If you have followed Emraan Hashmi’s career closely, you would know that he was known as the serial kisser for many years. As the tag suggests, there was a time he had several kisses in films. It was used as a USP by filmmakers. Also Read - Mumbai Saga box office collection day 2 early estimates: John Abraham-Emraan Hashmi's film continues to struggle
In an interview to TOI, the actor said that while the tag helped, it was also a curse. He said, “I think it was a bit of both. It helped in a way because it’s like you are associated with something; I was getting the kind of bold stories that were unheard of. It was a different track; I had my own journey and roadmap. If there were any negatives to it, I guess it was the constant boxing up, the ‘tag’ was uncalled for. “ Also Read - Mumbai Saga box office collection day 1 early estimates: John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi's gangster drama gets affected by night curfews
The actor added, “Why go down that road constantly when I am doing different stories and playing different characters. But, back then, the times were different, here was a country that was waking up to something and they found it to be very intriguing. They were amazed by it. I was just doing my job, but, apparently, millions of people were watching it and were fascinated by it. Good luck to them (laughs).” Also Read - Mumbai Saga: John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi starrer leaked online by Tamilrockers on the day of its release
The actor was asked if he had a role to play in ‘normalising’ on-screen kisses. He said, “It makes me feel so important like I was a part of some watershed event in Hindi cinema. But it was a paradigm shift from tilting up in the sky, and a bed of roses, to the actual peck. But when you're in it, if you don't see it that way. Maybe it was a cultural event for people who talked about kisses in hushed tones and didn’t expect to watch it on the big screen. To them, it may have seemed like I had brought this wave, but I don't see it that way; I was just doing my job.”
The actor said the he was unaware of the effect the kisses would have. “As an actor, I was bringing the director’s vision to life and doing what was expected of me, no questions asked. I didn’t have the objective viewpoint of how it’s affecting people or the domino effect that it will have.”
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