John Abraham will be a Rockstar

Imtiaz Ali has chosen John Abraham over Bobby Deol. He has put his film, Geet, with Bobby Deol, on hold, in order to launch Rockstar with John first.

John Abraham will, of course, play the rock star. The film, to be directed by Imtiaz Ali will go on the floors in October and will be the first where John will appear in a rock star’s avatar.

Director Imtiaz Ali says, “Yes, John plays a singer-cum-guitar player in the film. Essentially, it’s a love story with some fantastic music by A R Rahman. It’s a commercial film.”

Will the film be a musical? “Well, we are definitely working on something special. Every film has music but we are trying out something different. In that sense, it can surely be perceived as a musical. A R Rahman is doing a brilliant job and we are very excited about the music of the film. But at the end of the day it is about the journey of a young couple,” he says.

What about his film with Bobby Deol, Geet? “I want to do this film at the moment. Things were not working out with Geet, and there were too many date problems. I wanted to go on the floors with a film in October. With Rockstar, things fell into place quickly, so I guess Rockstar was destined to happen before Geet,” he says.

Meanwhile, Ram Mirchandani, vice-president UTV says, “Rockstar will be our Rang de Basanti for 2007 in terms of music.” The actress to be cast opposite John has not been finalised yet.

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