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John Abraham

John Abraham born 17 December 1972 in Mumbai, India, is an Indian film actor and a former model.

Abraham was born to a Malayali father who is an architect and, his mother 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 a younger brother, Alan.

John has his own fashion line, his brand is called JA Clothes, which primarily features his favorite article of clothing, jeans.


New York (2009) Aashayein (2008) Dostana (2008) Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (2007)

No Smoking (2007) Salaam-e-Ishq (2007) Kabul Express (2006) Baabul (2006) Taxi 9-2-11 (2006)

Zinda (2006) Garam Masala (2005) Water (2005) Viruddh (2005) Kaal (2005) Karam (2005)

Elaan (2005) Madhoshi (2004) Dhoom (2004) Lakeer (2004) Paap (2004) Aetbaar (2004)

Saaya (2003) Jism (2003)





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John Abraham - what members say


  • Aetbaar
  • Aetbaar review by from Suffolk, England
    Rated - 1 stars Another Hollywood copy 20 April 2005
    ...nk this role would have been done any better by anyone other than Bachchan. John Abraham is convincing as the maniac but he doesn?t ooze with an amazing impression. ...  
  • Madhoshi
  • Madhoshi review by A customer from Poole, UK
    Rated - 1 stars Wastage of time 25 October 2004
    ...ai Matinee, Love in Nepal... where u wish that u could rate it in the negative. John Abraham is wooden thruout. Priyanshu is good. Bipasha is boring. Direction is hopeless,...  
  • Elaan
  • Elaan review by from Liverpool, UK
    Rated - 3 stars narrow miss.. 16 April 2005
    ...ential to be a hit and a stylish film,but seems to have missed that by inches. John Abraham comes out with a fine performance with a tapori accent. Arjun Rampal is suave....  

John Abraham - filmography


  • Film City (2010)
    Starring: John Abraham
    Director: Deven Khote
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    "Film City" is a light-hearted story of a chawl (slum) situated just next to (the actual) Film City, a studio complex at the centre of the Bollywood film industry. It follows the misadventures, antics and lives of its quirky residents as they try to piece together their own movie -- with the ..read more »
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  • New York on DVD (2009)
    Starring: John Abraham,  Katrina Kaif,  Neil Nitin Mukesh
    Director: Kabir Khan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    "New York" is a contemporary story of friendship set against the larger than life backdrop of a city often described as the centre of the world. For most of us, larger events in the world are just headlines in the newspapers but these events can change our lives... forever. "New York" is one such ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 120 members
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  • Aashayein (2008)
    Starring: Sonal Sehgal,  John Abraham,  Anaitha Nair
    Director: Nagesh Kukunoor
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Rahul Singh goes from the high of winning a lot of money in a bet to the low of discovering he only has 90 days to live. Moving into a hospice he meets a number of patients that change his outlook on life and challenge him to make the most of what he's got.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2 members
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  • Dostana on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Abhishek Bachchan,  John Abraham,  Priyanka Chopra
    Director: Tarun Mansukhani
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    It's all happening in the Beach Party Capital of the world.....Miami is the setting for Dharma Productions latest offering Dostana - serving a cocktail of all ingredients to do with Friendship, Fun, Frolic and that thing called Love....but with a slight twist there is a small case of pretending to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 437 members
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  • Hattrick on DVD (2007)
    Starring: John Abraham,  Gautam Bhimani,  Harsha Bhogle
    Director: Milan Luthria
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Hat Trick! is a story of the triumph of the human spirit. Deriving it's name from the famous magical expression of a "Hat Trick", it deals with four stories from different slices of life, in different parts of the world, each of which reach a crescendo, and each of which need the protagonist to ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 236 members
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  • Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal on DVD (2007)
    Starring: John Abraham,  Bipasha Basu,  Arshad Warsi
    Director: Vivek Agnihotri
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal is the story of a struggling football club; Southall United. The team has no stars, no sponsors, no spectators and most importantly, no coach. Yet, it nurtures the hope that it will win the cup this time. But with opposition from the city council and a local sports commentator -..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 391 members
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  • Taxi 9-2-11 on DVD (2006)
    Starring: John Abraham,  Sameera Reddy,  Nana Patekar
    Director: Milan Luthria
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Raghu (Nana Patekar), an insurance salesperson now turned taxi driver and Jai (John Abraham), the son of a wealthy business family, are two citizens of Mumbai. Both characters live in different worlds. Their paths cross one day when Jai steps into Raghu's taxi cab. Jai is on his way to court to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 626 members
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  • Garam Masala on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Akshay Kumar,  John Abraham,  Rimi Sen
    Director: Priyadarshan
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    What happens when a good for nothing handsome hunk like Mac (Akshay Kumar) finds himself in possession of an empty flat and access to three gorgeous air hostesses Priti (Daisy), Sweety (Neetu) and Puja (Nargis)? Garam Masala!
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 835 members
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  • Karam on DVD (2005)
    Starring: John Abraham,  Priyanka Chopra,  Bharat Dabholkar
    Director: Sanjay Gupta
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    John (John Abraham) is an assassin who works for mob boss Captain (Bharat Dhabolkar) who decides to quit and start a life without bloodshed with his wife Shalini (Priyanka Chopra). All is not as easy as he's hoped.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 403 members
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  • Water on DVD (2005)
    Starring: John Abraham,  Lisa Ray,  Seema Biswas
    Director: Deepa Mehta
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Set in the 1930s during the rise of the independence struggles against British colonial rule, the film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. It focuses on the relationships of one widow, who wants to escape the social restrictions ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,470 members
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  • Kaal on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ajay Devgan,  Vivek Oberoi,  John Abraham
    Director: Soham Shah
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A tiger expert, his wife, two tourists and a village chief engage in a battle for survival against supernatural beasts within Jim Corbett National Wildlife Park.
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  • Madhoshi on DVD (2004)
    Starring: John Abraham,  Bipasha Basu,  Priyanshu Chatterjee
    Director: Tanveer Khan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    All human beings are capable of distinguishing the real from the unreal (imaginary). But there are a few who refuse to recognize this distinction. Anu (Bipasha Basu), a fine arts student, from a happy and affluent family experiences a tragedy. On September 11, 2001 terrorists attacked New York's ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 188 members
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  • Dhoom on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Abhishek Bachchan,  Uday Chopra,  John Abraham
    Director: Sanjay Gadhvi
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When an armoured truck is robbed by four bikers using custom motorcycles, CID officer Jai Dixit turns to Ali, a garage mechanic, for help in tracking them down. However Ali is a reluctant partner at best, and may not be quite the help Jai needs him to be in order to catch the gang.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 2,010 members
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  • Paap on DVD (2003)
    Starring: John Abraham,  Udita Goswami
    Director: Pooja Bhatt
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In a secluded monastery in the Himalayas, an elderly Lama gets a vision indicating the rebirth of his teacher in the city of Delhi. He summons Kaya, a 20 year old girl from a nearing village and assigns her the task of finding the 6 year old boy in Delhi and bringing him back to the monastery...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 185 members
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  • Jism on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Bipasha Basu,  John Abraham
    Director: Amit Saxena
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Jism is the story of Kabir Lal, a restless, reckless and alcoholic lawyer whose steady race towards self-destruction even his close friends are unable to stop. A chance encounter with Sonia Khanna -- a young, sexy and dangerously ambitious wife of a middle-aged industrialist Rohit Khanna -- exposes ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 374 members
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  • Bajao on DVD
    Starring: Shilpa Shetty,  Shah Rukh Khan,  John Abraham
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Bollywood is massive. It makes up to 800 films a year - twice as many as Hollywood and about 14 million Indian people go to the cinema everyday. Bollywood's biggest audience outside India is in Britain. Bollywood films have managed to cross over and now it's not just Indian families watching them - ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 26 members
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  • Elaan on DVD
    Starring: Rahul Khanna,  John Abraham,  Arjun Rampal
    Director: Vikram Bhatt
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Kantilal Shah refuses to obey the demands of the tyrannical Baba Sikander, and pays the price by losing his life. Determined to avenge his father's death, Karan Shah is intent on capturing Sikander and returning him alive to India.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 636 members
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  • Hook Ya Crook
    Starring: John Abraham,  Genelia D'Souza,  Amrita Rao
    Director: David Dhawan
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Hook Ya Crook tells the story of Viraj Pradhan, a boy with unlimited passion for the game of cricket and who aspires to play for the Indian Team one day! Alas, it seems like his dream will always remain a dream when he is sentenced to a maximum security prison due to his reckless behaviour. In ..read more »
    Rate this: 5 stars out of 5 95% from 2 members
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John Abraham - watch online


  • No Smoking to Watch Now (2007)
    Starring: John Abraham,  Ayesha Takia,  Paresh Rawal
    Director: Anurag Kashyap
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 120 minutes
    When K meets the Baba, he walks into an agreement he can't walk out of much against his wishes. K realizes that he can't escape Baba no matter what he tries. Until of course the contract is complete.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 11 members
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  • Karam to Watch Now (2005)
    Starring: John Abraham,  Priyanka Chopra,  Bharat Dabholkar
    Director: Sanjay Gupta
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 117 minutes
    John (John Abraham) is an assassin who works for mob boss Captain (Bharat Dhabolkar) who decides to quit and start a life without bloodshed with his wife Shalini (Priyanka Chopra). All is not as easy as he's hoped.
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 33% from 3 members
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John Abraham facts

5 most recent films

Film City - 3 stars
New York - 3.5 stars
Aashayein - 3.5 stars
Dostana - 3.5 stars
Hattrick - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Dostana - 3.5 stars
New York - 3.5 stars
Water - 3.5 stars
Viruddh - 3.5 stars
Dhoom - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Film City - 3 stars
Bajao - 1.5 stars
Aashayein - 3.5 stars
Hook Ya Crook - 5.0 stars
No Smoking - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Bipasha Basu - 5 times - show films
Priyanka Chopra - 5 times - show films
Paresh Rawal - 5 times - show films
Rimi Sen - 3 times - show films
Lara Dutta - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Kabir Khan - 3 times - show films
Sanjay Gupta - 3 times - show films
Tarun Mansukhani - 3 times - show films
Anurag Kashyap - 2 times - show films
Vikram Bhatt - 2 times - show films