Emraan Hashmi meets his reel self in Toronto

In a reel-meets-real moment, Bollywood actor EmraanHashmi met Aamir, the Pakistani man he portrays in Oscar-winning director DanisTanovic's new film Tigers.
The movie, co-produced by PrashitaChaudhary and GuneetMonga, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Incidentally, Toronto is where Aamir now lives, and he met Emraan, who has gone there for the screening.
It was Aamir who as a salesman for a multinational corporation blew the whistle on the baby food scandal in Pakistan. Danis's Tigers tells the story of Aamir as he exposes the powerful multinationals in the hard-hitting investigative film. Emraan, who plays the salesman, met Aamir for the first time in Toronto on the sidelines of the festival and it was an extremely emotional moment for both men.
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Aamir had just seen the film at a private screening for him and his family. "I didn't know what to expect when I sat to watch the film. But Danis and his team have made a very powerful film which showed things exactly how they happened. Emraan has done a brilliant job." said Aamir.
Emraan's work in Tigers has been lauded by The Hollywood Reporter in its review saying "In the main role, Hashmi is considerably glammed-down to average-looking. He plays convincingly on Ayan’s stubborn innocence coupled with terrible naïvete about the consequences of what he’s doing." Says Emraan about the reception the movie has been receiving : "We have had fabulous screenings and the reviews have been great but for me personally meeting Aamir was the biggest high. I am so glad he liked the film and my portrayal of him. He was the real tiger."
WATCH: Emraan Hashmi's first international film Tigers, to premiere in Toronto