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MUMBAI: In Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi was often referred to as the "serial kisser" for a very long time. However, the actor doesn't blame fans for that. He claimed in a recent conversation that the actor and the producers had promoted the picture to the audience. According to him, actors have "labels" that serve as their identity, such as Salman Khan's shirtless dancing and Anil Kapoor's "Jhakaas."
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When discussing being stereotypically portrayed in Bollywood with Shubhankar Mishra, Emraan said, “I think bahot saare artists ke sath ek patent cheez ho jaati hai, ek image set ho jaata hai, aur wo unka saath nahin chodhta hai (With many artists it becomes a patent thing, an image is set, and it doesn’t leave them).”
He added that just like how Shah Rukh is associated with his arms open pose, Salman Khan takes off his shirt in dance numbers and Anil Kapoor says ‘Jhakaas’, Emraan is identified by the serial kisser image.
“I don’t blame the audience. A large part of my career until 2009, 7-8 saal tak, woh image tha mera jo producers sell kar rahe the. Mai khud sell kar raha tha (A large part of my career till 2009, for 7-8 years, it was my image that the producers were selling. I was selling it myself),” the actor said.
The actor’s image as a serial kisser was framed after he starred in the murder franchise. Speaking about his kissing scenes in the first Murder film, Emraan said that it was a “sticking point” in Bollywood as the audience hadn’t seen such a “bold moment” and “unapologetic rebellious characters” till then.
Regarding his career, the Tiger 3 actor is looking forward to Showtime, the second part of his Disney+ Hotstar series, premiering on July 12.
Speaking to the well-known news outlet about the "positive feedback" he received for the first installment, Emraan said, “What people reacted to was that it was a breezy, entertaining and fun take on our industry. We sprinkled a lot of truths about it in a very interesting way. I would want to give credit to the writers for that. It captured the idiosyncrasies of producers and stars in an industry where relationships are fickle, transient and fleeting and where there’s no permanence of success and failure and stocks go up and down.”
In addition to Showtime, Emraan is starring in two Telugu films called OG and G2.
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