Bipasha
Basu
might
be
playing
a
physiotherapist
in
Vivek
Agnihotri"s
Goal
but
that
didn"t
stop
her
from
playing
personal
medic
to
John
Abraham
when
he
hurt
his
nose
while
playing
football.
Says
a
source,
“Bipasha
would
often
sit
in
on
the
matches
when
John
and
the
team
would
play.
One
day,
when
John
was
shoved
by
a
British
footballer
on
to
the
ground
and
smashed
his
nose,
a
concerned
Bipasha
rushed
onto
the
football
field
and
took
care
of
him.
She
didn"t
just
clean
his
wound
like
a
doctor
does
but
applied
a
painkiller
and
salve
to
soothe
the
pain.
All
along,
she
kept
asking,
'John
baby,
are
you
okay?" Bipasha
can"t
bear
it
when
John
gets
hurt.
When
he
hurt
himself
in
a
bike
accident
last
year
she
would
keep
calling
him
and
asking
if
he
was
okay."
Nosebleed
Talking
of
the
incident,
director
Vivek
Agnihotri
says,
“We
were
shooting
in
extremely
rough
conditions
when
this
happened.
It
was
a
match
going
on
(in
the
film)
at
Milwall
between
the
British
team
Aston
and
the
Indian
Southhall
United
Football
Club
(with
John
Abraham,
Arshad
Warsi,
Kushal
Punjabi
amongst
others).
Recently,
John
had
hurt
his
shin
but
tough
guy
that
he
is,
he
gave
the
game
his
best
shot.
Now
normally,
if
the
Britishers
see
an
Indian
guy
playing
well
they
get
very
rough
and
push
and
shove.
Someone
pushed
him
and
he
fell
on
the
ground
on
his
face.
John
cut
his
nose
and
there
was
a
lot
of
bleeding."
Bips
helps
out
Vivek
says
that
though
they
had
a
physiotherapist
on
the
sets,
he
wasn"t
needed.
“We
had
Bipasha
Basu
doing
her
job
on
and
off
camera,"
he
laughs.
“It
was
actually
coincidental.
Bipasha
plays
a
physio
in
the
film
as
well
so
she
had
undergone
training
and
learnt
what
a
physiotherapist"s
job
is.
When
she
saw
John"s
nose
bleeding
badly,
she
rushed
onto
the
sets
and
cleaned
it
up.
Only
when
she
made
sure
that
John
was
absolutely
fine,
did
she
go
off
the
field."
Biapsha"s
TLC
of
John
aside,
Vivek
is
all
praise
for
John.
“John
is
a
footballer
and
biker.
We
didn"t
need
to
take
him
to
a
doctor.
Not
once
did
he
complain
about
anything.
He
would
never
sit
out
at
any
match
even
when
he
was
hurt."
Training
days
Vivek
says
his
Indian
team
underwent
training
for
three
months
under
footballer
Andy
Ansa.
“John,
Arshad
and
the
rest
would
train
under
him
in
the
morning
every
day.
Goal
has
worked
as
a
detox
for
me.
There"s
human
drama
and
exciting
confrontations
happening
on
the
field.
Football
is
a
very
cinematic
sports
and
the
imagery
is
fantastic.
The
film
drives
the
point
about
how
Asians
living
outside
India
can
still
triumph
a
foreign
land
and
how
you
fight
the
colour
white."
Does
racism
exist
in
England?
“Oh
yes!
I
have
shot
two
films
there
and
racism
is
rampant
there.
They
beg
for
work
but
in
the
end
always
look
down
at
you.
I
would
tell
my
entire
crew
not
to
react
but
be
patient
and
forgive
them."
Goal
releases
on
November
23.