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Mumbai, Nov 28 (mb): John Abraham is thrilled to bits. Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal has had a good opening at the box office and he has received compliments for his performance.

"I was in Delhi on the day Goal released and saw it with the audience in a 400-seater multiplex," says John, who plays the role of Sunny Bhasin, a British citizen with a Punjabi background, in the film. "The response from the audience was phenomenal. They were clapping and cheering at all the crucial moments and it was great to get a first hand response."

Tell him that a few feel it's primarily the climax that is the high point of the film and John says, "Isn't it the way it is supposed to be? For a film that is close to two and a half hours, the graph has been kept consistent for the first two hours. There is a certain manner in which the narrative gains and that is why when the escalation starts happening in the last 30 minutes, it becomes much more noticeable."

”There is an exhilarating mood which is required to be created in the end and full marks to Vivek Agnihotri for making it happen,” says John. “The climax match has been shot in a mind blowing fashion and people are already telling me that they would watch the film again just for this very sequence."

The film has opened in 80 per cent to 100 per cent range at multiplexes, which was quite unanticipated. "Seriously, even we never expected such a massive response to the film," says John candidly. “We were looking at a decent occupancy since the film has been released on a major scale. But near 100 per cent response has come as a pleasant surprise."

John does look the part of a professional footballer in the team. Says John modestly, "All those training sessions made it possible for us. It was required to get the right body language and physique for the part I had to play. I am glad that I was able to pull it off."

Through with all his existing crop of under-production films, John would now be starting afresh with the yet untitled Sriram Raghavan film, which may star Aishwarya Rai. The film's shooting is expected to begin in December.