John Abraham is known for being one of the fittest actors in Bollywood, who is also said to be a teetotaler. However, the fitness freak actor had to break a few rules for his upcoming flick Shootout At Wadala.
John recently admitted in an interview that though he does not smoke or drink and is quite health conscious, he had to give in for his role as Manya Surve in Shootout At Wadala. Abraham also added that doing this helped him get his act right.
Directed by Sanjay Gupta, Shootout At Wadala also stars Anil Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Sonu Sood and Tusshar Kapoor. The film, which is slated to release on May Day next year, dramatizes the first ever recorded encounter in the history of the Mumbai Police, in which dreaded gangster Manya Surve was shot dead near a college in Wadala, where he had gone to meet his girlfriend.
Basking in the glory of the success of her recent release Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum, producer Ekta Kapoor wants to have the best possible release for the action-thriller Shootout At Wadala. Recently, Ekta got to catch a few rushes of the film and she feels that it is a very powerful film. Hence, it was decided that the film will not clash with Race 2, since she wants a clear five-day weekend for Shootout At Wadala.
Ekta feels that if both action films release close to each other, the audience will end up getting confused. Director Sanjay Gupta stated that Anil Kapoor and John Abraham, who star in both these films, checked with him if there could be a gap between the release dates of both the film.
Sanjay added that they have pinned up on May 1 at the release date, since it is Maharashtra Day/Labour Day and close to the theme of Shootout At Wadala.
Ekta added that she wants at least 50 days to promote the film since she wants to hype it to the hilt.
The film, based on the killing of gangster Manya Surve, stars John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Tusshar Kapoor and Sonu Sood.
A day ago, it had been reported that John Abraham asked Shootout At Wadala director Sanjay Gupta to drop Bipasha Basu from the movie after she made remarks hinting at infidelity on part of the hunky actor during their relationship.
However, it seems that this is not true and John is quite miffed about such reports doing the rounds. A source close to the actor revealed that John has always maintained his silence over his break-up with Bipasha and did not even comment on the issue when Basu accused him of cheating on her. However, this news that he was instrumental in getting Bipasha thrown out of the movie has left him fuming.
On his part, director Sanjay Gupta claimed that neither he nor Ekta Kapoor ever claimed that Bipasha was a part of the film, so there is no question of her being thrown out of the film at all. Gupta further added that John has always been professional about his work and has never interfered with the casting process of the film.
Shootout At Wadala, which also stars Anil Kapoor, Manoj Bajpayee, Sonu Sood and Tusshar Kapoor dramatizes the real life incident of the Manya Surve encounter, which is the first ever recorded encounter in the history of the Mumbai Police.
Ekta Kapoor has decided to push the release of her forthcoming production Shootout At Wadala to 2013 to avoid any clash with Aamir Khan's Talaash. Talaash is set to release on November 30.
Apparently, she does not want to compete with the mammoth Aamir Khan.
The film, a prequel to Shootout At Lokhandwala, was scheduled to release on December 7. However, as Talaash will release in November-end or the first week of December, Shootout At Wadala will now release on January 18, next year.
The film, directed by Sanjay Gupta, stars Anil Kapoor, John Abraham, Kangana Ranaut, Manoj Bajpayee, Sonu Sood and Tusshar Kapoor.
A few months back, it had been reported that Bong bombshell Bipasha Basu has been signed up by Sanjay Gupta for his gangland flick Shootout At Wadala, in which she was supposed to play the love interest of Manoj Bajpayee's character Sabir.
However, sources now claim that former beau John Abraham, who essays the pivotal character of Manya Surve in the film, allegedly asked Gupta and the makers to drop Bips from the project. The reason- 'Action' Abraham was not too pleased when Basu hinted at infidelity on John's part during the days when they both were in a relationship. A miffed John then asked the makers to find a replacement for the character of Chitra, which was supposed to be played by Basu.
Shootout At Wadala dramatizes the first ever recorded encounter by the Mumbai Police when a squad of cops got in a gunfight with dreaded gangster Manya Surve and managed to shoot him dead. The film also stars Anil Kapoor and Sonu Sood, apart from other actors.
