If director Nishikant Kamat and John Abraham had their way they'd have named their next film after the film's hero Johnny Handsome . But the title was not available to them. Laughs John, "Yes, we did want to call the film Johnny Handsome . But that is the name of such a well-known Hollywood film. So we settled for Rocky Handsome ." Johnny Handsome was a 1989 gangster film starring Mickey Rourke in the title role.
Rocky Handsome is a remake of a 2010 Korean film The Man From Nowhere . And John says the USP is his bonding with a 8-year old girl. "She is Diya Chalwad and she's a heart-breaker and a scene-stealer. People liked Salman Khan's bonding with the little girl in Bajrangi Bhaijaan . They'll like my bonding with Diya in Rocky Handsome ."