Articles tagged: Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan and Director Rajkumar Gupta were snapped during the promotion of film Ghanchakkar in Mumbai. Once again we see Vidya Balan in her over the top outfit and mismatched handbag. Have we not seen that umbrella before at another one of her promotions?

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Emraan Hashmi says he felt he had reached saturation point with dark and intense roles in his decade-long film career, and that his forthcoming movie “Ghanchakkar”, a comedy entertainer, came as a much-awaited break for him.

“I wanted to do a comedy film for a long time. I had done a lot of intense films and dark roles, but I think that was reaching a saturation point,” the 34-year-old said here Wednesday at a promotional even for “Ghanchakkar”.

The actor has portrayed intense roles in almost all his films, including “Murder”, “Zeher”, “Kalyug”, “Gangster”, “Jannat”, “Raaz – The Mystery Continues”, “Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai”, “Jannat 2″ and “Shanghai”.

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Vidya Balan whose look in the film “Ghanchakkar” is a fashion disaster and Emraan Hashmi who is playing a con man who is lazy in the film Thursday launched the song “Lazy Lad” in the look of their character.

“Vidya is crazy and Emraan is lazy in the film. This song is a tribute to all the husbands and boyfriends and this song is part of the film,” director of the film Rajkumar Gupta told reporters during the launch of “Lazy Lad” song.

Vidya was seen wearing a jeans and colourful t-shirt with an overdose of makeup and Emraan was donning a red polka don night wear. Vidya says she was skeptical before saying yes to this film.

“When Raj offered me this film I said it was outrageously and hilarious I was not sure about it but Raj convinced me to do the role. It was fun doing this film,” Vidya said

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Rumours can’t be taken seriously or they would drive a person crazy, feels Kalki Koechlin.

She rubbished reports that she stayed out of “Ek Thi Daayan” promotional activity because of her co-star Huma Qureshi, who was allegedly having an affair with her filmmaker husband Anurag Kashyap.

“I don’t understand these rumours. I have been shooting for my film. I had an intense schedule, so I couldn’t join them (‘Ek Thi Daayan’ team) for the promotions. For the last 12 days, I have been promoting non-stop for the film with Huma and Emraan Hashmi,” Kalki told reporters.

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Huma Qureshi, Emraan Hashmi and Kalki Koechlin  are busy promoting their forthcoming film “Ek Thi Daayan”, which is coming out Friday. Directed by Kannan Iyer, supernatural thriller has been co-produced by Ekta Kapoor and Vishal Bhardwaj. Don’t miss Kalki Koechlin playing a number from the film on the guitar

Not sure why the two actresses are in red?

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Actress Huma Qureshi, who garnered positive response for her role in “Gangs Of Wasseypur”, says things are changing and actors like Vidya Balan and Kalki Koechlin are refining the quintessential role of a glamour doll in the showbiz.

Huma told reporters: “I think that is changing very, very fast. Today look at what Vidya has done – she has changed things for women. Be it me, Konkona (Sen Sharma), or Kalki – we all are refining the quintessential role of a glamour doll in Bollywood … Thanks to many directors and writers who are coming up with fantastic story and ideas.”

Post “Gangs of Wasseypur”, Huma has been described as an unconventional actress who wowed everyone with her work in the gritty celluloid saga of coal mafia.

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He has romanced several actresses on screen, and the “serial kisser” tag doesn’t seem to leave him. But Emraan Hashmi, who now shares screen space with three heroines in “Ek Thi Daayan”, says he is at peace in his personal life because his wife is not insecure about their relationship.

“My wife never gets insecure. After 30 films, every film has something or the other. She has her head over her shoulders; otherwise she would have left me a long time ago. She has a very mature way of looking at things,” Emraan told reporters in an interview.

Emraan married Parveen Shahani in 2006. They have a son named Ayaan.

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Vidya Balan, who is playing a Punjabi housewife in her next film “Ghanchakkar”, says her fashion sense in the romantic comedy is bizarre, and that her designer had a tough time trying to put together the look.

“I had great fun playing Nitu Bhatia in ‘Ghanchakkar’. She’s the hatti-katti (hefty) Punjabi housewife, who we all know, somehow! She is the cats’ whiskers, when it comes to fashion,” Vidya said here.

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