Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Hashmi was born 24 March 1979) is an Indian film actor who appears in Hindi languagefilms. Through his successful career, Hashmi has received three Filmfare Award nominations and has established himself as one of the most popular and highest-paid actor of Hindi cinema.Hashmi, member of the Bhatt family was born and raised in Mumbai. After graduating from the University of Mumbai, he worked as an assistant director for the 2002 horror filmRaaz before pursuing a career in acting. The following year, he made his acting debut with a leading role in the crime thriller Footpath, a moderate box-office success. By 2004, Hashmi had established him as one of the leading actor of Hindi cinema with roles in the successful Murder (2004), Zeher (2005) andGangster (2006). However, he followed it by starring in a series of films that under-performed at the box office, although his performance in the romantic drama Awarapan(2007) was praised.The year 2008 marked a turning point for Hashmi when he played conman in the crime drama Jannat. He subsequently received wide critical recognition for portraying unconventional characters in several commercially successful films, including the horror Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009), the biographical drama The Dirty Picture (2011), the psychological thriller Murder 2 (2011), the romantic comedy Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (2011), the crime thriller Jannat 2 (2012), the horrorRaaz 3 (2012), and the supernatural thriller Ek Thi Daayan(2013). Hashmi’s acclaimed performances in the action thriller Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010) and the political thriller Shanghai (2012) garnered him twoBest Supporting Actor nominations at theFilmfare Awards-and received praise for his role in the 2015 drama Hamari Adhuri Kahani.

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Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji

After Mumbai-based Naren’s Ahuja’s wife, Madhvi, leaves him along with their daughter, he decides to move into an apartment, and share it with two others. He ends up having two tenants – a Casanova-type Abhay Suri, and an aspiring-nerdy poet, Milind Kelkar. While fending-off advances from his lawyer, Sunanda Pradhan,…

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Raaz 3

The story revolves around Shanaya (Bipasha Basu), an actress at the height of her success. She gets offered the best roles and wins all the awards she’s nominated for. In addition, she also has a passionate affair with a handsome director named Aditya (Emraan Hashmi). This all ends when a…

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Aksar

Rajveer Singh is of East Indian origin and lives a very wealthy lifestyle in London, England along with his wife, former Indian model, Sheena. He finds her devoted but a little bit too possessive, and since they have signed a prenuptial agreement, he cannot divorce her. When Ricky comes to…

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Ek Thi Daayan

Bobo is a popular and talented illusionist, but he is haunted by his past. When disturbing hallucinations cause him to become distracted during his stage show, he seeks the help of a psychiatrist. Through hypnosis, he is able to recall suppressed memories of his childhood. In his youth, Bobo suspected…

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Footpath

Poor Arjun is friendly with Shekhar and Raghu, as well as their sister named Sanjana. His friends help him avenge the untimely death of his dad, who was killed by rivals posing as workers. Years later, Arjun has grown up and is re-united with Shekhar and Raghu – who are…

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Ghanchakkar

Sanju, Pandit and Idris rob a bank and decide to share the money. After executing the robbery successfully, the trio decide that Sanju keep the money for 3 months until the heat has died down. Problems arise Sanju forgets where he put the money, and when his partners return for…

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Azhar

Biographical sports drama based on the life of former Indian international cricketer, Mohammad Azharuddin

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Baadshaho

Baadshaho is inspired by real-life events during the Emergency and revolves around stolen gold, a thief (Ajay Devgn), an army officer (Vidyut Jammwal), a character inspired by Maharani Gayatri Devi. Maharani Gitanjali Devi (Ileana D’Cruz) from one of the Rajasthan’s Princely States has already lost her privy purse. The story…

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Good Boy Bad Boy

As a new principal of a college [of fairly bad reputation], Mr. Awasthi has to take steps which are stringent and yet, fruitful. He has a handful of problems: good students emigrating from the college, the bad ones disrupting the class and similar others. His corrective measures have changed the…

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Hamari Adhuri Kahani

Hamari Adhuri Kahani (English: Our Incomplete Story) is a 2015 Indian romantic drama directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Mahesh Bhatt under the banner Vishesh Films and Fox Star Studios. The film stars Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan, and Rajkummar Rao. It is based on the love story of Bhatt’s…

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Murder 2

Orphaned at a young age, former officer with Goa Police, Arjun Vishnu Bhaagwat, now lives alone, though he has a sweetheart in gorgeous model, Priya. Amidst reports of police extending their search for missing prostitutes, specifically the Caucasian daughter of a high-profile Russian Diplomat, Arjun is hired by a gangster,…

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The Dirty Picture

Rebellious and uninhibited Reshma lives an impoverished lifestyle with her mother, Ratnamma, in 1980s South India. She is an ardent fan of film actor, Suryakant, and her one ambition in life is to meet and act with him. She runs away to Madras, and like, hundreds of young women, lines…

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Tum Mile

On a flight to Mumbai, Akshay meets with his wealthy ex-girlfriend, Sanjana, who is in the company of another male, Rajeev. He, a struggling artist, recalls how he met her in Cape Town and their moving in together. Differences crop up, and get worse, when he does not meet with…

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Ungli

Four friends: Kalim (Angad Bedi), Gautam (Neil Bhoopalam), Maya (Kangana Ranaut), and Abhay (Randeep Hooda), form a gang called the “Ungli” gang which fights against corruption prevailing in society. Their job is to target corrupt people and punish them in a unique manner. Due to increased popularity and their high-profile…

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Jannat 2

Jannat 2 revolves around a smuggler Sonu Delhi KKC who deals in illegal guns. ACP Pratap Raghuvanshi is a sincere police officer who has taken the oath to demolish the illegal guns business. The entire movie moves around Mangal Singh Tomar, the gang leader dealing with the illegal guns and…

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Crook

When Sub-Inspector Joseph Pinto finds that his foster son, Jai Dixit, sired by a deceased, re-formed gangster, has taken to crime, he arranges for his re-location to Melbourne, and has his name changed to Suraj Bhardwaj. Jai does re-locate there, and gets hired as a taxi-driver. He gets attracted to…

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Fun Facts

Son, Ayaan Hashmi, was born on February 4th, 2010.

Married long time girlfriend, Parveen Shahani, on December 2006.

Nephew to Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt.

Grandson of Bollywood character actress Purnima.

Brother-in-law of Bollywood actress Udita Goswami.

Cousin of Bollywood actresses, Smiley Suri, Alia Bhatt and Onjalee Nair, and Bollywood directors, Mohit Suri, Vishesh Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt.

Used the screen name Farhaan Hashmi for a few months in the early part of his career. He went back to using Emraan Hashmi a short while later.

Grand nephew of 1930s actress Shirin. Shirin is the sister of Emraans actress grandmother Poornima (Zanjeer).

Distant relative of Shiv Darshan (Father Suneel is Mahesh Bhatt's cousin. Mahesh is Emraan's uncle.).

Emraan Hashmi's grandmother actress Poornima (Zanjeer) was Mahesh Bhatt's mother (Shirin Mohammed Ali) biological sister.

Father Anwar Hashmi acted in Baharon Ke Manzil (1968).

Elder brother named Calvin Hashmi. He is settled in the UK.

The 1988 film Kabzaa , Starring Sanjay Dutt was shot inside his apartment. As a child he would watch the shooting daily in his living room.

Did several Television ads as a child.

Auditioned for Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar in 2001 opposite Amisha Patel.

Emraan Hashmi's grandmother Poornima's first marriage was with film journalist Shauqat Hashmi who went to Pakistan after separating from Poornima.They had a son Anwar Hashmi who acted in Baharon Ki Manzil in 1968 opposite Farida Jalal. Anwar is the father of Emraan Hashmi.

Emraan Hashmi's grandmother Poornima remarried to Producer-Director Bhagwan Dass Varma.This makes Bhagwan Dass Varma Emraan Hashmi's step grandfather. Bhagwan Dass Varma passed away in 1962. Bhagwan Das Varma is also the father of producer Jagdish Varma.

Emraans'Great grandfather (Grandmother Poornima's father) was Ram Sheshadri Ayangar. A Tamil Brahmin who used to handle accounts at Manmohan Desai's film distributor father Kiku Bhai Desai's office.

According to Poornima (Emraan's grandmother) that era's well known director Raman B. Desai, who was also their neighbor, had offered Poornima 'Radha's' role in his Guajarati film 'Radheshyam'. Poornima was still in school at that time. For the film, her elder sister Shirin, gave her the alias 'Poornima' in place of her real name 'Meher Bano'. The film 'Radheshyam' was released in the year 1948 and at that time Poornima was merely 16 years old. According to Poornima, "My first Hindi film was Kedar Sharma's 'Thes' where I was playing the second lead."" Featuring Bharat Bhushan and Shashikala in the main roles

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