John's parents are Mr Abraham and Phiroza and he has a younger brother named Alan. He did his schooling from Bombay Scottish School and graduated from Jai Hind College in Mumbai. John also did an MBA from MET. In 1999, he won the Gladrags Manhunt Contest and went to Singapore for Manhunt International where he won a second place.John Abraham joined Kishore Namit Kapoor acting lab and successfully completed a course on acting while juggling modeling assignments. In 2003, he made his debut with the film Jism. In 2004, his first blockbuster came with the movie, Dhoom. In 2005, he had a major role in Water, which portrayed the tragic fate of Hindu widows in colonial India. The film was popular overseas and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards which exposed John to a more international audience. In 2006, he starred in the films Zinda, Taxi No 9211, Baabul and Kabul Express. Among these Taxi No 9211and Kabul Express were fairly successfulNikhil Advani's multi-starrer, Salaam-e-Ishq: Attribute To Love was his first release in 2007. The movie failed to do well at the Indian box office but was successful in the overseas market.Early life
Born in Mumbai, India on December 17, 1972, John Abraham has been one of the most successful male models in India. Abraham's father is a Malayali Syrian Christian architect, from Alwaye, Kochi, Kerala in India. His mother, Phiroza Irani, is part of Mumbai's Parsi community. Abraham's Parsi name is "Farhan" to which his father, being a catholic, added "Abraham" as a respect for the Bible and named him "John". He has one younger brother, Alan.
Abraham first went to the Bombay Scottish School and later to Jai Hind College, where he completed his BA (Honors) in economics. He was an avid sportsman, captaining the college football team. He earned his MMS degree from Mumbai Educational Trust.
Career
Abraham started his career with the media firm Time & Space Media Entertainment Promotions Ltd., which, however, closed down due to financial problems. Later, he worked for Enterprises-Nexus as a media planner.
Modeling
In 1999, he won the Gladrags Manhunt Contest and went to Singapore for Manhunt International, where he won second place. Following this, he appeared in a number of commercial advertisements and in music videos for singers like Pankaj Udhas, Hans Raj Hans and Babul Supriyo. To further improve his acting skills, Abraham joined Kishore Namit Kapoor acting lab and successfully completed a course on acting while juggling modelling assignments.
Acting
Early Acting Career
Abraham made his acting debut in 2003 with the controversial film Jism, a thriller with him and Bipasha Basu in lead. The film was a surprise box office success and his work was noticed widely.It was while making of this film that John and Basu started dating each other. Later the same year came the paranormal thriller Saaya (2003) the film was a commercial and critical failure. It was followed by a bunch of failures like Pooja Bhatt's directorial debut Paap (2004) and Ahmed Khan's Sunny Deol starrer Lakeer (2004).
Breakthrough
After having many box office failures John's first blockbuster hit came with the movie Dhoom in 2004 where he played the role of the villain 'Kabir', the film was a big commercial success and was one of the highest grossers of the year.
In 2005 he starred in the supernatural thriller Kaal and the comedy Garam Masala both of which did well at the box office. Later that year he had a major role in the critically acclaimed film Water, which portrayed the tragic fate of Hindu widows in British India. The film was written and directed by independent Canadian film-maker Deepa Mehta. The film was popular overseas, and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards, which exposed John to a more international audience.
In the summer of 2006, he performed at the "Rockstars Concert" along with fellow Bollywood stars Salman Khan, Zayed Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Esha Deol, Shahid Kapoor and Mallika Sherawat. In the same year, he starred in the films Zinda, Taxi No 9211, Baabul and Kabul Express (2006). Among these Taxi No 9211 and Kabul Express were substantially successful.
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