Saturday, May 9, 2009

Imraan Hashmi

Author : Krunal

Emraan Hashmi



Biography Emraan Hashmi (Hindi: इमरान हशमी, born 1979 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India), is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor.

Early Life

Born as Emran Anwar Hashmi to a Shia' Muslim father and a Catholic mother. He later changed his name to Farhan Hashmi and then reverted to his original name with an extra ‘a’.

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Career

Emraan made his debut in the film Footpath in 2003, but the movie was a flop and bombed at the box office. However, his next film Murder was much better and catapulted him to fame; this was his first hit. The next few movies like Zeher, Kalyug and Gangster have also managed to do well at the box office. Recently his films Jannat and the latest blockbuster Raaz - The Mystery Continues have worked quite well at the box office and are also critically acclaimed. The sound tracks of all these films were instant hits and helped the actor create a huge fan base. The playback singers for most of his songs are Himesh Reshammiya and KK. The music of Pritam also spells magic for Emraan in films like Gangster, Awarapan and Jannat. His next film is Tum Mile opposite Soha Ali Khan. Emraan has always been controversial for his famous kissing scenes in nearly every film of his to date. It was such a rage that he was termed as the ‘serial kisser’ of Bollywood. Apparently in a recent interview Emraan said that if the kiss is necessary to the story of the film, he will surely go through with it. However Emraan also did state he is getting fed up with the label of 'serial kisser' and plans on doing more films where he will be appreciated for his acting only. This is proved in his most recent film, Raaz - The Mystery Continues, where he had no kissing scenes and the film was a huge box office success.

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Personal Life

Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt is his uncle and actress turned director Pooja Bhatt is his cousin. He is also related to singer Atif Aslam. The actor also has many other relatives and close friends in Karachi, Pakistan. He graduated from Sydenham College in Mumbai.

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Movies

  • Anjaam [forthcoming][2009]
  • Raaz 2 - The Mystery Continues [starring Kangana Ranaut, Adhyayan Suman and Emraan Hashmi][forthcoming][2008]
  • Jannat [starring Sonal Chauhan and Emraan Hashmi] [2008]
  • The Train [*ing Geeta Basra, Sayali Bhagat& Emraan Hashmi][2007]
  • Awarapan [*ing Shreya Saran, Ashutosh Rana & Emraan Hashmi][2007]
  • Good Boy, Bad Boy [*ing Tanushree Datta, Emran Hashmi & Isha Sharwani][2007]
  • Dil Diya Hai [ as Saahil][2006]
  • The Killer[as Nikhil Joshi][2006]
  • Gangster [as Akash][2006]
  • Aksar[ as Ricky Sharma][2006]
  • Jawani Diwani[as Mann Kapoor][2006]
  • Kalyug [as Alibhai][2005]
  • Chocolate [as Deva][2005]
  • Aashiq Banaya Aapne[as Vikram "Vicky" Mathur][2005]
  • Zeher[as Emran Hashmi) as Siddharth Mehra][2005]
  • Tumsa Nahin Dekha[ as Daksh Mital][2004]
  • Murder [as Sunny][2004]
  • Footpath [as Raghu Srivastav][2003]