Madras Cafe features John Abraham and Nargis Fakhri in the lead
Mumbai:
Actor-producer John Abraham had to shed weight for his forthcoming film Madras Cafe.
The film is a political-thriller and has been directed by Shoojit Sircar. The story deals with terrorism and civil war and was reportedly shot in Sri Lanka and India.
"I had asked John to lose weight for this film and he did that. If he stands in a crowd he should not stand out. He should look like one of them as he is not a hero in the film. Heroism of the film is the content and not John," said Sircar.
"You will see a new John in this film," he added.
Sircar, who has worked with John in his previous project Vicky Donor, says that they now share a great relationship.
"Now we are good friends it's a good relationship. We are planning for few more films together. We want to take this relationship ahead. He never interferes in my work and it's vice versa. I don't know marketing so he takes care of it," he said.
Madras Cafe is slated to release on August 23
The film is a political-thriller and has been directed by Shoojit Sircar. The story deals with terrorism and civil war and was reportedly shot in Sri Lanka and India.
"I had asked John to lose weight for this film and he did that. If he stands in a crowd he should not stand out. He should look like one of them as he is not a hero in the film. Heroism of the film is the content and not John," said Sircar.
"You will see a new John in this film," he added.
Sircar, who has worked with John in his previous project Vicky Donor, says that they now share a great relationship.
"Now we are good friends it's a good relationship. We are planning for few more films together. We want to take this relationship ahead. He never interferes in my work and it's vice versa. I don't know marketing so he takes care of it," he said.
Madras Cafe is slated to release on August 23
