Underworld does not exist anymore in Bollywood – John Abraham

John Abraham who is playing the role of dreaded gangster Manya Surve in ‘Shootout at  Wadala’,is very hopeful that the role will be watershed in his career as it did for Sanjay Dutt in Vaastav in 1999 . Manya Surve a member of the Mumbai underworld who was gunned down in the encounter with police at suburban Wadala in 1982, in what is said to be the city’s first recorded encounter.To depict him on screen John Abraham met classmates of Manya Surve and the then ACP Isaque Bagwan who was in the hit squad that took out the gangster in 1982 to gain more insight into the behavior of Manya Surve.

According to information,Responding to a query John said that marriage of Underworld and Bollywood was long over with the entry points of black money into the industry becoming redundant.”When I came in 2003, most of it (Underworld) was cleared… There was nothing like that. I have not experienced any such thing. We deal in white money. We don’t have black money as we are paid by corporate ventures. The underworld thing did not happen to me in my life and I am happy about it. I don’t think it exists anymore in Bollywood,”

well John it is the audience that will decide the fate  of the film.