John in Kabul Express

'I love to be in a film that puts story and script above actors'

Toronto has become a like a second home to John Abraham. Last year he spent over a week in the Canadian city promoting Deepa Mehta's Water at the Toronto International Film Festival. And he came this year to promote Kabul Express, a comedy of errors and looking beyond the stereotypes of an enemy.

Abraham, who played an idealistic lawyer in Water, now plays an Indian reporter in Afghanistan in the new film. The Taliban is on the run, but reporters are looking to interview members of the dreaded Afghan group. The story spanning two days links five people: two journalists from India including a photographer, an Afghan who hates the Taliban, a Taliban on the run and an American woman reporter.

Abraham spoke to rediff.com in between his visits to the gym. He ordered a four-egg omelet, insisting that he will have only the whites. Among many things, he also spoke about what it meant to be working with first time director Kabir Khan (Kabul Express) and how he deals with people who are convinced he cannot be a serious actor.