‘Intention defines the film’

Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi, who has been known to work in films that often deal with bold themes and characters, says as an actor all that matters to him is the intent of the character. As long as no wrongdoing is glorified, he is okay with it.

“I do not have any preset notion on what I should or should not be doing on screen. When we play a character on screen, it is about the journey of the character. There is an intention behind the portrayal of the character. Even if it shows that a woman is ill-treated, and the offender is not glorified but punished, it is all okay. I always look at the intention with which a story is told. Because I think the intention defines the film,” Emraan said.

Choosing wisely

The actor is now gearing up for his upcoming release The Body that also features Rishi Kapoor. The film releases on December 13. After the release of the film, Emraan has several projects in the pipeline, including Chehre, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan, Mumbai Saga and Ezra, which is the remake of a superhit Malayalam film.

Starting as an unconventional romantic hero, Emraan has also tried a few issue-based films in the recent past. He prefers to utilise cinema to express his opinion on matters that matters to society.

“Given an opportunity, I will use cinema to express my opinion. When I did ‘Why Cheat India’, I thought, like myself, there will be many people who would not know that such a scam is going on in an important sector like education that defines the future of youngsters - especially the middle-class, which invests in education so that their children can get a good job,” said the actor. — IANS