Mumbai: John Abraham plans to galvanise the entire country to come forward and save tigers. Deeply disturbed by the dwindling number of tigers in India, John says, “By the day the number of tigers in India is decreasing and the issue calls for everybody to step forward and do whatever they can in their capacity. We cannot let tigersgo extinct from our country. That would be a national shame. So, I have decided that from now on, along with supporting the cause of the elephants that I do in a big way, I will dedicate equal time for tigers and raise awareness across India. I will tour areas where poaching is rampant and talk to people and sensitise them about how they can help to curb the evil.”
John is producing a documentary for noted environmentalist and film-maker Mike Pandey. He says, “I will take the film that I’m making with Mike to all the film festivals in India and then we will go global with our documentary. The film is about four tiger cubs and their transition into adulthood. I will screen the movie to important dignitaries in India and the world. It would be great to screen the movie to the government of India and all the parliamentarians. I would also call for support of people associated with the cause of tigers. It would be great to have as many people as possible on board.”

Bollywood is suddenly getting mighty posh. And the costs are cutting into our forthcoming films’ budgets.

Reportedly the costume budget for Abbas Tyrewala’s 1: 800 Love has gone up by three times. And why not? The lady who dressed up Gerard Butler is doing the needful for John Abraham.

If Mona May, who did the costumes of Amy Adams in Enchanted, is doing Sonam Kapoor’s clothes in her home production Ayesha, then John Abraham is being taken even further down the cosmopolitan clothes route by Abbas Tyrewala in 1: 800 Love to be shot this month in London.

John’s clothes in Abbas’ film are being done by the pricey and the posh Suzie Harman who dressed up Gerard Butler in Guy Ritchie’s 2008 blockbuster RocknRolla.

Though the director refuses to divulge any details producer Madhu Mantena reluctantly reveals,“Yes, Suzie Harman is on board. How we got her is another story. All the crew of 1: 800 Love barring the cinematographer is from London.”

Suzie Harman who has done the entire styling for more than a dozen top British and American films has been shopping at London’s pricey Harrod’s store for John. And the lady has pulled out all stops in getting the right clothes.

“My director Abbas has no hair to tear. But I’m about to go bald worrying about the clothes budget. And it’s not just John,” says producer Mantena. “She’s dressing up the entire cast, all the characters including the leading lady Pakhi and of course John.”

Apparently, the clothes budget for Abbas’ film has already shot up three times over. But the producer is not complaining.

“I trust Abbas’ judgement completely. And yes it looks like the film will be much costlier than I thought. But good things don’t come cheap.”

Mumbai. An online poll conducted by the popular Indian website Rediff.com has chosen John Abraham as the celebrity with The Sexiest Armpit. John emerged on top among ten Indian and international celebrities to win the title. Sanjay Dutt, Salman Khan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brad Pitt, Roger Federer, Shoaib Akhtar, He-Man, Smelly Cat, and Rakhi Sawant were the other contenders for the title. This shortlist was decided by Rediff Comments team.
“Our research department had come up with a study indicating that Indians had long been interested in celebrity armpits. Being a responsible media organization, we had to offer what people of India demanded and hence we decided to run this poll. I’m happy that the results are out. If people want, we can run this contest at regular intervals to track the popularity of celebrity armpits.” Rediff CEO Ajit Balakrishnan told Faking News.

Within minutes of the result being declared, Rediff messageboard was abuzz with people discussing the outcome. Around thousand comments were posted, out of which more than 950 were reported for abuse. Rest of the comments either congratulated John or accused Christian missionaries of having funded the poll. Some comments showed broken URLs of website offering free full body massage, while one user wondered why Brad Pitt was not selected even though his name rhymed with armpit.

But away from the world of comments, John Abraham expressed happiness over the result and thanked fans for selecting his armpits. Media analysts believe that John could now win various advertising contracts for deodorant brands. Some of the experts believe that more such polls could take place in near future as they further the interests of various brands and celebrities.

“We could soon see a ‘Sexiest Feet’ contest to promote a shoe brand. Maybe a ‘Sexiest Hair’ contest to promote a shampoo or even a comb. Having seen the way market and media manipulates us, I’d not be surprised to see a ‘Sexiest Asshole’ contest to promote a brand of toilet paper.” advertising and media critic Aulad Kakkar expressed his fears.

Remember the super sizzling love making scenes between real life couple Bipasha Basu and John Abraham in ‘Jism’? Now imagine that in 3D! Believe it or not but seven years after ‘Jism’ had audiences asking for more, father-daughter duo Pooja and Mahesh Bhatt have decided to make it’s sequel and that too in 3D. And going by its new techno format, the film is going to be hotter, bolder and scintillatingly hot.

Taking cue from Hollywood, that is still toying with the concept of making porn flicks in 3D, Mahesh Bhatt told a daily, “When Hollywood filmmakers are thinking of making adults film in 3D, why not we? Frankly, I struck upon the idea when I was watching the recent 3D film Avatar, especially the love scenes.”

And Mahesh has his daughter Pooja’s full support for the project. Talking about the film, Pooja said, “We need to get bigger and bolder. I think my dad has suggested a great idea. The film is his baby. He is writing the script and the screenplay at a feverish pace.”

As for the plot, the talented taskmaster says, “Jism 2 will deal with the subject of betrayal and suspense. The heroine will be shown as a very modern girl with a dark, tainted past.”

But before you get your hopes high, of catching Bips and John in this 3D erotica, let us inform you that the cast is yet to be finalised. “We need a talented girl with a great body to pull off Jism 2. We need two male actors too. The search is on. The film’s cast will be a combination of fresh and established stars. My father will complete the script by May,” adds Pooja.