Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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