After
playing
Manya
Surve
in
Shootout
at
Wadala,
John
Abraham
is
all
set
to
play
a
gangster
again
in
Sanjay
Gupta's
upcoming
film,
Mumbai
Saga.
Set
in
the
80s,
the
period
gangster
drama
is
based
on
true
events.
The
film
also
stars
Emraan
Hashmi,
Suniel
Shetty,
Mahesh
Manjrekar,
Prateik
Babbar,
Gulshan
Grover,
Kajal
Aggarwal
among
others.
Unveiling
John's
first
look
from
the
movie,
Gupta
wrote,
"One
of
my
favourite
moments
from
MUMBAI
SAGA.
And
of
course
Mr.
Abraham
like
never
before."
In
this
new
still,
a
kurta-pyjama
clad
John
is
seen
sporting
an
intense
look
with
a
vermillion
mark
on
his
forehead.
Earlier
in
an
interview,
Sanjay
Gupta
revealed
how
John
continued
to
shoot
for
the
film
inspite
of
suffering
from
an
injury.
"He
didn't
tell
us
about
the
injury
and
dived
into
an
action
sequence,
in
the
process,
aggravating
it.
The
last
two-week
shoot
has
a
lot
of
stunts
so,
we
will
resume
after
he's
completely
recovered,
sometime
next
month," the
filmmaker
was
quoted
as
saying.
Talking
about
the
film,
he
said,
"Not
many
know
what
made
Mumbai
the
city
it
is
today.
It
makes
for
a
compelling
story,
which
will
make
you
go,
'Oh
my
God!".
Calling
Mumbai
Saga
his
'most
ambitious
film',
he
was
quoted
as
saying
by
IANS,
"After
25
years
and
17
films,
I
had
to
give
my
audience
something
bigger
and
better.
Mumbai
Saga
is
by
far
my
most
ambitious
film
which
needed
a
visionary
producer."
Mumbai
Saga
is
slated
to
release
in
theatres
on
June
19.