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John Abraham: Deepa Mehta
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John Abraham is a well-known name and face to those familiar with Indian cinema. As a result of his starring roles in movies such “Jism,” “Dhoom,” and most recently his starring role in “Taxi 9211,” Abraham is considered one of India’s top film stars in India and around the world. His most recent English language release is the critically acclaimed “Water,” directed by Deepa Mehta.
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In 2005, John ignored the threats from some Hindu fundamentalists and agreed to play the lead role in the controversial film Water, which portrays the tragic fate of Hindu widows in pre-independant India. The film was written and directed by independent Canadian film-maker Deepa Mehta. It had a rocky history; the first attempt to make the film was in Varanasi, where an angry crowd burned down the set. Abraham signed for the director's second attempt to make the film, this time the set was in Sri Lanka. The film has been popular overseas, and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Oscar Award, which exposed Abraham to a worldwide audience.
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In 2005, John ignored angry threats and agreed to play the lead role in the controversial film Water, which deals with the sad fate of Indian widows in traditional Indian society. The film was written and directed by independent film-maker Deepa Mehta. It had a rocky history; a first attempt to film it foundered, when sets in Varanasi were burned by an angry crowd. John signed for the director’s second attempt to make the film, this time in Sri Lanka. The film has been popular overseas, exposing John to a much wider audience, and was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category.
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In 2003, Abraham made his Bollywood debut with the controversial movie Jism at the age of thirty. He has appeared in a number of successful movies since then which include Dhoom (2004), Garam Masala (2005) and Taxi No 9211 (2006). In 2004, John braved threats of violence and professional discrimination when he signed on to the film Water, a critically-acclaimed independent film written and directed by Deepa Mehta. Water deals with the controversial history of India's widow population. The film was so incendiary that the production was compelled to move from India to Sri Lanka to avoid mob violence and threats of murder and arson. Abraham starred in the central love story as an idealistic and open-minded young man whose thoughts, shaped by Mahatma Gandhi's teachings on equality, were well ahead of their time and flew in the face of the customs in his community.
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John is playing an environmentalist activist in Deepa Mehta's new film Luna (currently under production) starring Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz and Chris Cooper. [10] [11] Apart from his movie commitments, John is ... the brand ambassador for Castrol Power 1 and for the Yamaha Marque.
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