*Emraan Hashmi to star in Warner Bros next production
* Emraan Hashmi moves out of the Bhatt fold temporarily for a film that brings Hollywood’s Warner Bros to Indian shores for the second time. Their first project in Hindi is Nikhil Advani’s *Chandni Chowk To Ch.
The second venture sees Warner tying up with Tandav films, of *Khosla Ka Ghosla*, for a study of intimate human relationships set in Delhi. And Emraan Hashmi gets a total makeover of look image and personality for the part. Finally, after playing the serial kisser in a series of Bhatt films, Emraan is ready to play a fully mature married man with kids.
And the producers, not convinced that Emraan could carry off the mellow mature look, are giving him a complete makeover. Emraan admits sheepishly that he is going into a totally different zone this time. He also admits that his attempts to go beyond the Bhatt family fold haven’t been so successful. "I did *The Train* which wasn’t by the Bhatts and where I played a married man. So, it isn’t as if I haven’t played a married man with a family before. I agree such attempts haven’t been so successful for me. Films where I’ve a streak of mystery and mischief are more liked. I haven’t been appreciated in my mature roles like *Awaarapan*. With my new film I hope to rectify that. When writer Jaideep Sahni narrated it to me I immediately wanted to do it. It takes me into areas and emotions I haven’t covered before."
The untitled film being produced by Savita Raj of *Tandav Films*who produced last year’s sleeper hit *Khosla Ka Ghosla*, also finds the writer Jaideep Sahni moving out of his comfort zone. Jaideep who wrote the two inspirational films *Chak De India* and *Aaja Nachle* for Yashraj Films is looking forward to the challenge of writing a film that takes him into a different zone. "This is a commitment from the time I did *Khosla Ka Ghosla* for Tandav Films. They took two stories from me. This is the second one, " says Sahni.
Emraan Hashmi will be spending this summer in Delhi shooting this very unusual film directed by Joy Augustine who made his directorial debut with AB Corp Ltd’s *Tere Mere Sapne* and has just completed a film based on the Mumbai train blasts for Sunil Shetty’s Popcorn Entertainment.