A Glimpse at John Abraham, the Serious Actor. John Abraham’s recurring involvement in mainstream action doesn’t imply that he can’t experiment occasionally. After all, he starred in one of Anurag Kashyap’s most divisive and surrealist movies. Based on a Stephen King short story, the Kafkaesque nightmare that is No Smoking featured Abraham as a chainsmoker who goes down a dark path of recovery as he gets involved with a cult-like collective to kick the habit.