Emraan Hashmi’s dig at Aamir Khan’s cause

Mumbai: Emraan Hashmi will be next seen in the film Ungli. Talking about the film, he says, “Renzil D’Souza told me the story of friends from different walks of life who become kind of vigilantes to fight injustice and corruption.”

Since Emraan’s film are often a bit risqué, replete with item numbers and kisses, we ask him about Aamir Khan dedicating an episode on Satyamev Jayate about women being objectified in films. He had also said that he would have sessions over these issues with the film fraternity. Emraan says tongue-in-cheek, “Maybe because he doesn’t have item numbers in his films he robs a bank on a bike. He’s glamourising bank robbery instead.

“You have to understand that films are for entertainment… unless it’s very demeaning for a woman, which I would stand against… but then we have the Censor Board for that. You can’t be cautious because you can end up making boring films… You have to take cinematic liberties.”

This is Emraan’s first project with Dharma Productions. Talking about the difference between working with the Bhatts and Dharma, he says, “Dharma’s working schedules are easier. The Bhatts are always in a rush to finish a film. They have more number of working hours in a day and tighter budgets.”

As we talk about awards, his “serial kisser” tag might make it difficult for him to get a National Award, something  he has always wanted, and Emraan says, “That’s the tragedy People don’t understand… kissing on screen is not easy.”