Happy Birthday, Emraan Hashmi: Here are some fascinating facts about the actor

Emraan Hashmi earned the tag of being Bollywood’s serial kisser during his early years in the industry as he had his fair share of kissing scenes opposite actresses. After making his entry into Bollywood with the 2003 film 'Footpath', his career graph scaled new heights from the 2004 film 'Murder'. Time and again, the actor has proved his acting skills in movies like 'Zeher', 'Aashiq Banaya Apne', 'Kalyug', 'Gangster', 'Jannat', 'Raaz 3', 'The Dirty Picture', 'Azhar', 'Mumbai Saga'… to name a few.

We give you a rundown of a few fascinating facts related to his life.

Did you know that Emraan Hashmi had changed his name to Farhan Hashmi for a while, but later went back to his original name Emraan? The actor was born on 24 March 1979 to a Muslim father and a Catholic mother.

Not many know that the actor's paternal grandmother was legendary actor Purnima. Emraan is the son of Mahesh Bhatt’s first cousin. That makes Alia Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt and Emraan related to each other as cousins.

Besides being an actor, Emraan Hashmi had even worked as an Assistant Director in the movie ‘Raaz’, which had the sultry Bipasha Basu and the hunky Dino Morea as the lead stars.

In his career spanning many years, there must hardly be a film in which Emraan hasn't kissed an actor onscreen. In the 2012 film 'Raaz 3’, Emraan Hashmi kissed his co-star Bipasha Basu onscreen for the longest time. It was a 20-minute kiss, which is one of the longest kisses in Bollywood’s history. Emraan had revealed in an interview that his wife Parveen Sahni used to get angry after seeing him kissing someone in a scene.

After dating for many years, Emraan married Parveen Shahani in December 2006. The couple has a son named Ayaan Hashmi, who was born in February 2010. After Ayaan won a battle against cancer, Emraan wrote a book titled ‘The Kiss of Life: How A Superhero And My Son Defeated Cancer’.

On the work front, Emraan Hashmi was last seen in Raj Mehta’s ‘Selfiee’ alongside Akshay Kumar, which was declared a disaster at the box office. He is now set to appear in YRF's ‘Tiger 3’, which will see him in a negative role pitted against Salman Khan's Tiger.

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