The muscular and spectacular John Abraham is also known for his passion for sports and bikes apart from ruling the silver screen. John is reportedly going to step in the shoes of the football legend Shibdas Bhaduri in his next film by Shoojit Sircar .

Shibdas Bhaduri is the one, who brought victory to the Mohun Bagan team against their British opponents to lift the IFA Shield in 1911. The actor-producer John wants to look authentic for this role and in order to gain the physique, John has commenced exercising. The source claimed that "A footballer's strength lies in his legs. John realises that and has already started working out keeping that in mind. In the process, he will lose some weight too and has already started shedding the pounds. He has been gymming for a little over a month, he still has nine months to go. He will pull it off better than anyone can imagine,"

The grapevine tweeted that this flick will star Ayushman Khurana , who will play the role of Abhilash Ghosh, the player who scored winning goal in the match. As his spokesperson said, Ayushman has already achieved a fitter look for this role.