John is all praise for Sonakshi

Actor John Abraham (above) said he was initially apprehensive to ask his co-star Sonakshi Sinha (right) to do action sequences in their upcoming action film. In the film, which is a sequel to a 2011 action drama, John and Sonakshi will be seen doing some heavy duty daredevil scenes.

“There was a scene where I and Sonakshi had to jump... and it was just the second day of shoot. I was thinking if I should tell her we have to jump... I was actually worried thinking what if she calls her dad (Shatrughan Sinha),” says John. But he was pleasantly surprised to see that Sonakshi was very comfortable in the action scenes. “She immediately agreed to do the scenes. It felt great to see her do action,” he says.

The 43-year-old Abraham, who has done quite a few actions films in Bollywood, says he gets impressed when he sees heroines doing action scenes. “There is not enough action scenes for heroines in films. We usually like to see them dancing most of the time,” he rues.

The film also has a song that salutes India’s unsung martyrs and for the first time ever John has lent his voice to a track. John says it’s Abhinay’s (Deo, director) idea to have him do the voice over for the song, which is also the film’s anthem. “I had tears in my eyes while singing it. I also had anger while doing the song. It was a voice over but the experience was fantastic,” John says.