Mumbai:
Shootout
At
Wadala
is
always
in
news
for
one
or
the
other
reason
-
be
it
Priyanka
doing
a
retro
song
‘Babli
badmaash
hai'
or
the
buzz
which
said
Sunny
Leone
will
be
doing
an
item
number
in
the
movie.
Recently,
it
was
said
that
Balaji
Motion
Pictures
has
decided
to
change
the
name
of
Sonu
Sood's
character
Dawood
Ibrahim
in
Shootout
At
Wadala
as
it
did
not
go
down
well
with
the
people
who
were
associated
with
the
incidences
shown
in
the
movie.
Reacting
to
this,
John
Abraham,
who
plays
gangster
Manya
Surve
in
the
movie,
says
that
he
still
stands
by
the
fact
that
the
film
is
"real".
When
he
was
asked
if
by
changing
the
name,
the
studio
is
trying
to
change
its
stance
that
the
film
is
based
on
real
incidents,
he
said
he
still
believe
the
film
is
based
on
real
incidents
and
he
is
not
going
to
change
his
stance
on
it.
His
character
will
stay
as
Manya
Surve,
that
will
never
change
and
he
is
very
proud
of
it.
He
was
quoted
by
IANS
as
saying,
"It
is
a
studio
decision
to
change
other
names
and
I
am
fine
with
that.
I
don't
think
it
affects
the
structure
of
the
film
in
any
way.
The
film
is
too
impactful
for
anything
to
affect
it."
When
asked
if
he
believes
that
this
is
his
best
performance
till
date,
John
said,
"By
light
years.
It
is
a
performance
where
John
Abraham
would
be
completely
perceived
differently
as
an
actor."
IANS
quoted
John
as
saying,
"I
feel
there
are
certain
portions
in
the
film
and
my
characterisation
is
going
to
impact
the
audience
very
differently."
Written
and
directed
by
Sanjay
Gupta,
Shootout
at
Wadala
is
the
prequel
to
Shootout
at
Lokhandwala.
The
movie
stars
John
Abraham,
Anil
Kapoor,
Kangna
Ranaut,
Tusshar
Kapoor,
Manoj
Bajpayee,
Mahesh
Manjrekar
and
Sonu
Sood
in
the
lead
roles.
It
is
slated
to
release
on
May
1.