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 Actor John Abraham is going the whole nine yards to promote his upcoming release No Smoking So much so that he's even urging people to quit smoking. CNN-IBN gets you more on that. Rohit Khilnani: It’s films people understand best. John Abraham: A lot of people have asked me if No Smoking is an art film because Anurag Kashyap has done a lot of films like that. I would say that it’s a very commercial film. Rohit Khilnani: Are you hoping that guys and girls who smoke watch it and give it up? John Abraham: I think smokers and their girlfriends and wives should definitely watch the film. Rohit Khilnani: Tell people who smoke what the best way to quit is. John Abraham: Now I’ll say watch No Smoking because you will be worried about your fingers, ears and people you love around you. Rohit Khilnani: So is John ready to mingle for the girls out there? John Abraham: Yes, of course. I can mingle with everybody. Rohit Khilnani: Thanks, John. All the best for No Smoking. John Abraham: Thank you so much. Related StoriesIs-John-Abraham-getting-addicted- Dashing John Abraham puts himself in the ‘Smoking Zone’ for Anurag Kashyap’s movie No Smoking . It’s been a long time since John bid his final adieu to the bad habit of smoking. But while working for ‘No Smoking’, the actor is willy-nilly drawn back to the habit, as he has to smoke for many shots in the film. John says he can’t pretend to smoke for his role because the audience will catch it. So he actually inhales the smoke for his scenes. “The irony is, I am turning into a smoker while working in an anti-smoking film,” John is quoted as saying. Another irony is that the movie’s director and others in the crew are regular smokers. ‘No Smoking’ is the story of a chain smoker who joins more John-Abrahams-dare-bare-act-in-NO-SMOKING This will come as a shock; rather generate much excitement amongst John Abraham's female fans. Like flaunting his biceps and abs was not enough... Well if reports in a daily are to be believed, John is all set to do a dare bare scene in Anurag Kashyap's NO SMOKING. Anurag informed the daily that the scene is an integral part of the film but how it'll be shot hasn't been decided as yet. He said that he cannot exactly disclose how much John would reveal onscreen. NO SMOKING is a thriller, an anti-smoking film that gives out a message. John plays a chain smoker who joins a rehabilitation centre since he wants to give up smoking. The film also stars Ranvir Shorey and Joy Fernandes. The film will be produced by Kumar Mangat with music more Stub-it-out-with-No-Smoking  It's always tough to kick a habit and the more so for smokers. But film producer Kumar Mangat thought up a novel way of getting the cast and crew quit smoking while making his film the John Abraham-starrer No Smoking. The biggest offender was director Anurag Kashyap. "We are making a film called No Smoking but everyone is smoking on the sets and having fun so I decided that whoever I catch smoking, will have to pay a fine of Rs 500," said Kumar Mangat, Producer, No Smoking. more John-Abraham-Says-No-Smoking The sexy guy and the style icon John Abraham is who the youth follows him hugely. Whatever this chic lad does, the youth fastens the belts to do the same. Now this stylish hunk will appear in a movie that is targeted at anti-smoking message. Well, the whole saga is that Vishal Bhardwaj in association with Kumar Mangat (who also happens to be the co-producer of Vishal’s forthcoming project ‘Omkara’) is going to make a flick titled ‘No Smoking’ where John Abraham will be playing the leading guy. The rest of the cast is yet to be finalized since Vishal is busy with the releasing formalities of his ready to hit screens film ‘Omkara’ that will make appearance in theaters on July 28th. ‘No Smoking’ will give the a more -John,-Bips-to-sizzle-together  Real-life couples tend to stay as far away as possible from the screen. After the fiasco of Madhosh a few years ago, John Abraham and Bipasha Basu had decided not to work together again for a while. But now, the two will share screen space in Vivek Agnihotri’s Goal . “Bipasha and I just didn’t have the opportunity to come together. The offers being made to us weren’t tempting. We feel Goal is a perfect movie for both of us. I’ve played A-division soccer and was the captain of the football team in school and c more Bollywood-runs-‘A’-risk-for-on-screen-smoking For adults only — sex, excess violence and now smoking. Filmmakers might end up with 'A' certificates for their movies if the big bad villain chews a cigar or the macho hero lights a fag on screen. The I&B Ministry has apparently agreed to the Health Ministry's suggestion that a movie with smoking scenes be certified 'for adults only'—that is, only viewers above 18 can watch it, at least in cinemas. So if stars like Shah Rukh Khan don't want to lose fans under 18, they may have to shun smoking on screen. The clause is not be restricted to Indian movies alone. Spider-Man 3 will also be off-limits for children if the proposal becomes law. Sources said the decision was based on a 2003 WHO study —'Bollywood: Victim or All more After-playing-football,-John-set-to-climb-mountains  Actor John Abraham has decided to reposition himself as a fun-loving and sporty entertainer. After doing the football flick Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal with director Vivek Agnihotri, the actor will now feature in a film on mountain climbing to be directed by Soham Shah. "I want to cultivate a sporty image after Goal. Hence, I'm also doing a film on mountain climbing. I'm a trained footballer, I used to play 'A' position soccer and I'm a certified climber," John told. "I was into sports more I-know-my-limitations:-John  After doing the experimental No Smoking and the semi-experimental Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal(DDDG), John Abraham says he isn’t deliberately heading for the experimental mode. “I’m not aiming to be an art house actor. I know my limitations. And I’ve been working my way around them. To me, doing a No Smoking is as valid as doing a DDDG,” said John . “My next two films again take my career on an unpredictable course. Karan Johar’s film with Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra and me is a light romanti more Bollywood-filmmaker-bans-smoking-on-movie-set Crew members filming a Bollywood anti-smoking movie will have to cough up a fine if they are caught puffing up on the set, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. Kumar Mangat, the producer of ``No Smoking,'' told the Mumbai Mirror newspaper that he has hired a cameraman to catch offenders in action. ``Many people try to smoke on the sly, so I have told my cameraman to be very alert at all times,'' said Mangat. ``Sometimes when caught the offenders protest that 500 rupees is too high an amount,'' the daily quoted Mangat as saying. However, he insists they pay up and plans to donate 1.12 lakh rupees collected over the past two months to a cancer hospital. The movie is about a chain smoker, played by Bol more Rajkumar-Santoshi-to-act-in-No-Smoking This will be one of the most unique casting for a Hindi film that Anurag Kashyap has done. For his upcoming film No Smoking, Anurag has signed up filmmaker Rajkumar Santoshi to play a pivotal role. Santoshi will be playing the character of a strange, talkative doctor who persuades John Abraham to quit smoking. John plays the character of a chain smoker in the film who decides to go to a rehab centre to quit the habit. Anurag says that when he wrote the character of the doctor, he couldn’t think of anyone else but Rajkumar Santoshi to play it. This however isn’t the first time that Santoshi will be acting in a film. He was earlier seen in Santosh Sivan’s Halo in 1997 which was a children’s film in which he played the father of one more |
