Mumbai: Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is teaming up with Emraan Hashmi for two of his films, seems to be taken by the actor’s talent and his steady success graph in Bollywood.
Hashmi would be seen in Johar’s next home production film to be directed by Rensil D’Silva.
“Emraan is doing a film for us, Rensil is directing it. And we are also talking to Emraan for another project. I have great amount of respect and regard for him and his talent and the way he strategies his career. He is very talented actor. It is never late, there is always a right time,” Johar told PTI in an interview.
“I think when Emraan and I come together it should be for the right film. I am glad we have found the right script,” he said.
Hashmi is being counted as a bankable actor in Bollywood with the recent string of hits including Once Upon A Time in Mumbai, Murder 2 The Dirty Picture and Jannat 2.
“I always liked him from before. I liked him in Once Upon A Time in Mumbai and I think he really suited the role well in The Dirty Picture. For this film (untitled) the script suited him… it is different for him and yet it suited him tremendously. I am really very excited about it,” Johar, 40, said.
When Hashmi is there in a film, it is bound to have some intimate scenes. Ask Johar about this and he says, “I don’t think that the script allows. Like in ‘Shanghai’ he has broken the mould and it is lovely to have an actor who de-constructs his image. It is wonderful he is doing well.”
Gossip mills were abuzz with rumors that Kareena Kapoor might be starring opposite Hashmi but Johar preferred to be tight lipped about it.
“The film has a strong ensemble cast, like Emraan, lots of people are there in it.. like Kangana, Randeep Hooda and host of young brilliant actors. We will announce the film with title and cast very soon. It is about individual paths, there is no predominant love story. It is too early to talk about it (story line),” Johar said. (
About another project with Hashmi, Johar said, “We are talking to him on another project. We don’t have any contract with him. We never sign multiple contracts with anyone. It is all about suiting the role.”
The filmmaker is also looking forward to his upcoming directorial venture Student of the Year which is all set to release on October 19 this year. It stars newcomers Varun Dhawan, son of filmmaker David Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, daughter of Mahesh Bhatt and Siddharth Malhotra in lead roles.
“We should be hitting the cinema houses on October 19 and we are very excited about it. There are newcomers in the film, so there is vast excitement as this is first for us. We are hoping to pass this exam. It is new for me.. it was new for them as well. It was my first time with newcomers so I also felt like a newcomer. We all were nervous — the three actors and me.. but it worked really well,” he said. (PTI)