John Abraham

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John Abraham - John Abraham born December 17, 1972 is a former model turned Bollywood actor. He currently lives in Mumbai, India. Born in Mumbai, India on 17th December 1972 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 from Iran. 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 Malayali Saint Thomas Christian architect, from Alwaye, Kerala in India. While his mother Phiroza Irani is part of Bombay's Irani community.She was a basketball teacher in her younger years. Irani are descended from Iranian Zoroastrians who migrated to Mumbai in the late 19th and early 20th century. John sometimes describes himself as part-Malyalee and sometimes as part-Iranian.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 first went to the Bombay Scottish School and later to Jai Hind College, where he was the captain of the football team. He was an avid sportsman, captaining the college football team.He earned his MBA degree from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies.His height is 6 ft 1 inch.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.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,Abraham made his Bollywood debut with the controversial movie Jism at the age of thirty 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. . 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.He is romantically linked to Bipasha Basu.His ex girl friend was Riya Sen.He was even linked with Raveena Tandon.