John Abraham on the making of Vicky Donor

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Bollywood actor John Abraham speaks about his first film as a producer Vicky Donor, and his future plans as a filmmaker. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00I really wanted to do, I wanted to produce because I wanted to have faith in the content

00:24that it's coming out from me, either as an actor or a producer.

00:29So that was a natural progression, I wanted to do it and I want, I know, with the kind

00:35of films I want to produce, I know I will be one of the most effective producers in

00:39the country and I'm very confident about it.

00:42You know, Shujit, the director of Ekidona and me were discussing a film that we're

00:45eventually going to do starting in October.

00:48It's a film called Jafna and we've been discussing this film for about three years

00:53now and in the midst of that, we chanced upon the subject, I read it and Shujit told

00:59me, John, it's on sperm donation and then when I read the script, I found it like any

01:05other Hindi entertaining commercial film.

01:08It's a commercial film at the heart of it.

01:10It's a rom-com and it's about a Punjabi boy and a Bengali girl like you see here.

01:15Great film and we skim upon the topic of sperm donation and of course there have been questions

01:21based on that I'm sure by the press but Shujit Sarkar has handled the issue with a lot of

01:28credibility and a lot of responsibility.

01:30Facebook status is complicated and his great great father had 19 children.

01:48I never looked at this first thing as me being brave.

01:52I just think it's me being smart about selecting a great first film to present my production

01:58company with.

02:00After you watch this and you see in terms of casting, if you see what Ayushman has done

02:04in the film and Anu Kapoor who plays Dr. Chhatta has done in the film and Yami looks extremely

02:08lovely and she is great in this film.

02:12You know, you only validate my point that this is the perfect first production to start

02:16my career off with as a producer.

02:18I want to test the waters as a producer and I want to be sure that I am effective as a

02:24producer and I want to support content.

02:28I want content to be the king and that's what's going to happen out of J Entertainment.

02:32J Entertainment as a production house is going to create films where content is the hero

02:36of the film.

02:38So tomorrow when you go and watch a J Entertainment film, you realize that no, it's a John Abraham

02:42film, it has to be different.

02:44There has to be something special about this and that's what I want to give to my audience.

02:48But I'm very clear that I want to marry content with commerce.

02:50So my films are going to be commercial.

02:52They're not going to be documentaries.

02:54Maybe there will be an arm in the future that does documentaries but I'm out here to make

02:58commercial films, I'm out here to make money, but I'm out here to entertain people most

03:02importantly.

03:04I'm an authentic sperm donor.

03:06I don't drink, I don't smoke, I'm a teetotaler.

03:08I'm quite healthy.

03:10So yeah, I'm an authentic sperm donor.

03:12I never thought in 2004 that I'll be doing my debut film playing a sperm donor.

03:16It's completely beyond me.

03:18I'm an authentic sperm donor.

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