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Emraan turns choosy
 After his hit film,
Raaz — The Mystery Continues, Emraan Hashmi is back with two releases,
Raftaar and Tum Mile. Ritesh Sharma
chats up the actor
It seems you are
really keeping busy these days
I am very busy
with the promotion of two of my films, which will start soon. To
be honest, I am not that busy like I used to be three years ago.
Is that because
you have cut down on work?
Actually I have
become choosy. It’s a 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.
 You 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. I am satisfied that despite the industry going
through a bad phase I have given a hit. 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 realise this and my films too started
flopping`85but 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.
After Raaz
you will be again playing a painter in your next film Tum
Mile
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.
This time too you
have joined hands with director Kunal Deshmukh who gave you a
hit with Jannat
Kunal is a great
director. 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.
Raftaar,
which releases next month, holds lots of expectations.
True. And it’s
close to real life. It’s on the media business. 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.
What is your role
in the film?
See, it’s about
an audio-visual channel the fight for TRPs and all. I play a
journalist and a news anchor, who is also a struggler. He wants
to be big and is on the lookout for that one story which he can
turn into a big one and eventually become big.
So that’s quite
a variety for you now.
It is important
for every actor to do a variety of roles to keep growing. I am
happy playing different roles. Another film that I am doing Once
Upon A Time In Mumbai is different from these two films. It’s
a gangsters story based in Mumbai in the 1980s. It’s going to
be an action thriller.
Is it based on a
real life story of a gangster?
You need to ask
the director about it. It release next year so wait and watch.
— TWF
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