Indian actor imran hashmi biography meaning

Indian actor (born 1979)

Syed Emraan Anwar Hashmi (pronounced[ɪmˈɾaːnˈɦaːʃmi]; born 24 March 1979) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. 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 went on to star in thrillers such as Zeher (2005), Kalyug (2005), Aksar (2006), and Gangster: A Love Story (2006). His other critically or commercially successful films include Jannat (2008), Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009), Murder 2 (2011), The Dirty Picture (2011), Jannat 2 (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 (2010) and Shanghai (2012).

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.

Early life

Hashmi was born on 24 March 1979, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. 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 Shaukat 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. Hashmi is also a part of the Bhatt family as M

Indian actor Emraan Hashmi's early films include Footpath (2003), Murder (2004), Tumsa Nahin Dekha (2004), Zeher (2005), Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005) and Gangster (2006). However, this followed with roles in films that underperformed at the box office before starring in the acclaimed drama Awarapan (2007).

The year 2008 marked a turning point for Hashmi, when he played a conman in the crime drama Jannat. He subsequently gained recognition for portraying a range of unconventional characters in the horror film Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009), the biographical drama The Dirty Picture (2011), the psychological thriller Murder 2 (2011), the romantic comedy Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji (2011), the crime thriller Jannat 2 (2012), and the supernatural thrillers Raaz 3 (2012) and Ek Thi Daayan (2013), all of which earned him critical appreciation. Hashmi's acclaimed performances in the underworld drama Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010) and the political thriller Shanghai (2012), garnered him two Best Supporting Actor nominations at Filmfare. After appearing in another series of box office flops, he starred as the titular character in the biographical sports drama Azhar and an evil spirit in the horror thriller Raaz Reboot (both 2016) – and received praise for the drama Hamari Adhuri Kahani (2015), and Baadshaho (2017).

In 2021, he acted in the mystery thriller, Chehre, directed by Rumi Jaffery. In 2021, he was seen in Sanjay Gupta's action crime film Mumbai Saga opposite John Abraham and in the supernatural horror film Dybbuk. In 2023, he featured in the comedy-drama film Selfiee and played in the antagonist in YRF's Tiger 3.

Hashmi will make his Telugu language debut with OG(2025)

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