With his changed big screen game from an actor to a director, John Abraham believes he is in the "purple patch" of his career and that the next five years are "very defining" for him.

In an interview, John said, "Since the day I became a producer, my performance as an actor has seen a huge quantum leap and that's simply because as an actor I wasn't getting to do the films I really wanted to do or wanted the audience to see. So when I became a producer, not only did I start producing films like I did, but I also brought in something like 'RAW', for example, to act in,"

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After the success scored by his films Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran and Satyameva Jayate, Abraham’s latest film RAW showed the actor play multiple avatars in the role of a spy.

John went on to say, "The next five years are very defining for me because I know what I have been researching on, I know what I have on hand and I know where I am going to take my production house JA Entertainment, myself as an actor and other actors who we have introduced in the industry, like Ayushmann Khurrana in Vicky Donor.

"I think it's a great time for me. It's a purple patch for me. I say this not because of anything... I could have said this 15 years ago, but it never was. Today it is (a good time) because the audience preferences have finally come to the forefront. Filmmakers are succumbing to what the audience wants rather than throwing crap at the audiences and the audiences have become brave enough to through crap out of the window.

His next projects include action thriller Batla House, a comedy Pagalpanti, a football-oriented film 1911 and a film that revolves around motorcycles. John also revealed, "There is also a series that we want to go on the digital medium with. We are working on it as of now,", without giving out any further information.

Source: IANS