Bombay: Bollywood actor John Abraham, who will soon be seen as an antagonist in the upcoming spy thriller film ‘Pathaan’, shared that the entire world is waiting for Shah Rukh Khan’s comeback on the silver screen. The film is SRK’s first in four years with his last release being Aanand L. Rai’s ambitious directorial ‘Zero’.
In a video released by the makers of ‘Pathaan’, John said, “I don’t think the whole nation, I think the whole world wants to see Shah Rukh Khan on screen, including myself, and I think it was he more than delivered. the goods because he’s fantastic in this movie.”
John plays SRK’s arch nemesis in the film and he enjoys that this film brings back the old John Abraham from ‘Dhoom’, a film that earned him a cult following with the bike-riding bad boy image.
Speaking about his character in the film, John shared: “Jim is cool. Jim is dangerous and Jim brings back the old John Abraham from Dhoom! I absolutely love the action sequences of ‘Pathaan’ because most of them are mobile.”
He added, “One sequence was of course with motorbikes in the snow, one was in a truck so we were moving again, the third is in the air which is wow, fantastic. So everyone was on the go and they were fantastic.
‘Pathaan’, a YRF production that also stars Deepika Padukone as an agent, is set to hit the screens on January 25 in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
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