Updated On: 19 November, 2019 08:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Shaheen Parkar
Pagalpanti director explains why macho man John Abraham is best suited for laugh riots

John Abraham in a still from Pagalpanti
It is difficult to dissociate John Abraham from the action hero image that he has built over the years. Yet, director Anees Bazmee — who has reunited with him for the upcoming Pagalpanti, after Welcome Back (2015) — believes that the actor is as much at home in a laugh riot as in an action fare.
"People may have a certain image of John, but after seeing the way he handled the scenes, I realised he takes comedy as seriously as I do. John has made himself comfortable in the genre over time. I have seen his growth as an artiste. There are several big actors who are brilliant, but they are not comfortable doing comedies. John has managed to carve his space in the genre," asserts Bazmee, heaping praise on his leading man.