John Abraham born in Mumbai, India, is a Bollywood actor and a former model.
After the Gladrags Manhunt Contest, and a series of commercial advertisements, Abraham made his film debut with Jism (2003), The film was a decent hit at the box–office and His debut movie Jism got him nominated for the Filmfare Best Debut Award. His first blockbuster smash hit the silver screens in 2004 which was Dhoom. He played an antihero and was the show stealer. He bagged more filmfare nomination for negative roles in Dhoom (2004) and Zinda (2006). he did got critical acclaim and appreciation worldwide, for his movie Water (2005). In the year 2007 he also got nominated under the category of Best Supporting Actor, Filmfare. His movies got him national and international critical acclaim. he got 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.
Born in Mumbai, India on December 17, 1972, John Abraham is one of the most successful male models in India. Abrahams father is a Malayali Syrian Christian architect, from Alwaye, Kerala in India. His mother, Phiroza Irani, is part of Mumbais Parsi community. Abrahams Parsi name is “Farhan” to which his father being a catholic added “Abraham” as a respect for bible and named him “John“. He has one younger brother, Alan.
Abraham first went to the Bombay Scottish School and later to Jai Hind College, where he completed his BA (Hons) in economics.He was an avid sportsman, captaining the college football team. He earned his MMS degree from Mumbai Educational Trust.
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.
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. To further hone his acting skills, John Abraham joined Kishore Namit Kapoor acting lab and successfully completed a course on acting while juggling modelling assignments.
Abraham made his film debut in 2003 with the controversial film Jism. The film did well, and his work was noticed widely.Later the same year, came the paranormal Saaya (2003) and the romantic Paap (2004); neither of them did well at box-office. Johns first blockbuster hit came with the movie Dhoom in 2004 where he played the role of the villain Kabir.
In 2005 he starred in the supernatural thriller Kaal and the comedy Garam Masala both of which did well at the box office.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.In the same year, he starred in the films Zinda, Taxi No 9211, Baabul and Kabul Express (2006).Among these Taxi No 9211 , Kabul Express were substantially successful.
Nikhil Advanis multi-starrer, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was Abrahams first release in 2007. The movie failed to do well at the Indian box office, but was successful in the overseas market.His last two 2007 releases were the offbeat thriller No Smoking and the sports film Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal.
John is playing an environmentalist activist in Deepa Mehtas new film Luna (currently under production) starring Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz and Chris Cooper.Abraham with girlfriend Bipasha Basu at the launch of the Filmfare magazine (2007)
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.
Abraham has been dating actress Bipasha Basu since 2002.
John loves wearing jeans and his own brand (JA) clothes.
He loves doing social work. He associates himself deeply in the social causes and urges youngsters also to join hands in this humanity mankind.
"I work for social causes i address. I love animals and I work for PETA. I have my own brigade called John brigade for Habitat For Humanity, Habitat for Humanity is a Jimmy Carter foundation project.” John said when asked about his work."
He was also associated with the famous Lilavathi hospital of Mumbai where he donated a cheque of 10 lakhs towards the hospital funds.
In 2008 John became the first Indian ever to feature in the 25 Sexiest Men list compiled by E! News. In the same year, UK magazine Eastern Eye named Abraham the "Sexiest Man in Asia".
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