India, March 13 -- External affairs minister S Jaishankar met actor John Abraham on Thursday, ahead of the release of his film "The Diplomat" which is based on an incident involving one of the minister's former aides.

The film, being released on Friday, recounts the efforts of senior diplomat JP Singh, currently the envoy to Israel, to rescue an Indian woman who was lured to Pakistan in 2017 by a man who promised to marry her.

"An interesting conversation with @TheJohnAbraham on his new movie The Diplomat. As also on football, the North East and our respective worlds," Jaishankar said in a social media post.

Abraham portrays a fictionalised version of Singh in the film. Singh was the deputy high commissioner in the mission in Islamabad...