John Abraham: Models too can act

Model turned actor John Abraham who has completed 10yrs in Bollywood is currently riding high on the success of his movies,John has asked all his detractors to shut up as he has proven that models too can turn to good actors.

John is considered the last of Indian male supermodels of the 90s, with the era of them having now ended with blink-and-miss faces on the block.The actor remembers the first time he thought he had the potential to be a successful model. “Back in 1988, I was visiting (photographer) Atul Kasbekar and I remember him saying to me, ‘Have you heard of Marc Robinson, Rahul Dev, Arjun Rampal and Milind Soman? You’re a combination of all of them’.”

According to source, When asked what he carries forward from his modelling days, the 40-year-old says, “A strong sense of self. It’s particularly hard to hold on to yourself when you become an actor. Of course, If I wasn’t a model, no one would have known of me. John Abraham would’ve meant nothing.”

Well John it has been a long but a successfull journey for you.