John Abraham,who has been charming us with his uber-cool machismo, greek god looks and some brilliant performances over the years, celebrates his 38th birthday today.

123bollywood.com wishes him a Very Happy Birthday.

The John Abraham-starrer “Jhootha Hi Sahi”, which was slated for Oct 15, will now hit the screens a week later because composer A.R. Rahman’s unavailability for last minute fixtures in its background music.

The romantic comedy, directed by Abbas Tyrewala, will now release Oct 22, confirms producer Madhu Mantena. It features Tyrewala’s wife Pakhi as John’s love interest. She has also written the script of the film.

“It’s true that we have decided to release ‘Jhootha Hi Sahi’ on the 22nd of October instead of the 15th of October. It’s only good as we will utilise this extra time in promoting our film,” Mantena said in a press statement.

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True to its character of book seller in upcoming film JHOOTHA HI SAHI, actor John Abraham in a promotional event recently gave away the copies of Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘My Experiments with Truth’ at an upbeat bookshop in Mumbai, on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti.

When asked about John’s character being a liar in JHOOTHA HI SAHI, John said, "Even though my character in the film lies, they are all white lies. But today is a good day not to lie, as it is Gandhi Jayanti." Further he added, "The only person, who managed never to tell lie is Mahatma Gandhi and this is absolutely special occasion for us and that’s the reason we chose this day to pay him respect."

When asked John which ideology of Gandhiji he truly admires & believes in, to which the hunk, who generally believes in all the Gandhian philosophies, delightfully replied, "I firmly believe in Gandhiji’s principle of non-violence. I am non-violent person by nature."
In fact John who has not read ‘My Experiments with Truth’ plans to read it soon, as a recommendation of his co-star Raghu Ram.
Others who were present at the event were director Abbas Tyrewala, co-stars Raghu Ram and Omar, who too accompanied John in handing out the free copies.

Actor John Abraham is deeply attached to the idea of wildlife conservation. So it comes as no surprise to know that he will now produce a film on tiger preservation to be directed by internationally renowned filmmaker Mike Pandey.

The documentary film entitled “The Return Of The Tiger” will address the alarming disappearance of the species.

“I decided to produce the film because I truly believe tigers are one of the most magnificent creatures on this planet. And if we don’t take quick and immediate action to preserve them there will be no tigers left,” John told IANS.

Through the film, which will be screened in the documentary section of film festivals and at wildlife-preservation summits, John and Pandey hope to create a certain amount of global awareness about the urgent need to preserve the tiger.

“This film is far too important in terms of its message. I decided to produce it after I met Mike Pandey. He’s such a lovely man, so committed to capturing the essence of nature on camera. I just decided to get committed to Mike’s level of commitment,” said John who wowed everyone with his performance in “New York”.

John Abraham’s love for bikes is well-known but his lady love, actress Bipasha Basu, doesn’t like riding pillion with him for that very reason.

“Bipasha doesn’t like sitting on my bike because I am very passionate and possessive about my bike. When she sits, I keep saying ‘I hope you don’t leave a scratch on the bike and all that’, so that’s why she prefers a car to sitting behind me in a bike,” John told reporters here during an event.

John will be next seen in “Hook Ya Crook” and “1-1800 Love”.

John, who is quite a favorite in the endorsement circle, was announced as the brand ambassador of Yamaha Motors at a function in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Apart from Yahama, John has also endorsed Castrol Power 1, Fastrack eye gear, Wrangler, Hair Shampoo Clinic All Clear and Samsung cell phones.

Speaking on the occasion, the actor made it clear that he has no desire to marry in near future as he is busy buying bikes. John disclosed that he is already married.

The Bollywood hunk said that he will think about marrying a girl only after he adds four morebikes to his collection.

"I love motorcycles, I am married to them and I have had a honeymoon period with them. I don’t let anyone sit on my bikes or touch them," said the 36-year old actor.

The actor also added that he don’t like her girl-friend Bipasha Basu to sit on his bikes.

Neil Nitin Mukesh has apparently replaced his New York co-star John Abraham in the yet untitled film starring Akshay Kumar and being directed by David Dhawan’s son Rohit Dhawan.

Just last week we had reported about this Akshay-John starrer finally getting a producer to mark the directorial debut of David Dhawan’s son. But within a matter of days John Abraham has been dropped. The reason, our source reveals is ‘cost cutting’. What with the on going recession, the makers, Eros apparently felt taking John would have multiplied their making costs and it would have been better to opt for a much cheaper and now also reliable Neil Nitin Mukesh for the same part. Neil shall be playing the role of a pole dancer along with Akshay Kumar in a strip club in the film. The film is a romantic comedy and the leading ladies for the two male leads are yet to be finalized.

Another source reveals, “John is presently in London shooting for Abbas Tyrewala’s next after Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and still doesn’t yet have the complete idea as to why he has been dropped.”

Did you think that its all over betweeen Sizzling Bollywood Actress Katrina Kaif and the Bollywood Muscle Man Salman Khan?? Noways! says this ‘it’ couple of Bollywood. But with recent bonding between John and Katrina and reports of Salman Khan throwing out Katrina’s stuff from his house made it quite obvious.

However,  going by the statements that the couple is making, it seems all’s well in the Katrina n Salman paradise.

As per media reports, Katrina says

“I’ve no idea where this story started from, Salman was very angry and he was ready to clear the air with the people who started it, but they didn’t come on the line. So obviously, someone’s up to mischief.”

Check out these stills from upcoming flick New York starring John Abraham,Katrina Kaif and Neil Nitin Mukesh.

The story is based in Big Apple revolving around three friends Sam,Maya and Omar. Sam is an Indian origin US citizen and the stud of his college, Maya is also an Indian origin US Citizen and Omar,also an India and a bright student lands in New York on a scholarship. They start bonding great time until the fateful day of September 9th,2001, when World Trade Centre is attacked.

The lives of these three friends takes a topsy turvy turn as they find themselves facing the most dreadful situations of their lives.

Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) John Abraham, who was seen in Karan Johar’s hit film "Dostana", has turned down the ace filmmaker’s offer to play the lead in the Hindi version of Chris Columbus’ 1998 comedy-drama "Stepmom". Arjun Rampal is said to be playing Ed Harris’ part in the movie.
"Karan had almost convinced John to do the role. He even promised that the husband’s role in the Indian ‘Stepmom’ would be far more substantial than what Ed Harris did in the original. But John is at a stage in his career where he wants to make all the right career moves. He feels as an outsider in the industry he has made a place that must be respected," a source close to John told IANS.
First Saif Ali Khan, then John was approached to play the lead opposite Kajol and Kareena Kapoor in the desi version of "Stepmom". In the original, Harris teamed up with Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon.
"John is finally learning to say no to projects even if they come from big banners if he isn’t convinced that he’d get proper performing space. In ‘Dostana’, he went along with the sales-pitch that Abhishek was the ‘actor’ while John was the ‘body’. But in ‘Dostana 2′ John will make sure he will be the actor and the body. He’s working hard on it," said the source.
The latest on "Stepmom" is that Dharma Productions has yet to acquire the rights to remake it in Hindi.
"The modalities for that are still being worked out. Until the contract is signed I wouldn’t want to comment on it. ‘Stepmom’ was released in the same year as my directorial debut ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ and I loved it. I look forward to developing it if the modalities are worked out. You of course know Kajol and Kareena Kapoor are expected to play the two roles," said Karan.