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Actor John Abraham and director Nikkhil Advani have worked together in films like Vedaa and Satyameva Jayate but the first time the two worked together was for Nikkhil’s 2007 romcom Salaam-E-Ishq. The film had a huge ensemble cast with six love stories and one of the stories starred John Abraham and Vidya Balan as romantic partners. But after the film failed, John and Nikkhil cut ties and didn’t speak to each other for many years.
In a chat with Siddharth Kannan for his YouTube channel, Nikkhil shared, “John and I hardly met after Salaam-E-Ishq. It was only after Satyameva Jaytate where we rekindled our friendship. In between, he was doing his thing and I was doing my thing and we didn’t actually connect.” Satyameva Jayate was produced by Nikkhil and directed by Milap Zaveri. The film was a surprise hit. It also had a sequel in 2021 which failed miserably. Later, they also worked together in Nikkhil’s directorial Batla House. Nikkhil said that he and John share a warm friendship now. “There is a huge amount of comfort working with him, sitting with him,” he said.
Recalling the failure of Salaam-E-Ishq, Nikkhil said that he was quite affected by it and ran away from Mumbai. So much so that he even shut himself in his house in Alibaug and didn’t even speak to his daughter. “I ran away from Mumbai and I went to Alibaug. I just went to my bunglow, I just shut everything. I didn’t speak to anyone, not even to my daughter,” he said.
When asked about how John reacted to the failure of Salaam-E-Ishq, Nikkhil said, “We didn’t talk for 20 years (laughs). After Salaam-E-Ishq, I chose not to talk to anybody.” Salaam-E-Ishq released 17 years ago, and Satyameva Jayate came out 6 years ago.
Nikkhil Advani and John Abraham have joined hands for Vedaa, which also stars Sharvari.
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