Bollywood Baadshah Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathaan’ is smashing the existing Bollywood records and the entire industry is celebrating its success. The movie is a complete entertainer and it is a treat to watch SRK back on the big screen again. His action avatar blew away the audience and director Siddharth Anand made sure that there are ample action sequences and hero elevation moments to satisfy the masses.
Apart from SRK and Deepika’s unlimited glamour, it is John Abraham who turned out to be the biggest surprise of ‘Pathaan’. He planned the role of the stylish and suave villain Jim and he stole the show in many scenes. Doing negative roles is nothing new for John since he was the first villain in the iconic ‘Dhoom’ franchise which came in the early 2000s.
The ‘Force’ actor is getting a lot of love from the audience and he is overwhelmed by it. He said, “It is incredible the amount of love that I have been receiving for playing Jim in Pathaan! As an actor, I only work for the love of audiences and fans. Records and milestones are a huge bonus and I’m grateful that Pathaan is such a historic blockbuster. I didn’t expect that people would love my character so much that they want more of Jim to be given to them.”
He added, “I’m astounded by the number of messages I’m getting daily on my social media about how there should be a prequel to Jim. When people almost always root for the hero, and that hero is Shah Rukh Khan in Pathaan, it is hugely gratifying that people are rooting for the anti-hero too! I’m fortunate that my work in Pathaan has spoken loudly and hopefully, I have managed to give people an anti-hero that they will always remember. That was my intent when I heard Pathaan.”
Talking about his character’s possible return in ‘YRF Spy Universe’, he stated, “Jim is a refreshingly suave villain, with very well etched out characterization that dives into why he became what he became! Imagine the pain he endured, imagine the hurt that broke him and turned him into the man he became. To me, Jim was a very powerful character and yes, it would be great if Aditya Chopra wants to bring him back and tell the world how good a super-spy he was and how he became a ruthless mercenary later.”
