John Abraham Biography

Personal life and Career:

Born in Mumbai, India on December 17, 1972, John Abraham is one of the most successful male models in India, His height is 6' 1". Abraham's father is a Malayali Christian architect, from Alwaye, Kerala in India. His mother, Phiroza Irani, is part of Bombay's Parsi community. Abraham's Parsi name is Farhan but his father gave him the name John. He has one younger brother, Alan. Abraham first went to the Bombay Scottish School and later to Jai Hind College. He was an avid sportsman, captaining the college football team. He earned his M.B.A degree from Mumbai Educational Trust (MET). Abraham is currently dating actress Bipasha Basu, They have been dating since year - 2002. John loves wearing jeans and his own brand (JA) clothes. 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 year - 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 year - 2003 with the controversial film Jism. The film did well, and his work was noticed widely. Later the same year came the paranormal Saaya (year - 2003) and the romantic Paap (year - 2004); neither of them did well at box-office. John's first blockbuster hit came with the movie Dhoom in year - 2004 where he played the role of the villain 'Kabir'. In year - 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 colonial India (See 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 year - 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 (year - 2006). Among these Taxi No 9211 , Kabul Express were substantially successful. Nikhil Advani's multi-starrer, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love was Abraham's first release in year - 2007. The movie failed to do well at the Indian box office,[8] but was successful in the overseas market. His last two year - 2007 releases were the offbeat thriller No Smoking and the sports film Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal. John is playing an environmentalist activist in Deepa Mehta's 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 (year - 2007)Apart from his movie commitments, John is also the brand ambassador for Castrol Power 1 and for the Yamaha Marque. 

John Abraham Filmography

• Desi Boys (2011)
• Saat Khoon Maaf (2011)
• Raaste (2010)
• Dostana 2 (2010)
• Race 2 (2010)
• Phillum City (2010)
• Call Me Dil (2010)
• Alibaba aur 41 chor (2010)
• Kamagata Maru (2010)
• Aashayein (2009)
• Hook Ya Crook (2009)
• New York (2009)
• Rockstar (2009)
• Dostana (2008)
• Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007)
• No Smoking (2007)
• Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam (2007)
• Salaam-E-Ishq (2007)
• Water (2007)
• Baabul (2006)
• Kabul Express (2006)
• Taxi No. 9211 (2006)
• Zinda (2006)
• Viruddh (2005)
• Elaan (2005)
• Garam Masala (2005)
• Kaal (2005)
• Karam (2005)
• Aetbaar (2004)
• Dhoom (2004)
• Lakeer (2004)
• Mumkin (2004)
• Paap (2004)
• Jism (2003)

Filmography As Producer

• Call Me Dil (2010)