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Emraan Hashmi on Showtime: ‘I play a quintessential Bollywood producer who's a bit of a brat’

Actor Emraan Hashmi on his new web-series Showtime, his 20-year-long career in Hindi film industry and his current slate of films.

March 10, 2024 / 11:29 IST
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Emraan Hashmi as a Bollywood producer on Showtime, streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.

Emraan Hashmi’s eclectic filmography includes titles such as Murder (2004), Gangster and Jannat. In the first leg of his career, Hashmi was not one to experiment outside the boundaries of thrillers and films about crimes of passion. He once said he was content “playing the bad guy who gets to kiss the girls”. Much changed with Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, The Dirty Picture and the political thriller Shanghai (2012), which made audiences sit up and notice Hashmi as a serious actor. Not averse to taking chances, he appeared in Ek Thi DaayanUngliThe Body, Bard of Blood and Tiger 3 in which he played the antagonist. His latest, one of a long line up of releases for 2024, is the Disney+ Hotstar series Showtime in which he plays producer Raghu Khanna.

In this interview, Hashmi spoke about his 20-year-long career and his current slate. Edited excerpts:

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You've been in the industry for over 20 years now. What have been some changes, especially from the point of view of an actor?