Emraan reacts to Ameesha Bipasha inquiring on his work and physique.

Emraan reacts to Ameesha Bipasha inquiring on
his work and physique.

Notedly, actor Emraan Hashmi has been captivating the audiences with his work ever ever since he made his acting debut with the 2003 film Footpath.

However, his debut film was originally supposed to be Mahesh Bhatt’s Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar, with Ameesha Patel as his co-star. But he was dropped from the film after Ameesha complained to Bhatt that Emraan was “too raw” to lead the film. In an interview with The Lallantop, Emraan shared, that his first film was Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar, with Govinda in the lead. I was doing an acting course with Roshan Taneja at the time.”

Emraan continued, “After a month, Mahesh Bhatt called and said that Govinda is not in the film anymore, due to dates issue. He then asked Roshan Taneja, ‘Is his boy ready to shoot the film?’ and Roshan Taneja said, ‘He is ready!’
He(Emraan) heard this, and trembled with nervousness since he wasn’t ready. He was still mentally preparing himself for another film mounting the sets after six months. He said he wasn’t ready, and Bhatt said, ‘No, you will never be ready. You have to jump in the deep end, and this is the film, you’ll have to jump’. I wasnot ready, Ameesha also felt he was too raw.5

Ameesha Patel revealed that he wasn’t the right fit for the film, Emraan shared, “Ameesha felt he wouldn’t be able to pull it off. She had just delivered a hit film (Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai), so was worried, and wanted the casting to be right for the hero. She wanted an experienced actor to be cast for the role, not someone totally inexperienced, someone who’s only done one month acting course. So, she went to Bhatt sahab and said, he doean’t think Emraan is the right fit’ and he was infuriated, and at the same time very angry Now when he looks back, he feels Ameesha, from her point of view, was correct.”

Emraan then confessed that he even retaliated against Ameesha in anger, by showing up on set even though he didn’t need to. He used to go to the film’s set, and watch her shoot, used to stare at her as well. He also told Bhatt sahab to give him a chance. It wasn’t that he actually couldn’t act; it was Ameesha who felt that he couldn’t act. He was free at the time, so would go on the film’s set because wanted to stay engaged with the process of filmmaking. He then signed his first film with Vishesh Films, Footpath.

There was also a time when Bipasha Basu commented on Emraan’s height. When asked if he was ever offended by her comments, he said, “No. He did not have an insecurity about height, so if someone says something about it, it’s their problem. In fact, we even worked together after that incident. He once jokingly said in an interview that guess his height must have increased now that Bipasha has agreed to work with him. We earlier worked together in Raaz 3.

News Edit K.V.Raman