Stereotyping actors on the basis of their choice of films is something that happens too often in Bollywood. If we talk about John Abraham, his back to back patriotic films like Satyameva Jayate (2018) and Batla House has somehow led to stereotyping? him as the new patriotic hero of Bollywood.
Does he care about the tag? Talking to Pinkvilla, John justified that he is choosing films on patriotic subjects purely because he loves his country.
Justifying why actors shouldn't be labelled on the choice of films, he said,
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“A lot of people say Ayushmann makes the best choices in films. Fantastic choices, like Bala, Dream Girl and others. But do you also know that the different kind of films only go to Ayushmann today? So, what I am saying is the patriotic film might just come to an Akshay or me, sometimes you don’t go to a film, it just comes to you. Akshay and me have had a laugh about this also. It doesn't affect us. I think it is great especially at the time when the feeling of being Indian is the highest."
On work front, he will be seen in Anees Bazmi’s Pagalpanti.
The multi-starrer comedy will star actors including Ileana D’Cruz, Anil Kapoor, Arshad Warsi, Pulkit Samrat, Kriti Kharbanda, Urvashi Rautela and Saurabh Shukla in pivotal roles. The film will hit the theaters on November 22.?