John shared an incident where he said that once a person after seeing his passport asked if he is a Slumdog Millionaire to which John replied that he is not a Slumdog Millionaire but indeed a Millionaire.

John said, "I remember someone asked me once… He saw my passport, and he said, Slumdog Millionaire. I said, No, millionaire. Not for any other reason, but because I can buy you out and my country can buy you out today. We rule Indians rule."

The actor said, "It's by default, and not by design. If there's a sense of patriotism, I am happy. I think America does it with great success… When they do a Lone Survivor when they do any American war film. We as Indians, when we watch an American film we think to ourselves, Oh man, I want to be a part of the American army. Literally. If they can glorify their soldiers, government, and country so much, why can't we do the same for our country in the best possible way that our youngsters want to see our country? And films like RAW are an answer to that, where you come out and say, Hell, it's so cool to be an agent but it is tough and this is what you have to do, it is crazy.

I think we are doing a good job of making that change now… I see nothing wrong with the sense of Indianness that's happening in our country. And I come from a generation where I have seen people turn the Indian passport because they were embarrassed to say they were Indian. Today, that same person would turn it back."

Talking about the film, Romeo Akbar Walter (RAW) is an Indian espionage action thriller film which is written and directed by Robbie Grewal. Apart from John Abraham, the films also star Mouni Roy, Jackie Shroff, and Sikandar Kher. Before John Abraham, Sushant Singh Rajput was supposed to star in the film as the protagonist but the actor opted out of it due to his prior commitments.