John Abraham- A Man More Than The Sum Of His (Considerable) Parts

Whatever John Abraham loves, he literally owns — cars and motorcycles, a football team, a production house and soon, a fitness venture.

- Shweta Mehta Sen

 

It’s never struck me before, but John Abraham seems to have don damned well for himself. It hits m only as I sink into an enormous couch in the spare, glass-enclosed patio outside his plush Mumbai office. Pictu of his sea-facing penthouse (easily available the internet) are sigh-inducing. His collectio of cars and motorcycles is a petrolhead’s wet dream and may/may not collectively cost mo than that swanky address. His family’s succe architectural firm (Abraham John Architects run from the same office that houses the acto promising-but-still-teething production hou (JA Entertainment). Meetings concerning hi Indian Super League team, the North East United Football Club (NEUFC), also take pla here. He’s also among the fittest guys in the industry, owns a face that melts the hearts of women to mush and is married to an investm banker whom he says is in better shape than

John doesn’t have Bollywood lineage; he’s n even acclaimed for his acting chops. He’s the MBA-armed middle-class chap who became a model by chance and organically earned hi fame. “I’m a marketing guy; I don’t need to b told how to position myself. I only do what m heart tells me,” he says. “Think about it. All t things that have made me popular today are things that I’ve enjoyed doing all this while — riding motorcycles, playing football, being fi He clearly paid attention in class, because tw decades of baby steps later, it all makes sense

Given your love for football, you were made the In ambassador for the FIFA World Cup 2014. Was it a one-time thing?