After delivering yet another hit with RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES, Emraan Hashmi is ready with two back-to-back releases, RAFTAAR and TUM MILE. The serial kisser of Bollywood in conversation with our correspondent
It seems you are really keeping busy these days.
I am really busy...with lots and lots of work. The promotion of two of my films will start soon. I am working on them and to be honest I am not that busy also like I used to be three years ago.
Oh I see. Is that because you have cut down on work?
Actually I have become choosy. It's a very conscious decision on my part. I have learnt a lot in these years. I go by the script these days and do only films that I feel I can do justice with.
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" Big budget, stars do not always matter..." | Your last film RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES was a hit. Are you still basking in the glory, as it is so far the only big hit of the year?
(Laughs) No...no...not at all. I am happy but not one who will easily get complacent. It actually gives me a certain satisfaction that despite the industry going through a bad phase I have given a hit. In fact it happened to me last year also when JANNAT was one of the rare hits in the first half of the year. At the same time it saddens me to a great extent that so far there hasn't been another hit film this year, except for DEV.D, which did fairly good business. This proves that big budgets and big stars do not always matter but it's the script that matters most and without a good script a good film can't be made.
Is this something you have released in your case?
Of course, I have become choosy, as script is a priority for me. (Laughs) There was a time when I didn't realize this and my films too started flopping.... but now see I do fewer films but good films. RAAZ - THE MYSTERY CONTINUES was a trendsetter of sorts. It added a new dimension to the horror genre...something, which was not tried in India earlier.
Okay...buzz is that after RAAZ you will be seen playing a painter in your next film TUM MILE too.
That is just my character. That I play a painter is true and this time I look even more authentic. During the shooting of RAAZ I mastered the art like how to use a stroke and all. Anyway, TUM MILE is not just about my co-star Soha Ali Khan or I. Certainly it's a love story but it is set against the backdrop of Mumbai floods that hit the city four years ago. It is a lavish set we had set up because the film required a huge budget. It's about relationships but not a typical love story.
And this time too you have joined hands with director Kunal Deshmukh who gave you a hit in the form of JANNAT.
Kunal is a great director. In fact we thought of making TUM MILE first but it asked for a huge budget. Then we thought of making JANNAT first, so that in the meanwhile we get some time to raise the budget for TUM MILE and now we are on with this film. I can promise you that TUM MILE is going to be another big hit and a film to look forward to.
In fact RAFTAAR releases next month and it too holds a lot of expectations.
True. And it's also very close to real life. It's on the media business and you will like it... (Laughs). We have made a film on you but I tell you that you won't find any misrepresentations. It's not artificial but gives a clear picture of the media.
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Sounds great. So what do you play?
See, it's about an audio visual channel...the fight for TRPs and all. So what do you think I can play (Smiles). I play a journalist and a news anchor who is also a struggler. He too wants to be big and is in the lookout for that one story which he can turn it into a big one and eventually become big...
So that's quite a variety for you now...
Of course there needs to be for every actor. I am happy playing different roles. In fact there's another film ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAI, which is completely different for these two films. It's a gangster story based in Mumbai in the '80s. It's going to be an action thriller.
Apparently, is it based on a real life story of a gangster...
Well, I won't say anything on that. You need to ask the director about it. It releases next year...so wait and watch.
- Ritesh Sharma, TWF, Bollywood Trade News Network
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