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Wednesday, 23rd July 2014, 06:20 PM IST Actor-producer John Abraham is set to lose weight for a sports biopic on the life of footballer Sibdas Bhaduri titled ‘1911’. The actor is currently 92 kilos and will lose up to 17 kilos to fit into the avatar of the former skipper of Mohun Bagan in the Shoojit Sircar directorial. "I have no release this year. I am choosing my projects carefully and experimenting with my looks. Each role requires a lot of method and I need time to adopt. I am playing a footballer in ‘1911’ and for the film I have to become 75 kgs by mid next year after ending a film. Now, I am 92. I really have to work hard on my body," John said. Talking about how his look will change for different films,John stressed on how physical fitness is important to look good. "Gym is like a religion to me. I go to gym the way people go to church. When I was growing up there were no actors whom I could look upto because they were larger than life. When I decided to become an actor, I wanted to be stylish and concentrate on my fitness first," he said. John is a soccer enthusiast himself and said that he is excited to be a part of this film.
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