Monday, November 19, 2007

Emraan Hashmi

Biography


Early life

Emran Anwar Hashmi was born to a Muslim father and Catholic mother. He is given a title of serial kisser because of his sex and kissing scenes in bollywood movies. He was born on March 24 1979. He changed his name to Farhan Hashmi but recently reverted to his original name, albeit with an extra "a" as per numerology beliefs. He graduated from Sydenham College.

He is the nephew of Mahesh Bhatt and is a cousin of actress and director Pooja Bhatt.

Career

Hashmi made his debut in 2003 with the film Footpath however, it did not do well at the box office. He shot to fame with Murder (2004) which was his first hit. His next few films such as Zeher (2005), Kalyug,Aksar (2005) and Gangster (2006) have done well at the box office and the soundtracks in these respective films have helped create a large fan base. Incidentally, all the songs from his movies have become instant hits. The playback singers for most of his film's songs has been Himesh Reshammiya, Kunal Ganjawala

Emraan is also famous for his kissing scenes in most of his movies and has gained the title of 'Serial Kisser' in the Bollywood industry. Recently he tried to shed himself from the serial kisser image with his recent film Awarapan (2007). Emraan has said in many interviews that he will not be doing any kissing scenes in his future films.

Filmography

Awarapan (2007) .... Shivam
The Train (2007)
Good Boy, Bad Boy (2007) .... Raju Malhotra
Anjaam (2007)
Dil Diya Hai (2006) .... Saahil
The Killer (2006) .... Nikhil Joshi
Gangster (2006) (as Emran Hashmi) .... Akash
Aksar (2006) .... Ricky Sharma
... aka Often (India: English title: literal title)
Jawani Diwani: A Youthful Joyride (2006) .... Mann Kapoor
Kalyug (2005) .... Alibhai
Chocolate (2005) .... Deva
Aashiq Banaya Aapne: Love Takes Over (2005) .... Vikram "Vicky" Mathur
... aka You Were Made for Love (International: English title: literal title)
Zeher (2005) (as Emran Hashmi) .... Siddharth Mehra
Tumsa Nahin Dekha (2004) .... Daksh Mital
Murder (2004) .... Sunny
Footpath (2003) .... Raghu Srivastav