***EMRAAN HASHMI****

Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Hashmi
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Emraan Hashmi
Born Emraan Hashmi
24 March 1979 (age 30 )
Mumbai, India
Occupation Actor
Years active 2003—present
Official website
Emraan Hashmi (Hindi: इमरान हाश्मी, Urdu: عمران ہاشمی; born 24 March 1979 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India), is a Filmfare Award-nominated Indian actor.

Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Personal life
3 Movie career
4 Controversies
5 Filmography
6 References


[edit] Early life
Emraan Anwar Hashmi, was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. After briefly changing his first name to "Farhaan", he decided to keep his original name (emraan hashmi)

[edit] Personal life
Hashmi graduated from Sydenham College in Mumbai, India. Pooja Bhatt, an actress turned director, Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt are his uncles. They are both producers, while the former is also a writer and director. Emraan married his long time girl friend Parveen Shahani in December, 2006.He became father of a baby boy on 4th Feb 2010 and named him Ayaan.[1]

[edit] Movie career
He is also known as serial kisser in the bollywood world. Hashmi made his movie debut in 2003 with the film Footpath which did not do well at the box office. He and co-star Mallika Sherawat shot to fame with Murder. He later appeared in such films as Zeher, Aashiq Banaya Apne, Kalyug, and Gangster, which have done well at the box office. The soundtracks from these films have helped create a large fan base. Many of the songs from his movies have become instant hits. The playback singers for most of his film's songs have been Himesh Reshammiya, K.K, Kunal Ganjawala and Atif Aslam. In 2008 Emraan's first release Jannat had a 100% opening which made it a hit at the box office. His first movie in 2009, Raaz - The Mystery Continues, was also a box office success, while his second movie of the year, Tum Mile, was not a box office success. Apart from the music that helped his career take off, his kissing scenes are well-received. Though not frequent, some of his other films have included scenes with kisses. Nicknamed "The serial kisser of Bollywood", he has expressed his desire to discontinue kissing and to be known as a mature actor. Throughout his film career, he has kissed most of the heroines in his films except in Footpath, Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets, Kalyug, Awarapan, The Killer, Dil Diya Hai, Good Boy Bad Boy, and Raaz - The Mystery Continues.

[edit] Controversies
In July 2009, Hashmi claimed that a housing society in Mumbai's upmarket Pali Hill locality refused to grant him permission to buy an apartment because he was a Muslim. The housing society rejected the allegations and in turn accused Hashmi and his family of intimidatory behavior.[2] Hashmi's allegations were condemned by other Muslim actors in Bollywood, especially Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan[3] while the Indian-Islamic Cultural Center accused Hashmi of spurring communal tensions in India.[4]

On 10 August 2009, Hashmi backtracked from his accusation and said that the housing society has not discriminated against him and termed the incident as a "miscommunication".[5]

[edit] Filmography
Year Film Role Notes
2003 Footpath Raghu Srivastav
2004 Murder Sunny Nominated, Screen Weekly Best Performance in a Negative Role
Won Stardust Awards Best New Menace
Tumsa Nahin Dekha Daksh Mittal
2005 Zeher Siddarth
Aashiq Banaya Aapne Vikram 'Vicky' Mathur
Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets Deva
Kalyug Ali Bhai Won, Critical Award for the role in the film
2006 Jawani Diwani - A Youthful Joyride Mann Kapoor
Aksar Ricky Sharma
Gangster Akash Nominated, IIFA Best Actor In A Negative Role
Nominated, Filmfare Best Villain
The Killer Nikhil Joshi
Dil Diya Hai Sahil Khanna
2007 Good Boy Bad Boy Raju
The Train: Some Lines Should Never Be Crossed Vishal Dixit
Awarapan Shivam
2008 Jannat Arjun Dixit
2009 Raaz - The Mystery Continues Prithvi Singh
Tum Mile Akshay
Raftaar 24 x 7 Sam Grover
Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dawood Ibrahim
Colours Ali Taha