MUMBAI: Bollywood’s rising star John Abraham, whose recent films Zinda and Taxi No. 9211 have done well at the box office, says he would like to reach the global audience with an Indian theme like in Deepa Mehta’s film Water.

“In Canada Water has catered to an all-white audience. And they were completely taken aback. If I have to reach to a global audience I’d rather do it through a film on an Indian theme like Water.”John is a big fan of Amitabh Bachchan and feels indebted to him because when most of the established actresses refused to work with him, Big B came to his rescue. “At a time when big heroines refused to work with me Mr Bach-chan worked with me in Aetbaar. I wouldn’t want anyone to say anything negative about the Bachchans,” John said.

He is doing Mehta’s Komagata Maru. But “we still need to finalise dates. Honestly, for the other role she needs Mr Bachchan. Only he can do justice to it. He’s a rock star. Mine is more a Bhagat Singh kind of a role.”

Of his life he said, “2005 was good but hectic. I feel I got far more appreciation from the audience than the success of my films would suggest. I am relatively successful. I am not being humble. I am being honest. I want to be more successful.”