Director Abbas Tyrewala launches Wife

After director Sam Mandes’ spectacular success directing his wife Kate Winslet in the richly resonant Revolutionary Road, second in row back home is bollywood director Abbas Tyrewala.

Abbas who is known for the cutest romantic comedy of 2008 Jaane Tu is coming up with his next film in 1: 800. In the film he is launching his wife Pakhi opposite hottest hunk of the tinseltown John Abraham. The star will be romancing director Abbas Tyrewala’s wife in the film.

And John is cool about it. “I know Abbas and Pakhi well. They make a beautiful couple.There’s absolutely no awkwardness about doing a love story with the director’s wife."

Pakhi has also co-written the script of the film and knows her character and that of John too, in and out. Pakhi has an unknown face and an extremely pretty one too. These are her biggest advantages. A beautiful woman whom the audience hasn’t seen.

John is damn serious about this project. “I’m going to sit on script readings with Abbas, do workshops and rehearsals with Pakhi, just like Abbas did with the cast in Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na.

John is hungry for acting challenges. But most of the time his physicality comes on much too strongly on screen. People haven’t really seen the performances he himself really proud of, like No Smoking, Kabul Express , Zinda and Aashayein.

In a foray to bring a change in image, give his physicality a setback and his acting a precedence, he is trying different genres. People have started looking differently at him after Dostana. The body was talked about. But then he was even praised for her performance.

Nagesh Kukunoor’s Aashayein and Kabir Khan’s New York are John's ongoing projects.

John describes himself as an off-roader. “I travel my own road. Like I’m doing Abbas Tyrewala’s 1:800 Love. When he offered me that film he was directing Jaane Tu…Ya Jaane Na. The film’s producer Madhu Mantena had Ghajini in the making and I was doing Dostana. By God’s grace we all have a success on hand.

Abbas Tyrewala when questioned whether he would feel any awkwardness directing love scenes between his wife and John, said, “I hope not! If I can’t remember they’re acting then I lose the moral ground to ever a direct a girl in a love scene.Luckily I’ve never written explicit love scenes in my film.The only explicit love-making scene I’ve conceived was for Vishal Bhardwaj’s Maqbool . That apart I like my writing to be benign. It doesn’t matter whether my wife is acting or not. I can’t forget my parents will be watching my film.”