then in the year 2004 John was featured in the film “Paap” which was another controversial film in which John played a role of a seductive male. The movie was critically acclaimed, but financially it fetched a huge loss.
- Then the film “DHOOM” came as a breezer to John’s film career. The movie was substantiated with a lot of standards and John played a role of a thief. His love towards modern bikes was well exposed in this film as he was seen riding sophisticated bikes and played a negative character in this film. Abhishek Bachchan and John Abraham were applauded for their impeccable acting skills in this film. Kabir was John’s character name and John played the role with ease and perversity.
- Then in the year 2005, “Kaal” was the movie which was based on a suspense thriller subject. John, Vivek Oberoi and Ajay Devgan played the male leads in this film.
- “Garam Masala” was the next film of John in the same year which had Akshay Kumar in the lead. The movie rocked the bollywood with its hilarious comedy and the movie was declared a financial hit at the box office. John them zoomed into the place of well known actors.
- “Water” which was a controversial subject film was John’s next film which had Lisa Ray the gorgeous model turned actress in the lead. John plated a character of the hero who falls in love with a Hindu widow in Bengal. The movie was aesthetically shot with a message tagged to it. Deepa Mehta was the director and the movie was nominated for best foreign language film in the 79th academy awards.
- In the year 2007, “Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal” was his movie which released with lot of expectations at the box office. The movie was based on the football game and John who had a passion towards the game acted well in the film.
- In the year 2008 John was selected for a movie titled LUNA and the movie is being directed by Deepa Mehta. Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weiss and Chris Copper are John’s costars. The movie will be released in Hindi and English worldwide in mid year of 2009.
John’s dating life
John Abraham is considered to be the most eligible bachelor of Bollywood film industry. He is dating another model turned actress Bipasha Basu and since 2002 the couple are linked together. In the year 2009 march an engagement ceremony has been planned by their elders of both. Previously, John used to date Lisa ray who was a model of Bombay Dyeing. But later on they confirmed each others relationship as pure friendship.