John Abraham: 'Desi Boyz is for all the family'

John Abraham has claimed that action comedy Desi Boyz is for all the family.

The actor pairs up with Akshay Kumar for the stunt-filled film which sees the two playing male escorts.

He told The Times of India: "The film can be termed as a 'costume fantasy'. That's because we play male escorts in the movie."

The Force star denied that there is anything controversial about the film which has faced criticism for a scene showing Abraham making a lewd hand gesture.

"I don't understand what the hue and cry is all about. When the song was being choreographed on Deepika [Padukone] and me, we had a blast. It's a cute song and it was never meant to be offensive or vulgar," he insisted.

"When we make films we have to be careful about not hurting the sentiments of the people. And if anyone is indeed offended by my hand gesture, then I'm sorry.

"To be honest, I have no clue what the hand gesture means in the first place. Maybe, I'm not keeping myself up-to-date with all this."

He added: "Be it my last release Force or even this one, the films are clean and the entire family can go and watch it. I would call my current flick a 'dramedy', because it has elements of drama and comedy."

In September, the star admitted that he is upset by his playboy image following his split with long-term girlfriend Bipasha Basu.