By:
Faridoon
Shahryar,
IndiaFM
Friday,
November
16,
2007
“Box
office
success
of
Dhan
Dhana
Dhan
Goal
is
very
important.
Every
film
has
to
be
successful
at
the
end
of
the
day," says
John
Abraham.
Considering
his
last
film
No
Smoking
delivered
a
turkey
at
the
ticket
window,
commercial
success
of
Dhan
Dhana
Dhan
Goal
is
all
important
for
the
talented
actor.
“Goal
is
made
out
of
a
lot
of
heart
and
I
hope
and
wish
that
people
watch
it
with
a
lot
of
heart,"
John
adds.
Viveik
Agnihotri"s
Dhan
Dhana
Dhan
Goal
is
a
sports
centric
film
(Football
to
be
more
precise)
based
in
UK
with
racial
undertones.
“I
play
for
Aston
and
aspire
to
be
in
the
British
team
but
I
end
up
in
a
special
team
Southall
United."
You
must
be
tired
of
this
question
but
comparisons
with
Chak
De
India
are
inevitable.
“That"s
the
question
of
the
century.
Chak
De
and
Dhan
Dhana
Dhan
Goal
are
two
different
films.
The
only
similarity
is
that
both
are
associated
with
sports."
You"ve
played
football
in
school
and
college.
How
different
is
it
to
play
the
game
on
and
off
screen.
“While
filming
it
involves
a
lot
of
retakes
for
the
same
kick.
And
when
you
score
a
goal
you
have
to
be
happy
twenty
times,"
John
laughs.
Which
is
your
all
time
favourite
sports
based
film?
“Escape
to
Victory.
It
was
also
based
on
football
with
Pele
and
Sylvester
Stallone."
Bipasha
had
a
first
hand
experience
of
racialism
in
UK
during
the
filming
of
Goal.
“Yes
Bipasha
and
Arshad
faced
it.
Both
were
shocked.
They
were
shocked
that
they
could
be
spoken
to
like
this.
And
they
didn"t
realize
that
racialism
was
so
strong
till
they
faced
it,"
John
said
thoughtfully.