Mumbai:

John Abraham says that he is often written in the industry in a career of more than two decades, but his audience has continued him, something that he respects and wants to repay by telling good stories.

Abraham has hit various styles whether it is like a high-octane actionrs sputter (2004), Race 2 (2013), Satyamev Jayate (2018), Dishoom (2016), and Plateau (2023).

Actor, whose next release DiplomaticInspired by true events, the film said, Hopefully, the audience will have to resonate in the most bright way.

“People have said in the past that Paramanu (2018) marked my 1.0 version as I disappeared for four years. These are those who are written about me every day, and it is fine, I have no problem with it. My career is made on criticism, I enjoy it, ”Abraham told PTI.

“The only thing that keeps me in it belongs to my audience. People, producers, critics in business all they do you with numbers and I get all that, and I respect it. This is a business. But only those who have kept me and kept me alive. Diplomatic For that audience, “he said.

The film industry had a terrible year in the box office terms and Abraham believes that it is now important to focus on the basic things that click on any story with the audience and are writing it.

John said, “As a creator and as an actor, my vision is just to make good stories and reach the wider audience. Do I want the number? I would like Rs 100 crore, 200, 300 and 400 crore rupees. We all want this, but we want with good stories. This is the difference. ,

He said, “We are putting too much stress as an audience and business that money is being spent, putting a lot of stress on this. We have cut all this noise, have to go back to writing, from where we started, have to go back and why we wanted to make movies. ,

Assuming that he has also been “guilty” for prioritizing the box office, Abraham said that he now recognizes the importance of well -prepared stories.

Citing the example of DiplomaticThe actor said that it is important that the film directed by Shivam Nair Name shabana (2017) and Special Oms (2020), achieve commercial success as it will empower him and his team to continue making such films.

Inspired by true events, Abraham is included in the role of diplomatic JP Singh in the film, who steps to save an Indian woman named Uzma (Sadia Khatab of Raksha Bandhan Fame) from Pakistan.

The actor said that he was captured by the script Diplomatic By reading first.

“I like geophysics a lot, so I felt that it is interesting, and whatever I read, I fell in love with Ritesh Shah (writer). For me, it’s about the story, it’s about the story; it’s essence whether you see a woman or a man in front. If the painting is beautiful, all the characters look beautiful,” the actor said.

One of the film’s standout themes is challenges faced by women in society, and Abraham said that more awareness is required to bring change.

“Women, children and animals are not safe in India. I have said this earlier, and I will keep repeating it, until someone hears it. Children and animals are not safe because there are not lots of laws. With respect to women, you need strict laws. I am not a law specialist, so I will not go into it.

“You go to the Middle East, Dubai, women are safe. There should be some reasons that they are safe and not here. It is out of education and awareness, a multi-dimensional approach. We are a developing society; we will reach there, but we will take some time.

To prepare for the role of JP Singh, Abraham needed to immerse himself in the character, for which he said that he trained with actor and acting coach Saurabh Sachdeva, known for his role Animal (2023).

“Shivam put me through a drill. We went through reading with the entire actors of this film. Then, I took a break and met Saurabh Sachdeva, who gave me coaching on this character. For three weeks, I was with Saurabh every day, “he said, he said that he and Sachdeva met JP Singh to correctly portray his body language and manner.

Diplomatic JA Entertainment of Abraham is produced by T-Series, Vipul D Shah, Ashwin Varde, Rajesh Bahl of Waku Films, Sameer Dixit and Jatish Verma of Fortune Pictures and Rakesh Dang of Seta Films.

The film is scheduled to release in theaters on March 14, 2025.

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