When John Abraham behaved like an adolescent! 23rd Sept 2007
19.02 IST
By Aparajita Ghosh
John Abraham shot a very unusual and unique scene for Anurag Kashyap’s movie No Smoking .
The movie has John playing a chain smoker trying to kick the habit. There is a flashback scene in the film in which both John and his friend Ranvir Shorey are shown smoking their first cigarettes as adolescents.
While any other filmmaker would have used child artistes or visual effects to shoot the scene, Anurag Kashyap , known for his experimental streak, decided to shoot the scene on John and Ranvir only.
Instead of making the scene realistic, Kashyap apparently wanted it to give a farcical look.
And rather than working on their physical appearance, Kashyap told John and Ranvir to act like juveniles.
Both the actors stoked up their juvenile tendencies and began behaving like two 12-year-olds trying to smoke their first cigarette.
Kashyap canned the shot and was happy with the result.
In fact, he goes on to say that it is one of the best scenes in the film. Everyone who has seen it has liked it a lot.
Another unusual thing about ‘No Smoking’ is that it has Ayesha Takia playing two roles – one as John’s wife and another as his secretary in office.
When John Abraham behaved like an adolescent!
