Emraan Hashmi

The film emerged as a commercial success at the box-office, grossing over inr 190000000 in India.

It opened to positive reviews from critics upon release, with Hashmi's portrayal of Akash Kapadia, an undercover detective, receiving particular praise.

Rediff.com 's Raja Sen wrote, "Hashmi's character is an understated one, and he manages to keep it that way. There is no unnecessary bluster or melodrama, and he does a pretty believable job. There is something lazy about his acting, by which I mean he makes the job look easy."

His father, Syed Anwar Hashmi, is a businessman, who also acted in the mystery film Baharon Ki Manzil (1968), and his mother, Maherrah Hashmi, was a homemaker.

His paternal grandfather, Syed Shauqat Hashmi, migrated to Pakistan after the partition of India, where he worked as a journalist and as a film director, while his grandmother, Meherbano Mohammad Ali (known by her screen name Purnima), was an actress, who stayed in India.

Meherbano Mohammad Ali later married producer-director Bhagwan Das Varma, making him Hashmi's step-grandfather and Hashmi a part of the Varma family.

Emraan Hashmi is also a part of the Bhatt family as Meherbano was the sister of Shirin Mohammad Ali, the mother of producers Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt, who are thus Hashmi's uncles.

Hashmi is the cousin of director Mohit Suri, with whom he has collaborated in several films.

His other cousins are actresses Pooja Bhatt and Alia Bhatt, while another cousin is actor Rahul Bhatt.

Udita Goswami is his sister-in-law.

Hashmi studied at the Maneckji Cooper Education Trust School.

Later, he attended Sydenham College in Mumbai.

Hashmi later earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Mumbai.

Emraan Anwar Hashmi (born 24 March 1979) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema.

Hashmi was born on 24 March 1979, in Mumbai, Maharashtra into a Muslim family of the Syed clan.

Born into the Bhatt family, he began his career an assistant director on the horror film Raaz (2002).

He made his acting debut with the crime film Footpath (2003), and achieved his breakthrough for his starring role in the erotic thriller Murder (2004).

Hashmi made his acting debut with Vikram Bhatt's thriller Footpath (2003) alongside Aftab Shivdasani and Bipasha Basu.

His performance as Raghu Shrivastav, a gangster, was appreciated by critics, with Gaurav Malani describing him as the "scene-stealer" and praised his mannerisms.

It emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office.

He achieved his breakthrough with Anurag Basu's erotic thriller Murder (2004) co-starring Mallika Sherawat and Ashmit Patel in lead roles.

Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama said about his performance: "Hashmi is fantastic in a role that seems tailor-made for him. Portraying an obsessive lover with flourish, there's no denying that the narrative gets a major impetus thanks to Hashmi's performance."

Murder emerged as a commercial success, with a domestic total of inr 250000000, ranking as the eighth highest-grossing Hindi fim of the year.

Hashmi next starred in Basu's musical romance Tumsa Nahin Dekha (2004) opposite Dia Mirza.

While shooting the film, Basu was diagnosed with blood cancer, so producer-director Mahesh Bhatt stepped in to complete it.

Although the film emerged as a commercial disaster at the box office, Hashmi's portrayal of Daksh Mittal (a young millionaire who falls in love with a bargirl, played by Mirza) received mixed-to-positive reviews.

A review of his performance in BBC Online noted that he was "becoming fabulous with every film."

Hashmi went on to star in thrillers such as Zeher (2005), Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005), Kalyug (2005), Aksar (2006), and Gangster: A Love Story'' (2006).

The next year, Hashmi's only film appearance was a supporting role in Mohit Suri's action thriller Kalyug (2005), alongside Kunal Khemu, Smilie Suri, Amrita Singh, Ashutosh Rana and Deepal Shaw.

Based on the sex industry, the film depicted the devastating effect that non-consensual pornographic films have on the subjects.

Hashmi featured as Ali Bhai, a man who runs a sex shop.

His performance, and the film, garnered positive reviews from critics, with Taran Adarsh writing: "Hashmi makes a brief, but solid, appearance and the actor is, like always, highly competent."

Kalyug emerged as a moderate commercial success in India.

Hashmi's first screen appearance in 2006 was Anant Mahadevan's erotic thriller Aksar alongside Udita Goswami and Dino Morea.

The film was super hit, and well received from critics.

He followed it up with Basu's musical romantic thriller Gangster: A Love Story co-starring debutante Kangana Ranaut and Shiney Ahuja in lead roles.

His other critically or commercially successful films include Jannat (2008), Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009), Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), Murder 2 (2011), The Dirty Picture (2011), Jannat 2 (2012), Shanghai (2012) and Raaz 3: The Third Dimension (2012).

He earned nominations for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai and Shanghai.

This was followed by a series of poorly received films and a hiatus.

He returned with the commercially successful action thriller Tiger 3 (2023), which earned him his third Filmfare nomination for Best Supporting Actor.