John Abraham Read The Quran For His Role In 'Batla House'; Find Out Why!
John Abraham is currently busy with the promotions of his upcoming film, 'Batla House' which is slated to hit the theatrical screens on this Independence Day.
John
Abraham
is
currently
busy
with
the
promotions
of
his
upcoming
film,
'Batla
House'
which
is
slated
to
hit
the
theatrical
screens
this
Independence
Day.
For
those
who
ain't
aware,
the
film
is
based
on
the
controversial
'Batla
House'
encounter,
which
took
place
in
2008.
In
this
film
helmed
by
Nikkhil
Advani,
John's
role
is
inspired
by
the
real-life
cop
Sanjeev
Kumar
Yadav,
who
spearheaded
the
encounter.
To
prep
for
his
role,
John
along
with
his
director
Nikkhil
spent
a
considerable
amount
of
time
with
Sanjeev
Kumar
Yadav
to
get
into
the
skin
of
his
character.
During
one
such
visit,
the
filmmaker
spotted
the
Quran
in
Yadav's
library,
which
left
him
fascinated.
He
later
learnt
that
Yadav
thoroughly
read
the
holy
book
in
order
to
comprehend
'the
guys'
he
was
interrogating
as
they
would
often
cite
verses
from
it.
It
helped
him
to
understand
their
beliefs
during
those
conversations.
Thus,
John
too
read
the
holy
book
to
prep
for
his
role.
The
actor
told
TOI,
"For
this
film,
I
have
read
the
Quran
and
have
learnt
a
few
verses,
too.
When
you
are
talking
to
a
certain
character,
you
need
to
understand
what
his
thought
process
is."
"You
have
to
be
well-read
to
have
a
point
of
view.
I
am
aware
of
a
lot
of
things,
but
I
think
some
of
us
have
a
skewed
view
of
everything.
We
interpret
things
the
way
we
want
to,
and
as
per
our
convenience,"
he
further
added.
In
an
interview
with
Mumbai
Mirror,
John
was
quoted
as
saying,
"When
I
read
the
script,
it
was
engaging,
intriguing
and
an
edge-of-the-seat
thriller.
People
who
are
not
even
interested
in
the
Batla
House
incident
will
get
to
watch
a
film
that's
engaging."