This story is from January 15, 2006

Jism overdrive: Girls go gaga over John

This model-turned-actor has no role model and clearly no match when it comes to driving people delirious.
Jism overdrive: Girls go gaga over John
CHANDIGARH: This model-turned-actor has no role model and clearly no match when it comes to driving people delirious with his dynamic presence and incredible drive. Drive, because John Abraham's first love (sorry, girls) is bikes.
More specifically, super bikes. But don't let that kill your hopes because brawny Johnny finds Chandigarh girls particularly pretty.
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As for himself, John, believe it or not, thinks he has broken out of the sex god symbol. He's got to be joking. Just one look at the crush of young girls screaming and drooling over John at FR on Saturday would have created some serious doubts about Abraham's self-assessment.
He says, "I have come out of the sex symbol straightjacket. And that's fine by me for now as I am being recognised as an actor."
...Sure, John may be making a mark as an actor with some truly charming performances of late, but his lure continues to be essentially physical: strong chin, powerful body and devastating smile.
It's a combination that has sent a whole generation of young women delirious.
"I realise that models who entered the filmdom before me have fallen by the wayside largely because of over-emphasis on their physical quotient.

This is why I am consciously making that extra effort on my acting skills," he admits, flashing his charismatic smile that has created Dhoom in Bollywood.
...That effort is clearly showing both in the sort of roles he is choosing and the way he is performing. "I am very particular about script and the roles that are close to my character even if I have to share the limelight with other big stars," he adds.
John's role in Zinda is quite different from the earlier roles, including some of his stirring performances like the one in Jism, which he says, is his personal favourite. "I like to do movies that throw up different kinds of acting challenges," he says.
That doesn't mean he is not conscious of his looks and the effect that it has on people. John is a big fitness fanatic and prefers home-made food. "I am particular about my diet," he says.
And his fitness mantra: Eat well, eat right.
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