Rocky Handsome up close: John Abraham says Syria is a place he'd really want to shoot in

Shooting a film in war-torn Syria is not exactly a risk your average Bollywood actor would want to take. But for action-lover John Abraham, it 'would be beautiful'. In between trying to put such ideas in his Rocky Handsome director Nishikant Kamat's head and prepping up for the release of the film, Abraham has not had a 15-minute break in the last one week. But for the ripped, sinewy John, that's hardly a deterrent.

Ahead of the release of Rocky Handsome, we catch up with the 'handsome' actor and his director-friend Nishikant Kamat. Excerpts from the conversation:

Why the name Rocky Handsome?
John: I think I give credit to Nishi (Nishikant) for that. During the shoot, he saw me in the black suit, and he kept saying, 'You're looking really handsome in this black suit.' And he slept over it, and after two days, he said, 'Let's call the film Johnny Handsome.' But then we realised that Johnny Handsome is a patented name. Plus John, Johnny... it's too close. So he said, 'Let's call it Rocky Handsome.' We tested the name and people lapped it up.