Back in the Bhatt fold: Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Hashmi to do a film with his uncles Mahesh and Mukesh, after straying outside.

Emraan Hashmi had moved away from the Bhatt camp. He did three films without them ' The Dirty Picture, Shanghai and Ek Thi Daayan. It was reported that after Raaz 3 he had ended his association with the Bhatts and was now looking at big banners to reposition his profile. Perhaps he felt he had moved into a bigger league, after being wooed by Ekta Kapoor and Karan Johar or he simply wanted the experience of working with other banners, whatever the reason, he has now realised that with the Bhatts he has a 'hit' record and wants to come back 'home'.

According to an insider, Emi will again be working with his uncles Mukesh and Mahesh after Raaz 3. The hush-hush project will go on floor in January 2014. Vikram Bhatt directing the film was a huge deciding factor for the actor to sign on the dotted line. It is learnt that Emraan gave bulk dates for the same. This at a time when his dates diary is choc-a-bloc. He had kept aside those dates earlier for Karan Johar's Gutkha starring Akshay Kumar. Arjun Kapoor has now been signed for the part.

Vikram, who has directed Emraan in Footpath and Raaz 3 confirms, "Yes, we will be working together again." Mahesh adds, "We are planning to do a film with Vikram and Emraan. Emi didn't want to be a part of the Murder franchise and we respected him for that. His love, affection and respect for me is unquestionable. I would never force him to do a film that he didn't like. He wanted to do a certain kind of cinema that gave him respect.

He did Ek Thi Daayan and Shanghai which weren't commercial money spinners so now he's back with us. The film he's doing won't be a part of any franchise or a sequel but a fresh concept. Of course, it will have all the ingredients of films Emi has been associated with ' erotica, glamour and thrill."

Emraan confirms, "Yes, I am doing Vikram's film with the Bhatts. In principle we are working together but the concept is being finalised." About moving away from the banner, he adds, "There was no shifting of loyalty to outside banners or any fight. I was never supposed to do Murder 3. It was always planned without me as they wanted the entire brand re-vamped. I wanted to work with everyone and got busy doing a lot of films for other producers. Also, the Bhatts and I were waiting for a good script to come along. Now with Vikram, we finally have the right script."