John Abraham starrer 'Kabul Express' had 4 world-premiers; read more interesting trivia

John Abraham is one of finest actors and producers in Bollywood industry today. Having completed almost two decades in industry, John has successfully created his own unique place in hearts of audience and has a huge fan-base. Abraham made his Bollywood debut with Mahesh Bhatt’s Jism (2003), an erotic thriller film, alongside Bipasha Basu, and has never looked back since. 

In 2006, John Abraham played lead character in Kabir Khan’s Kabul Express. film also had Arshad Warsi and Salman Shahid in lead roles. plot of film revolved around a thrilling story spanning 48 hours of five individuals linked by hate and fear but brought toger by fate to finally recognise each or. film did aver at box-office but received critical acclamation. Here are some interesting facts about Kabul Express. Read ahead to kw more:

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Kabul Express trivia

• Kabul Express marks directorial debut of Kabir Khan.
• film is inspired by director Kabir Khan's experiences and encounters in Afghanistan with Taliban prisoners.
• John Abraham reportedly fell ill during shoot of film and was rushed to same hospital where Amitabh Bachchan was already admitted. two were in fact in adjoining hospital rooms for a few days.

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• Naseeruddin Shah was original choice for Salman Shahid's role.
• One of best kebabchis (kebab cook) in Afghanistan was hired to be on location throughout shooting of film.
• For aunticity and realism, all actors in film were cast according to ir nationality.
• cast and crew were sent death threats by Taliban to force m to stop shooting, but Afghan government provided tight security to enable filming to be done safely. On some days, reportedly, re would be more armed soldiers than cast and crew on location for a shoot.
• Kabir Khan got an American tourist to act in film.

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• film had four world premieres, in Dubai, London, Pusan and Toronto, at ir respective Film Festivals.
• During a five-day shoot, about 125 kg of meat had been devoured.
• Imtiaz Boralia from Zero Gravity Pictures attempted to shut down production of film. He claimed he had written story and was going to take legal action if he was t made one of producers of film.

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