Emraan Hashmi

Biography

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

 Hashmi debuted in 2003 with the crime thriller film Footpath and subsequently appeared in films including Murder (2004), Kalyug (2005), and Gangster (2006) and gained acclaim starring in the action film Awarapan (2007). Hashmi has received several Filmfare Awards nominations.

Before venturing into acting, Hashmi worked as an assistant director for the horror film Raaz (2002). During the same decade, he became a huge sensation and established a leading actor with many successful romantic thrillers like Zeher (2005), Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005), Aksar (2006), and Gangster (2006). 

His other critically and commercially successful films include Jannat (2008), Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009), Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), The Dirty Picture (2011), Murder 2 (2011), Shanghai (2012), Jannat 2 (2012), Raaz 3 (2012) and Ek Thi Daayan (2013).

Hashmi married Parveen Shahani in an Islamic wedding ceremony in December 2006 after a six-and-a-half-year relationship. 

The couple have a son, Ayaan Hashmi, who was born on 3 February 2010. On 15 January 2014, Ayaan was diagnosed with first-stage cancer. Five years later, in 2019 January, Ayaan Hashmi was declared cancer free.

While Hashmi's father is Muslim and his mother was Christian, Hashmi was brought up as a Muslim and says he is a "firm believer in God".His mother, Maherrah Hashmi, died on 11 March 2016, Hashmi canceled one day shoot of his film Azhar when he got to know about his mother's demise. 

He did not want to delay the shoot of Azhar any further and also wanted to occupy his mind with work. So, he returned to the sets the soonest he could. In 2016, Hashmi launched the auto-biographical book called "The Kiss of Life", which was based on his son's journey with cancer.