John Abraham: Tehran is a related geo-political movie

Actor John Abraham says he’ll dive into the shoot of his bold geo-political thriller Tehran in Iran in June, as soon as he finishes capturing for Shah Rukh Khan fronted actioner Pathaan.

Abraham, who’s presently seen on the large display screen in Attack, has a packed slate of movies beginning with Mohit Suri’s thriller Ek Villain Returns, Yash Raj Films Pathaan and Dinesh Vijan’s Tehran.

Inspired by true occasions, Tehran is written by Ritesh Shah and Ashish Prakash Verma and marks the characteristic directorial debut of advert filmmaker Arun Gopalan.

In an interview with PTI, John Abraham mentioned Tehran is a related geo-political movie.

“I start capturing the movie in June in Iran. We are able to go, our director is out of doors doing the recce. I’ll dub for Villain, then shoot for Pathaan, which works until April. Then I end all my prior commitments until May and begin the movie in June.

“If you’re invested in the Russia-Ukraine crisis, wonder what is China is doing, what Iran is doing, where does Palestine fit in this whole thing, Tehran is about all of this. It’s a stunning film,” he added.

The 49-year-old actor can even reunite together with his Parmanu director Abhishek Sharma for a undertaking, which reportedly shall be a sci-fi movie with mythological parts.

John Abraham mentioned the movie, at its core, shall be a love story, however in contrast to something the viewers has seen earlier than. “It’s some of the distinctive ideas I’ve learn, the place you’ll scratch your head and suppose, ‘What were you thinking when you decided to do this?’ But I wish to as a result of it’s one thing by no means seen earlier than. It’s a loopy, thoughts bending area.

“But my job is to simplify it as a maker and present it to the audience. At the core of it, the film is a love story and I’ve not done a love story that is different, in a long time. I’ve miserably failed when I’ve done a regular love story,” he added.

Abraham mentioned he’s eager to additionally return to the Force franchise and mount it on an even bigger scale with its third installment.

The first two installments of the movie, launched in 2011 and 2016, featured the actor as ACP Yashvardhan Singh.

“The one brand I want to get back with full force is ‘Force’. That’s something my audience resonates with. I want to work on this as ‘Force’ has the propensity of being one of the biggest action franchises in the country. I want to mount ‘Force’ really big with the third installment,” he added.