Abraham at an event

John Abraham is an Indian actor, film producer and former model who has been featured in over 50 films predominantly in Hindi language.[1][2] After a successful career as a model, Abraham began his acting career with an erotic thriller film Jism in 2003, which was a box office hit. In the same year, he appeared in Anurag Basu's horror paranormal romance film Saaya and Pooja Bhatt's directorial debut film Paap.[3] Abraham starred as Kabir in the multi-starrer Dhoom, an action film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, and produced by Yash Raj Films, The film was the third highest-grossing film of the year,[4] which gained him a Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role nomination.

In 2008, Abraham starred alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Priyanka Chopra in Dostana, his only release that year. His first release of 2009 was a production by Yash Raj Films, New York (2009). Dostana was a commercial success and grossed over ₹871 million, becoming one of the highest grossing Hindi films of 2008. This was a turning point in his career.[5] John's films have ranged from action thrillers like "Jism" (2003) and "Dhoom" (2004) and "New York" (2009) and "Shootout at Wadala" (2013) and "Mumbai Saga" (2021) and "Satyameva Jayate" (2018) and "Aetbaar" (2004) and Zinda (2006) and "Karam" (2005) and "Pathaan" (2023) and "The Diplomat" (2024) to crime dramas action of various genres.[6]

Films

Year Title Role Notes
2003JismAdvocate Kabir Lal
SaayaDr. Aakash Bhatnagar
PaapInspector Shiven Verma
2004AetbaarAryan Trivedi
LakeerSaahil Mishra
DhoomKabir Sharma
MadhoshiAman Joshi
2005ElaanAbhimanyu Singh
KaramJohn Wargas
KaalKrish Thapar
ViruddhAmar Patwardhan
WaterNarayan Dutt
Garam Masala"Sam" Shyam Salgaonkar
2006ZindaRohit Chopra
Taxi No. 9211Jai Mittal
BaabulRajat Verma
Kabul ExpressSuhel Khan
2007Salaam-e-IshqAshutosh Raina
No SmokingK
Dhan Dhana Dhan GoalSunny Bhasin
2008DostanaKunal Chauhan
2009 New YorkTerrorist Sameer "Sam" Sheikh
2010AashayeinRahul Sharma
Jhootha Hi SahiSiddharth Arya (Fidato)
20117 Khoon MaafJamshed Singh Rathod (Jimmy Stetson)
ForceACP Yashvardhan "Yash" Singh
Desi BoyzNikhil Mathur (Nick)
2012 Housefull 2Max Mehrotkar
Vicky DonorRum Whisky Song Item Number DancerCameo; also producer
2013Race 2Ruthless Don Armaan Malik
I, Me Aur MainMusic Producer Ishaan Sabharwal
Shootout at WadalaManya Surve Ruthless Exconvict
Madras CafeMajor Vikram SinghAlso producer
2015Welcome BackFreedom Fighter Ajay Barsi (Ajju Bhai)
2016 Rocky HandsomeKabir Ahlawat / (Rocky Handsome)Also producer and singer for "Alfazon Ki Tarah Unplugged"
DishoomSTF Kabir Shergill
Force 2ACP Yashvardhan "Yash" SinghAlso producer
2018ParmanuIAS Officer Ashwat RainaAlso producer
Satyameva JayateVirendra "Vir" Rathod
Savita Damodar Paranjpe—Producer only; Marathi film
2019 Romeo Akbar WalterRehamatullah "Romeo" Ali
(Akbar Malik alias
Walter Khan)
Batla HouseDCP Sanjeev Kumar YadavAlso producer
PagalpantiRaj Kishore
2021Mumbai SagaRuthless Exconvict Amartya Rao Naik
Sardar Ka GrandsonGursher SinghAlso producer; cameo
Satyameva Jayate 2
  • Activist Dadasaheb Balram Azad,
  • Home Minister Satya Balram Azad and
  • ACP Jay Balram Azad IPS
 Triple role
2022AttackMajor Arjun ShergillAlso co-story writer and producer
Ek Villain ReturnsBhairav Purohit
Mike—Producer only; Malayalam film
Tara Vs Bilal—Producer
2023PathaanJim
2024 The Diplomat †Terrorist Aryan MallyaAlso Producer; Post-production[7]
Tehran †Brigadier Saahil MalwaniAlso Producer; post-production[8]
Tariq †CBI, DCP Dev MalhotraFilming[9]
Vedaa †SSP Raja ChauhanFilming[10]
2024Housefull 5Sunil "Sunny" Malhotra
2024Force 3DCP Yashvardhan "Yash" SinghAlso producer
2024Welcome to the JungleFreedom Fighter Ajay Barsi (Ajju Bhai)

Music videos

Year Title Performer Language Ref.
1999 Mahek Pankaj Udhas Hindi
2002 Surma Jazzy B Punjabi
2008 Koi Aanay Wala Hai Strings Urdu
2013 "Betiyaan" (Save the Girl Child) Shankar Mahadevan, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam Hindi [11]

Music song

  • 2003:Appeared in Hum Ko To Hai Poora Yakeen made by msn cricket and sports (MSN India) to support The Indian Cricket team for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003

See also

References

  1. ↑ "John Abraham enters Bollywood with Jism". The Times of India. 10 January 2003. Archived from the original on 11 February 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "Water (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
  3. ↑ Krishnan, Aishwarya (17 December 2016). "Happy Birthday, John Abraham: 7 things to know about the Bollywood hunk!". india.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Box Office 2004". Dhoom. Box Office India. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "BO: Dostana has a friendly opening". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  6. ↑ Rajpoot, Preeti (2 August 2023). "John Abraham Net Worth: age, income, wife, career, background -". Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "John Abraham starrer The Diplomat to release in theatres on January 11, 2024". Bollywood Hungama. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "John Abraham unveils first look of Tehran, commences shoot". Bollywood Hungama. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "John Abraham announces his next film 'Tariq'".
  10. ↑ "John Abraham and Sharvari commence shooting Nikkhil Advani's Vedaa". Bollywood Hungama. 22 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Musical campaign for girl child". Sify. Mumbai. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
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