According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, after the trailer of Emraan Hashmi's supernatural thriller, Mr. X, premiered online, social media has been buzzing over the similarities between the Vikram Bhatt directorial and the 2000 Hollywood thriller, Hollow Man. There's a sequence in which Emraan's Mr. X becomes visible when orange paint is thrown on him which seems `inspired' by the Kevin Bacon-starrer. Quashing the claims, the film's director, Vikram Bhatt says, "Indian filmmakers are trying to create original, quality stuff so it's sad when someone tries to bring down your film based on a two minute teaser. Just because Krissh flies, does it make him Spiderman?" When the specific scene was underlined to him as a reference point, he insisted that it wasn't just paint that showed up his Mr. X. "He's visible through a lot of other mediums, underwater for instance. I don't even remember what Hollow Man is about." The film's producer, Mahesh Bhatt, also added, "Mr. X is not Hollow Man or Mr India reinvented but grew from a nostalgic yearning to revisit the Mr. X franchisee. It had Ashok Kumar playing an invisible man, was produced by GP Sippy and directed by my father Nanabhai Bhatt in 1957."
The trailer of Mr. X is being much appreciated and Emraan, though invisible, seems to make his mark. Apart from his playboy image and steaming roles, there are some relatively unknown facts about Emraan Hashmi. Let's take a look...
B-town's serial kisser: There are a few 'labels' which an actor gets tagged with. Emraan was given a label too. After Murder and Aashiq Banaya Aapne, Emraan was known as the ‘serial kisser’ of Bollywood. Even after some remarkable and hard-hitting performances in films like Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai and Shanghai, Emraan couldn't shrug off the tag. When Awaarapan, a crime thriller, released in 2006, it bombed at the box-office. Reports cited 'no steamy scenes' as the reason behind the film falling flat at the box-office.
When his wife dug her nails into his skin: While we know quite a lot about Emraan's work on the camera, his life behind the camera is hidden from the media glare. Emraan dated Parveen Shahani who is now his wife for more than six years. They started seeing each other when they were in school. Despite his casanova image, he has never let his professional life affect his personal life. But on the fourth season of Koffee with Karan, Hashmi revealed how his wife reacted to his intimate scenes in Murder. Parveen, who apparently wasn’t aware about such scenes, dug her nails in Emraan’s arms with anxiety and by the time the film ended, the actor had several marks on his wrist. From that point, Hashmi never watched any of his films with his wife, as he knew that such intense scenes will only increase the marks on his body.
Emraan had to debut opposite Ameesha Patel: Emraan Hashmi made his debut with Vikram Bhatt's Footpath. However, few are aware of the fact that Footpath was not supposed to be his first film. Before Footpath, Emraan Hashmi had auditioned for Yeh Zindagi ka Safar opposite Ameesha Patel in 2001. But the makers did not feel that he fit the description. Emraan’s performance in Footpath was appreciated and bagged him two more blockbusters - Murder and Tumsa Nahi Dekha. In 2005, he made a comeback with Mohit Suri’s Zeher, a romantic thriller, which further established him as a bankable star and a commercial choice.
When his son was diagnosed with cancer: Emraan was expectedly distraught when his 4-year-old kid was diagnosed with a malignant tumour in his kidney. Hashmi took his son abroad for the surgery and chemotherapy process. The frail and broken father accepted all the challenges in his stride and was able to tide over it after doctors confirmed that the tumour had been negated. During that period, Emraan had cancelled all his shooting schedules to be with his son. After almost six months of pain, the little Hashmi is all hale and hearty.
The trailer of Mr. X is being much appreciated and Emraan, though invisible, seems to make his mark. Apart from his playboy image and steaming roles, there are some relatively unknown facts about Emraan Hashmi. Let's take a look...
B-town's serial kisser: There are a few 'labels' which an actor gets tagged with. Emraan was given a label too. After Murder and Aashiq Banaya Aapne, Emraan was known as the ‘serial kisser’ of Bollywood. Even after some remarkable and hard-hitting performances in films like Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai and Shanghai, Emraan couldn't shrug off the tag. When Awaarapan, a crime thriller, released in 2006, it bombed at the box-office. Reports cited 'no steamy scenes' as the reason behind the film falling flat at the box-office.
When his wife dug her nails into his skin: While we know quite a lot about Emraan's work on the camera, his life behind the camera is hidden from the media glare. Emraan dated Parveen Shahani who is now his wife for more than six years. They started seeing each other when they were in school. Despite his casanova image, he has never let his professional life affect his personal life. But on the fourth season of Koffee with Karan, Hashmi revealed how his wife reacted to his intimate scenes in Murder. Parveen, who apparently wasn’t aware about such scenes, dug her nails in Emraan’s arms with anxiety and by the time the film ended, the actor had several marks on his wrist. From that point, Hashmi never watched any of his films with his wife, as he knew that such intense scenes will only increase the marks on his body.
Emraan had to debut opposite Ameesha Patel: Emraan Hashmi made his debut with Vikram Bhatt's Footpath. However, few are aware of the fact that Footpath was not supposed to be his first film. Before Footpath, Emraan Hashmi had auditioned for Yeh Zindagi ka Safar opposite Ameesha Patel in 2001. But the makers did not feel that he fit the description. Emraan’s performance in Footpath was appreciated and bagged him two more blockbusters - Murder and Tumsa Nahi Dekha. In 2005, he made a comeback with Mohit Suri’s Zeher, a romantic thriller, which further established him as a bankable star and a commercial choice.
When his son was diagnosed with cancer: Emraan was expectedly distraught when his 4-year-old kid was diagnosed with a malignant tumour in his kidney. Hashmi took his son abroad for the surgery and chemotherapy process. The frail and broken father accepted all the challenges in his stride and was able to tide over it after doctors confirmed that the tumour had been negated. During that period, Emraan had cancelled all his shooting schedules to be with his son. After almost six months of pain, the little Hashmi is all hale and hearty.
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