John-Genelia's Interview, Mausam Premiere....

Doing an interview with John Abraham is always a pleasant experience. Unassuming, articulate and laced with a good sense of humour. Well, his film 'Force' is releasing on Sept 30. A date when 6 films are releasing. The cine halls will be divided for choice and the same will be the case with the audience. Even though, 'Force' is an action film (a genre that has found favours with the audience in recent times, Singham, Bodyguard and Dabanng being the prime examples), the divided audience can be heartbreaking. 'Mausam' will have one week to make hay and hopefully the 'son' will shine. The theatre owners will persist with it wholeheartedly only if the audience lap up the love story big time.

Well, John says that the distributors are confident of 'Force' and the team will be going to the relatively smaller centres like Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Amritsar (Wagah Border), Kolkata, Bangalore to promote the film. The B and C centres in the interiors of the country have shown a lot of enthusiasm in making films successful this year. The spending capacity is increasing and there's an influx of more multiplexes and high end single screen theaters. Hence the interiors of the country is a prime target group for the marketing teams of all the films these days. John pointed out at the Salman Khan phenomenon and how Khan has redefined the reach and potential of the smaller centres and film business in general.

John told me that David Dhawan's 'Hook Ya Crook' has been shelved. He also says that he shall turn a producer soon. According to Abraham, "Aamir is the best producer today. Since he is an actor, he understands the plight of the actors better." John is excited about 'Desi Boys' (the first look promo is coming with Mausam on Sept 23). Dostana 2 is having issues with the script. It is obvious that John is very eager to get on with it. He says that 'Shootout At Wadala' will be his 'Vaastav'. 'Housefull 2' is another film that Abraham is looking forward to and he shall be starting 'Race 2' as well. I am not sure about the fate of 'Force' but this is for sure that with the kind of films lined up, John Abraham will surely do well at the Box Office. As for his personal life, Abraham said that he is single and the next time he gets into a relationship, it will end up in marriage.

Genelia Dsouza always comes across as sophisticated, dignified without the complications of over ambitiousness. She says that she'd love to do another film like 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na' where the actress gets enough prominence. She spoke on the rumours of her alleged relationship with Riteish Deshmukh. The Hindi remake of her film 'Bommiralu' (for which she got a Filmfare award in Telugu), 'Its My Life' opposite Harman Baweja is all set to release in January 2012.

The Premiere of 'Mausam' is happening in Bombay tomorrow evening. Whatever the fate of the film, I have a gut feeling that this film will rise above the weekend madness and may find a place in the hearts of the people for a long time to come. I have a lot of belief in Mr Pankaj Kapoor. But still, a good actor necessarily need not be a good director. I am watching the film tomorrow. Will share my thoughts.

The team of 'Hum Tum Shabana' are going to Surat from Bombay via train on Friday Sept 23. Let the promotion chaos begin. A lot of films will desperately vie for attention in the coming week. I guess, many of these films must have already settled for good returns via satellite rights. Ticket window will be sweating indiscretion.