Subscribe to MumbaiHangOut
Home


''John Abraham'

Born:- December 17, 1972 (1972-12-17) (age 34) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Years active :- 2003 - present

Biography


Born in Mumbai, India on 17th December 1972.His real name is Farhan,John Abraham is one of the most successful male models in India.His height is 6 feet and 1 inch. His dad is a Christian from Alwaye, Kerala and his mother is a Parsi. Being a Catholic his father added the name 'Abraham' to his son John as a mark of respect to the first patriarch and progenitor of the Hebrew people in the Bible.
Abraham's father is a Marthomite Christian architect, from Alwaye, Kerala in India. While his mother Phiroza Irani is part of Bombay's Parsi community. Irani are descended from Persian Zoroastrians who migrated to Mumbai in the late 19th and early 20th century. John sometimes describes himself as part-Malyalee [2] and sometimes as part-Persian.
Abraham's parents eloped; they were estranged from their respective parents until the birth of their first child, John. He was originally named Farhan, but his father gave him the name John, and he has used that name ever since. He has one younger brother, Alan.
Abraham attended Bombay Scottish School and later Jai Hind College.[2] He was an avid sportsman, captaining the college football team.[2] He later earned an MBA degree from MET.[2] He stands 6'1 tall.

Career


That name gave him a noted stand when he entered the modeling field. His revolutionary looks, macho body, baby smiles and nice character made him the highest paid supermodel in India. Being a hot star in the modeling world, he made his film debut in 2003. Not like usual Bollywood heroes who debut in male oriented action subjects, he accepted the erotic emotional Jism (2003). The film did well, and his work was noticed widely. Later the same year came the paranormal Saaya (2003) and romantic Paap (2003); none of them did well at box-office.
His first blockbuster smash hit came in the year 2004 when he took the antihero role 'Kabir' in Dhoom (2004. Abraham started his career with a media firm called Time & Space Media Entertainment Promotions Ltd., which however closed down due to financial problems. Later he worked for Enterprises-Nexus as a media planner.
In 1999, he won the Gladrags Manhunt Contest and went to Singapore for Manhunt International, where he won second place. The same year he was selected for a PGP course at IIM, Bangalore. However, as fate would have had it, he chose Gladrags contest over IIMB. Later on, he went on to win the contest. Following this, he appeared in a number of commercial advertisements.
In 2003, Abraham made his Bollywood debut with the controversial movie Jism at the age of thirty. It was successful. He has appeared in a number of successful movies since then which include Dhoom (2004), Kaal (2005) , Garam Masala (2005) and Taxi No 9211 (2006).
In 2005, John ignored angry threats and agreed to play the lead role in the controversial film Water, which deals with the sad fate of Indian widows in traditional Indian society. The film was written and directed by independent film-maker Deepa Mehta. It had a rocky history; a first attempt to film it foundered, when sets in Varanasi were burned by an angry crowd. John signed for the director's second attempt to make the film, this time in Sri Lanka. The film has been popular overseas, exposing John to a much wider audience, and was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category.
His recently released films are: Baabul, Kabul Express, Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love,were critically acclaimed and were averagely received at the Box Office.

Personal life


John Abraham is currently engaged to Indian actress Bipasha Basu.They have been dating for the last five years Bipasha appeared on Koffee with Karan and described how John proposed. The couple made a second appearance together on Koffee with Karan Season 2. John has been constantly linked with several other women by the media but he denies these rumours considering them as vicious attempts targeted to damage their relationship with Bipasha

Awards


Bollywood Movie Awards


Winner

International Indian Film Academy Awards


Zee Cine Awards


Other

Filmography


Year Film
2007 Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam Announced
2007 Exclusion Under Production
2007 No Smoking...! Sashank Post-production
2007 Aashayein Shooting
2007 Goal Sunny post production
2007 Happy Birthday To Go On Floor, Co-stars Aishwarya Rai and Shilpa Shetty
2007 Rockstar Jordan To Go On Floor
2007 Soham - Karan Johar's Next Project On Hold
2007 Hattrick Man in stripy vest Guest appearance in song Wicket Bacha
2007 Salaam-e-Ishq: A Tribute To Love Ashutosh
2006 Kabul Express Suhel Khan A post-war story in Afghanistan
2006 Baabul Rajat Verma Nominated for Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
2006 Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna DJ Special Appearance in song Where's the party tonight?(Preity Zinta and Abhishek Bachchan)
2006 Taxi Number 9211 Jai Mittal
2006 Zinda Rohit Chopra
2005 Shikhar Himself Special Appearance
2005 Garam Masala Sam
2005 Water Narayana Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
2005 Viruddh... Family Comes First Amar Patwardhan
2005 Kaal Krish Thapar
2005 Karam John
2005 Elaan Abhimanyu
2004 Madhoshi Aman
2004 Dhoom Kabir Nomination, Filmfare Best Villain Award
2004 Lakeer - Forbidden Lines Saahil
2004 Paap Shiven
2004 Aetbaar Aryan Trivedi
2003 Saaya Dr. Akash (Akki)
2003 Jism