‘My brand of romance different from SRK’

Bollywood’s Emraan Hashmi, who takes romantic roles of a more spontaneous nature, said that his brand of romance is different from that of Shah Rukh Khan’s. When asked to put into words his ‘brand of romance’, Emraan quipped, “In an SRK film, to culminate the love, it takes two hours... In my film, it takes two minutes. In his films, it takes time to get the girl, while in my films there is no waiting around.”

Emraan has been branded a “serial kisser” of Hindi films, but says he’s moved on from the tag, although people haven’t. “I have grown out of that image but you all have not. It has been associated with me... I don't run away from it. I don't think whether it (kissing) will be there in the film or in the songs that I do. I like to choose things on the basis of concept,” he said.

He also appears in music video Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon with actress Esha Gupta. “I liked the concept of the video. It's a good track. It (actors featuring in music videos) is a growing trend, a welcome change. In the west, it is there and it feels good that it is happening here,” he said.

And it may not be very well known, but Emraan has also undergone vocal training in classical music, but says that he has no intention of taking up playback singing. “I had trained for classical music and let it go. It was the biggest mistake I made. It is something that requires constant practice and hard work. With my kind of voice, I don't think I will sing,” he said.