Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Hashmiborn in 24th March, 1979 of Muslim father and Catholic mother. After graduation he made up his mind to pursue his career in film industry. Imran Hashmi made his Bollywood debut with the film “Footpath”. But he shot into fame with the hit film “Murder”. His next few films such as “Zeher”, “Kalyug”, “Aksar”, “Gangaster” and “Ashiq Banaya Aapne” were successful at box office and almost all the songs in his films sang by either Himesh Reshamiya or Kunal Ganjawala, became huge hit. Emran has been given title of Serial Kisser because of sex and kissing scenes in most of his movies. He is so fed up with his kissing scenes that he tried to shed his image of serial kisser in the film “Awarapan”. Even in his interviews Imran has said that he will not be doing any kissing scenes in his future films.

Early life

Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherahh Hashmi. After briefly changing his first name to "Farhaan", he decided to keep his original name.

Personal life

Hashmi graduated from sydenham college in mumbai india Pooja Bhatt, an actress turned director, is his cousin, while Muhesh and Mukesh Bhatt are his uncles. They are both producers, while the former is also a writer and director. Emraan married his long time girl friend Parveen Shahani in December, 2006.He became a father of a baby boy on 4th February, 2010 and named him Ayaan.

Controversies

In July 2009, Hashmi claimed that a housing society in Mumbai's upmarket Pali Hill locality refused to grant him permission to buy an apartment because he was a muslim. The housing society rejected the allegations and in turn accused Hashmi and his family of intimidatory behavior.Hashmi's allegations were condemned by other Muslim actors in Bollywood, especially salman khan and sharukh khanthe Indian-Islamic Cultural Center accused Hashmi of spurring communal tensions in India. On 10 August 2009, Hashmi backtracked from his accusation and said that the housing society has not discriminated against him and termed the incident as a "miscommunication".

In July 2009, Hashmi claimed that a housing society in Mumbai's upmarket Pali Hill locality refused to grant him permission to buy an apartment because he was a . muslim.The housing society rejected the allegations and in turn accused Hashmi and his family of intimidatory behavior. Hashmi's allegations were condemned by other Muslim actors in Bollywood, especiallysalman khan and sharukh khan the Indian-Islamic Cultural Center accused Hashmi of spurring communal tensions in India. On 10 August 2009, Hashmi backtracked from his accusation and said that the housing society has not discriminated against him and termed the incident as a "miscommunication".