After
director
Sam
Mandes'
spectacular
spousal
success
directing
his
wife
Kate
Winslet
in
the
richly
resonant
Revolutionary
Road
in
1:
800
Love,
actor
John
Abraham
will
be
romancing
his
director
Abbas
Tyrewala's
wife.
And
he
is
cool
about
it.
"I
know
Abbas
and
Pakhi
well.
They
make
a
beautiful
couple.There's
absolutely
no
awkwardness
about
doing
a
love
story
with
the
director's
wife.
Pakhi
has
co-written
the
script
and
knows
her
character
and
mine,
in
and
out.She's
an
unknown
face
and
extremely
pretty.
These
are
her
biggest
advantages.
A
beautiful
woman
whom
the
audience
hasn't
seen."
John
is
dead
serious
about
this
project.
"I'm
going
to
sit
on
script
readings
with
Abbas,
do
workshops
and
rehearsals
with
Pakhi,
just
like
Abbas
did
with
the
cast
in
Jaane
Tu…Ya
Jaane
Na.
'm
hungry
for
acting
challenges.
But
most
of
the
time
my
physicality
comes
on
much
too
strongly
on
screen.
People
haven't
really
seen
the
performances
I'm
really
proud
of,
like
No
Smoking,
Kabul
Express
,
Zinda
and
Aashayein.
My
physicality
always
takes
precedence.
But
you
know
what?
I'll
change
that.
I've
been
in
this
industry
only
five
years.
People
have
started
looking
differently
at
me
after
Dostana.
The
body
was
talked
about.
But
when
they
praise
my
performance
it
really
feels
good."
Where
next?
"Nagesh
Kukunoor's
Aashayein.
I'm
very
proud
of
it.Yes,
it
has
been
delayed.
There's
a
problem
between
Reliance
and
Percept
that
needs
to
be
sorted
.
We're
working
on
a
solution.
Aashayein
is
a
beautiful
film
and
we
have
to
release
it.
Another
film
I'm
really
excited
about
is
Kabir
Khan's
New
York.
I
know
I've
got
it
right
this
time.
Kabir
says
so.
It's
an
awesome
film.
And
I'm
thankful
to
Aditya
Chopra
for
showing
faith
in
me
at
a
time
when
I
didn't
have
Dostana."
John
describes
himself
as
an
off-roader.
"I
travel
my
own
road.
Like
I'm
doing
Abbas
Tyrewala's
1:800
Love.
When
he
offered
me
that
film
he
was
directing
Jaane
Tu…Ya
Jaane
Na.
The
film's
producer
Madhu
Mantena
had
Ghajini
in
the
making
and
I
was
doing
Dostana.
By
God's
grace
we
all
have
a
success
on
hand.
So
we're
a
proud
team
and
very
comfortable
with.
It's
my
intense
love
story
and
it's
such
a
wonderful
space
to
be
in.
Before
Dostana
I
was
only
doing
films
that
kept
me
within
my
comfort
zone.
Now
I'm
going
to
test
myself
as
an
actor
as
much
as
possible."
When
questioned
whether
he
would
feel
any
awkwardness
directing
love
scenes
between
his
wife
and
John,
Abbas
Tyrewala
said,
"I
hope
not!
If
I
can't
remember
they're
acting
then
I
lose
the
moral
ground
to
ever
a
direct
a
girl
in
a
love
scene.Luckily
I've
never
written
explicit
love
scenes
in
my
film.The
only
explicit
love-making
scene
I've
conceived
was
for
Vishal
Bhardwaj's
Maqbool.
That
apart
I
like
my
writing
to
be
benign.
It
doesn't
matter
whether
my
wife
is
acting
or
not.
I
can't
forget
my
parents
will
be
watching
my
film."