Actor John Abraham, who is playing real-life gangster Manya Surve in his upcoming film Shootout at Wadala, is hopeful that the role will be watershed in his career as it did for Sanjay Dutt in the 1999 crime drama Vaastav.
John is playing Manohar Arjun Surve alias Manya Surve, a member of the Mumbai underworld who was gunned down in the encounter with police at suburban Wadala in 1982, in what is said to be the city's first recorded encounter.
"I think Shootout at Wadala will only do good.Positive thing for me.The film is a re-introduction of John Abraham. I am hopeful that people will see me in a different perspective. It is a very special film for me", John said in a media interaction here.