Emraan Hashmi Biography

Emraan Hashmi (born as Emran Anwar Hashmi on 23 March 1979 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian actor.Emran Anwar Hashmi was born to a Muslim father and Catholic mother. He changed his name to Farhaan Hashmi but recently reverted to his original name, albeit with an extra "a" as per numerology beliefs. His nickname is Emmi.
His height is 5 ft 11 inches.
He graduated from Sydenham College.He is the nephew of Mahesh Bhatt and is a cousin of actress and director Pooja Bhatt. He married Parveen Shahani at an elaborate ceremony on Thursday, December 14th, 2006. The reception was held at a plush hotel in Bandra, Mumbai and was limited to the family members and close friends of the actor.
Hashmi made his debut in 2003 with the film Footpath however, it did not do well at the box office. He shot to fame with Murder (2004) which was his first hit. His next few films such as Zeher (2005),"Aashiq Banaya Apne"Kalyug (2005) and Gangster (2006) have done well at the box office and the soundtracks in these respective films have helped create a large fan base. Amusingly, all the songs from his movies have become instant hits.
The playback singers for most of his film's songs has been Himesh Reshammiya, Kunal Ganjawala and Atif Aslam.Emraan is also famous for his kissing scenes in most of his movies. He has been nicknamed the 'serial kisser'. Emraan also described his first on screen kiss during an interview claiming that he was very nervous and almost opted out of the scene before going ahead and shooting it with the female co-star. The actor has always been surrounded by controversy because of the contentious scenes in all of his movies.

Filmography as Actor

Raaz (2009)
Jannat (2008) - Arjun
Awarapan (2007) - Shivam
The Train (2007) - Vishal Dixit
Good Boy Bad Boy (2007) - Raju
Gangster (2006) - Akash
Dil Diya Hai (2006) - Saahil
The Killer (2006) - Nikhil Joshi (Taxi driver)
Aksar (2006) - Ricky Sharma (as Emraan Hashmi)
Jawani Diwani: A Youthful Joyride (2006) (2006) - Mann
Kalyug (2005) - Alibhai
Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005) - Vikram "Vicky" Mathur
Chocolate (2005) - Deva
Zeher (2005) - Siddharth Mehra
Tumsa Nahin Dekha (2004) - Daksh Mital
Murder (2004) - Sunny
Footpath (2003) - Rahul Srivastav (as Emraan)