For John Abraham, Akshay Kumar is his "guruji".

"My guruji who has stood by me, always... Love you Akshay Kumar," John posted on Twitter with a collage of images with the "Khiladi" star.

My guru ji who has stood by me always ... Love you @akshaykumar!!! pic.twitter.com/IMKYmdeNkj

— John Abraham (@TheJohnAbraham) March 13, 2016

In response to John's tweet, Akshay said: "John Abraham, love you too brother!"

@TheJohnAbraham love you too brother!

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) March 13, 2016

John is busy promoting "Rocky Handsome", in which he has attempted some high-octane action sequences.