New Delhi, July 27 : He scored a bull's eye with
his debut production "
Vicky Donor", but
John Abraham says he hasn't
cracked any success formula. The success, he says, just lies in doing
good work, and in knowing what makes the youth happy.
The 39-year-old cringed upon being asked how he managed to crack the "formula" in the first go.
"See...
honestly, if something goes wrongtomorrow, you'll say 'What went
wrong?' It's normal! So rather than basking in the limelight and saying
'Hey listen, everything is fine', the important thing is to continue
doing good work," John told IANS.
"I think the formula is very
simple as far as I am concerned. As an individual, I believe I know what
makes the youth happy in terms of films, and I want to make films for
young people, who can go and say 'Hey, this is really nice, this was a
lot of fun and sensible too.' So that's the space I want to operate now
and I am enjoying that space," he added.
It's unconventional for
actors-turned-producers to let newcomers take centrestage, but John
didn't think twice about letting
Ayushmann Khurrana act in "Vicky
Donor", a film with a subject as strong as sperm donation. The reason?
"I
wanted to be a hands-on producer. Most actors produce films that they
only act in. I wanted to make sure I make films that I believe in, even
if the cast is otherwise. And I have a lot of faith in Ayushmann. I am
producing another film with him. He is an absolutely talented and
completely a gem of a boy," said John, who has cast Ayushmann for
another film named "Hamara Bajaj".
There are few other films in
the making under John's banner, he said. " '
Jaffna'was a film in the
making for about two years. Because of '
Jaffna', 'VickyDonor' happened.
That was a film Shoojit Sircar and I were working on. '
HamaraBajaj' was
also a film Shoojit was planning to make with a newcomer, so we decided
to take Ayushmann in it."
"The fourth film is 'Kala Ghoda'. Besides this, we are making three more films, which we will announce later," John said.
It will be a good mix of films, but primarily "commercial films with smaller budgets".
"The
important thing is casting them right. These days, people make
proposals, not films! So the important thing is to make good cinema. If
'
Vicky Donor' is a benchmark, then I guess people know the kind of films
I want to make," he said.
© IANS 
