|
Early
life
Emran Anwar Hashmi was born to a Muslim father and
Catholic mother. He changed his name to Farhaan Hashmi but
recently reverted to his original name, albeit with an
extra "a" as per numerology[citation needed] beliefs. He
graduated from Sydenham College.[citation needed].
He is the nephew of Mahesh Bhatt and is a cousin of
actress and director Pooja Bhatt. He married Parveen
Shahani at an elaborate ceremony on Thursday, December
14th, 2006. The reception was held at a plush hotel in
Bandra, Mumbai and was limited to the family members and
close friends of the actor.[citation needed]
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),"Aashiq Banaya Apne"Kalyug
(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. Incidently, 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 and Atif Aslam.
Emraan is also famous for his kissing scenes in most of
his movies. He has been nicknamed the 'serial kisser'.
Emraan also described his first on screen kiss during an
interview claiming that he was very nervous and almost
opted out of the scene before going ahead and shooting it
with the female co-star. |
