Emraan Hashmi: Lesser known facts

Director Vikram Bhatt has taken complete blame for the failure of Emraan Hashmi starrer Mr X, as reported by Mid-Day.com. The film failed to work at the box-office and registered poor collections. While Vikram Bhatt has taken the blame on himself and refused to pass the buck, Mahesh Bhatt has accepted that his content alone led to the film’s debacle. The noted filmmakers don’t seem to be losing heart and have made it clear that they will move and on and learn from their mistakes.

With the next Bhatt film, Humari Adhuri Kahani, starring Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan under production, we keep our fingers crossed. Know why Emraan Hashmi, the star of the film, thinks that he is much like his co-star Vidya...

In an interview to Mumbai Mirror, Emraan Hashmi insists that he and Vidya are essentially the same person. "But Vidya is more `filmi' than me. She would go to an award function, I'd never do that. She always wanted to be an actor, I never wanted to be one. I'm an extremely private person and at the other end of the line, when it comes to Bollywood personalities," Emraan was quoted as saying in the report. He also revealed that both he and Vidya didn't have any friends from the film industry.

Emraan Hashmi, who was once known as the serial-kisser of B-town, has stopped kissing in films and here's why...

Emraan Hashmi: Kissing has lost its shock value

According to a report on Hindustantimes.com, Emraan Hashmi feels that kissing has lost its shock value. The report quoted the actor as saying that a few years ago, the film industry and the audience were against kissing scenes but now they have almost accepted it. The actor further stated that though all his films had strong storytelling and characters, the kissing scenes were highlighted the most, and he found that unfair. He also mentioned in the report that he is happy, now that other actors are also doing the same kind of scenes.

Read on to know why Emraan Hashmi covered his son, Ayaan's eyes, while they watched his films...

According to a report on Movies.ndtv.com, Emraan Hashmi's son Ayaan will watch his father's film Mr X, which is set to hit theatres soon. The actor mentioned that his wife kept their five-year old son away from movies and since he can understand more now, Mr X will be the first film he can show his son, the report further added. Emraan also elaborated that he was always anxious to show his movies to his son as he would have many questions regarding his films, like holding a woman or who a particular actress was in a scene. Not only that, he also mentioned that when a kissing scene would come, he would cover Ayaan's eyes, the report added.

While Emraan talks about showing Mr X to his son, here's another reason why he can make his five-year old son even more proud! Read on to know...

According to a Bollywoodlife report, the makers of the superhero film, Mr. X, have teamed up with the creators of Chacha Chaudhary for a special edition of the comics to mark the release of the film. Emraan Hashmi will reportedly feature in a special edition of the Chacha Chaudhary comics to solve an unsolved mystery. Shikha Kapur, Chief Marketing Officer of Fox Star Studios, has been quoted in the report as saying that they are really happy to have Diamond Toons as partners in the unique association to come up with the comic book that features Chacha Chaudhary and Mr X – two characters separated by age, but united in their intentions to fight crime rampant in the society.

Emraan Hashmi was once considered to be the industry's lucky charm but hasn't been having a great time at the box-office with his last few releases. He will be hoping that Mr. X changes the fortunes in his favour but at the same time he asserts that he isn't insecure. Read on to know more...

According to a report on Dnaindia.com, Emraan Hashmi was quoted as saying that he is not at all insecure. Emraan was further quoted in the report as saying that he has never really bothered about what film his contemporaries are doing and that he doesn't even watch their films. Explaining further, the actor reasoned that he was not being arrogant when he says so and added that he doesn't wait for other actor's films to bomb at the box-office.

Read on to know about Emraan Hashmi's alleged Rs 4 crore endorsement deal...

According to a report on Mid-day.com, Emraan Hashmi has apparently been approached to to endorse an energy drink, and he has been offered a whopping Rs 4 crore for the same! The report quoted a source saying that the actor is quite selective about his brand deals, so he isn't seen in too many ads on TV. He recently had a meeting with the officials of a leading energy drink manufacturer and they offered him nearly Rs 4 crore to do a commercial for them, the report further stated.

While Emraan remained unavailable to confirm the same, read on to know the buzz that Mr. X has been creating on social media...

According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, after the trailer of Emraan Hashmi's supernatural thriller, Mr. X, premiered online, social media has been buzzing over the similarities between the Vikram Bhatt directorial and the 2000 Hollywood thriller, Hollow Man. There's a sequence in which Emraan's Mr. X becomes visible when orange paint is thrown on him which seems 'inspired' by the Kevin Bacon-starrer. Quashing the claims, the film's director, Vikram Bhatt says, “Indian filmmakers are trying to create original, quality stuff so it's sad when someone tries to bring down your film based on a two minute teaser. Just because Krissh flies, does it make him Spiderman?" When the specific scene was underlined to him as a reference point, he insisted that it wasn't just paint that showed up his Mr. X. "He's visible through a lot of other mediums, underwater for instance. I don't even remember what Hollow Man is about." The film's producer, Mahesh Bhatt, also added, "Mr. X is not Hollow Man or Mr India reinvented but grew from a nostalgic yearning to revisit the Mr. X franchise. It had Ashok Kumar playing an invisible man, was produced by GP Sippy and directed by my father Nanabhai Bhatt in 1957."

The trailer of Mr. X is being much appreciated and Emraan, though invisible, seems to make his mark. Apart from his playboy image and steaming roles, there are some relatively unknown facts about Emraan Hashmi. Let’s take a look...

Tagged as the ‘serial kisser’ of Bollywood, actor Emraan Hashmi is back with another rom-com titled Ungli. Directed by Rensil D’Silva and produced by Hiroo and Karan Johar under Dharma Productions, the film is all set to hit the theatres on November 28, 2014. The trailer has already created a buzz among the audience. The film’s plot revolves around a group of friends who turn vigilantes to fight against the flaws in the prevailing system. The recently released song ‘Dance Basanti' and 'Pakeezah’ have already created a buzz. Emraan, who was last seen in Raja Natwarlal is busy with the promotion of his upcoming movie in several cities.

B-Town's serial kisser: There are a few 'labels' which an actor gets tagged with. Emraan was given a label too. After Murder and Aashiq Banaya Aapne, Emraan was known as the ‘serial kisser’ of Bollywood. Even after some remarkable and hard-hitting performances in films like Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai and Shanghai, Emraan couldn't shrug off the tag. When Awaarapan, a crime thriller, released in 2006, it bombed at the box-office. Reports cited 'no steamy scenes' as the reason behind the film falling flat at the box-office.

When his wife dug her nails into his skin: While we know quite a lot about Emraan's work on the camera, his life behind the camera is hidden from the media glare. Emraan dated Parveen Shahani who is now his wife for more than six years. They started seeing each other when they were in school. Despite his casanova image, he has never let his professional life affect his personal life. But on the fourth season of Koffee with Karan, Hashmi revealed how his wife reacted to his intimate scenes in Murder. Parveen, who apparently wasn’t aware about such scenes, dug her nails in Emraan’s arms with anxiety and by the time the film ended, the actor had several marks on his wrist. From that point, Hashmi never watched any of his films with his wife, as he knew that such intense scenes will only increase the marks on his body.

Emraan had to debut opposite Ameesha Patel: Emraan Hashmi made his debut with Vikram Bhatt's Footpath. However, few are aware of the fact that Footpath was not supposed to be his first film. Before Footpath, Emraan Hashmi had auditioned for Yeh Zindagi ka Safar opposite Ameesha Patel in 2001. But the makers did not feel that he fit the description. Emraan’s performance in Footpath was appreciated and bagged him two more blockbusters - Murder and Tumsa Nahi Dekha. In 2005, he made a comeback with Mohit Suri’s Zeher, a romantic thriller, which further established him as a bankable star and a commercial choice.

When his son was diagnosed with cancer: Emraan was expectedly distraught when his 4-year-old kid was diagnosed with a malignant tumour in his kidney. Hashmi took his son abroad for the surgery and chemotherapy process. The frail and broken father accepted all the challenges in his stride and was able to tide over it after doctors confirmed that the tumour had been negated. During that period, Emraan had cancelled all his shooting schedules to be with his son. After almost six months of pain, the little Hashmi is all hale and hearty.