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Actor Emraan Hashmi has been in the
Hindi film industry for almost 14 years,
but the one film which he considers a
career-changer was Once Upon A Time In
Mumbaai (2010). The multi-starrer featuring
actors Ajay Devgn, Kangana Ranaut,
Randeep Hooda and Prachi Desai was a hit
with both the audiences and critics.
"The experience of working with Ajay was
great. I had worked with Kangana before
this film, and Prachi and Randeep were
amazing too. People had never imagined
me in this kind of cinema, considering the
serial-kisser tag I had, says Emraan. He is
appreciative of the fact that the makers had
confidence in the subject. He says, "The
director Milan Luthria and the producers
dared to take the risk, and had belief in the
potential of the film. Facing the camera in
the character was a huge change for me.
Emraan played the role of the rebellious
Shoaib based on a real-life underworld don.
His character locks horns with the
smuggling overlord of Mumbai, Sultan Mirza,
played by Ajay Devgn. Emraan reveals what
appealed to him about the film. "Before this,
there had been landmark gangster films like
Vaastav (1999), Company (2002) and Satya
(1998), and I myself had rejected a lot of
films based on the underworld, he says.
"When Milan started narrating the script, I
realised he had done something fresh and
new with the concept. It was a ten minute
narration, and the story focused on the
vulnerabilities of the two characters Sultan
and Shoaib. He didn't even have a full script,
but I was sold on the narration. And of
course, there was the visual aspect- the cars
of that era, the clothes, complete with the
bellbottoms! Emraan adds.
http://m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/emraan-hashmi-on-7-years-of-once-upon-a-time-in-mumbai-people-never-imagined-me-in-such-a-role/story-3ju4ikxsNxDvHGBYdxsiyJ.html.
Hindi film industry for almost 14 years,
but the one film which he considers a
career-changer was Once Upon A Time In
Mumbaai (2010). The multi-starrer featuring
actors Ajay Devgn, Kangana Ranaut,
Randeep Hooda and Prachi Desai was a hit
with both the audiences and critics.
"The experience of working with Ajay was
great. I had worked with Kangana before
this film, and Prachi and Randeep were
amazing too. People had never imagined
me in this kind of cinema, considering the
serial-kisser tag I had, says Emraan. He is
appreciative of the fact that the makers had
confidence in the subject. He says, "The
director Milan Luthria and the producers
dared to take the risk, and had belief in the
potential of the film. Facing the camera in
the character was a huge change for me.
Emraan played the role of the rebellious
Shoaib based on a real-life underworld don.
His character locks horns with the
smuggling overlord of Mumbai, Sultan Mirza,
played by Ajay Devgn. Emraan reveals what
appealed to him about the film. "Before this,
there had been landmark gangster films like
Vaastav (1999), Company (2002) and Satya
(1998), and I myself had rejected a lot of
films based on the underworld, he says.
"When Milan started narrating the script, I
realised he had done something fresh and
new with the concept. It was a ten minute
narration, and the story focused on the
vulnerabilities of the two characters Sultan
and Shoaib. He didn't even have a full script,
but I was sold on the narration. And of
course, there was the visual aspect- the cars
of that era, the clothes, complete with the
bellbottoms! Emraan adds.
http://m.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/emraan-hashmi-on-7-years-of-once-upon-a-time-in-mumbai-people-never-imagined-me-in-such-a-role/story-3ju4ikxsNxDvHGBYdxsiyJ.html.
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