Updated On: 17 August, 2024 05:41 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Vedaa director Nikkhil Advani revealed that after the failure of `Salaam-E-Ishq` in 2007, he and John did not talk for 20 years. He also said that he left the city after the film`s failure

Nikkhil Advani and John Abraham
John Abraham and director Nikkhil Advani`s film `Vedaa` hit the theatres this Independence Day. They two have collaborated earlier as well. Their first collaboration was for the 2007 film `Salaam-E-Ishq`. The film had a huge ensemble cast including Vidya Balan, Priyanka Chopra, Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Ayesh Takia, Govinda, Akshaye Khanna. The film had six love stories and one of the stories starred John Abraham and Vidya Balan opposite each other. However, the film tanked at the box office and it led to John and Nikkhil not talking to each other for 20 years.
Talking to Siddharth Kannan, Nikkhil Advani spoke about how the failure of `Salaam-E-Ishq` impacted him. "John and I hardly met after Salaam-E-Ishq. It was only after Satyameva Jayate where we rekindled our friendship. In between, he was doing his thing and I was doing my thing and we didn’t actually connect.”