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John and Bipasha to train in football

A former English Premier League footballer will be training John Abraham and Bipasha Basu to play football for a Bollywood movie.

Vivek Agnihotri is going the whole hog to ensure the top-notch quality for his next venture Goal, which is based on football. The movie will feature as many as 15 football matches, all of which will be shot in stadiums in the UK.

What’s more, the movie’s actors – John, Bipasha, Arshad Warsi and Boman Irani – will undergo a rigorous training in the sport before the film’s shooting begins early next year.

Former English Premier League footballer Andy Ansah will be training the actors and choreographing the game in the film. Andy, a former striker who retired at the age of 30 because of injury, has been working as a football choreographer in the films based on the game.

While John has already been getting in shape for a month or so to play the footballer in the film, he and other stars will now learn the nitty-gritty of the game, like long passes, dribbling, dodging and other tricks under Andy.

Surprisingly, even Bipasha Basu will be shown playing football with John in the film. The real-life couple will reportedly be practicing for a week at St. Andrews in Bandra.

Bipasha has been turning down film offers with John because she had been "waiting for something substantial". But when she heard her role in Agnihotri’s film, she readily gave her consent to him.

Goal will be shot at football stadiums in UK, including the Manchester United stadium. Even the movie’s cinematographer will be from UK.

The film’s shooting will begin in January. It will be shot in a four-month schedule in the winter season.

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