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

Contents 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.

[edit] Personal life

Hashmi graduated from Sydenham College in Mumbai, India. He is a devout Muslim who has stated his strong beliefs in Islam and Allah {cn}. Pooja Bhatt, an actress turned director, is his cousin. 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.^[1]

[edit] Movie career

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 TMC, was a box office success, while his second movie of the year, Tum Mile, was not a box office succes. 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

[edit] References