How John changed for ‘Parmanu’
Actor says he stopped going to the gym so he could shed his chiselled shape
Story of Pokhran’. Actor and producer John Abraham has said he had to deconstruct himself to play the character of junior bureaucrat in his forthcoming film Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran.
Abraham is currently busy promoting his film with director Abhishek Sharma, which releases in the UAE on Thursday.
Talking about his character in the film, Abraham said: “It is based on real incident and it happened on the May 11, 1998. To prepare for the role we did lot of workshops.”
“My character’s name is Ashwath Raina, who is junior bureaucrat in the Prime Minister’s Office and to play this role, I had to deconstruct myself because to look similar to real life bureaucrat, I couldn’t have a chiselled body,” Abraham said. “Abhishek told me not to go for gym sessions, and look like a regular human being. We also did lot of research on my character.”
Talking about response for the trailer and songs of the film, Abraham said: “I think it’s very positive because what people are saying is that Parmanu is looking like a different and interesting film but the most exciting thing that they are saying is it looks like a commercial, engaging thriller film.”
When asked Abraham whether he was sceptical before working in this film, because he is largely accepted as action hero, Abraham said: “No... because I did films like Madras Cafe in the past and before that I did lot of films in which I took lot of risk like Water, No Smoking and Kabul Express.”
Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran is based on the nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by the Indian Army at Pokhran in 1998. —