"People relate to me with a naughty streak" - Emraan Hashmi
Your
film
Jannat
has
picked
up
a
controversial
theme
related
to
the
Match
fixing
scandals
seen
in
cricket.
Do
you
fear
the
Censor
Board
now?
I
don't
think
that
Censors
would
have
any
objections
to
Jannat.
We
are
not
picking
up
people
at
all.
We
are
talking
about
things
which
have
actually
happened,
have
been
talked
about
and
are
generic
in
nature.
Everyone
knows
to
a
good
extent
what
really
had
transpired.
With
the
film
having
cricket
as
a
backdrop,
what
part
does
a
leading
lady
have
to
play?
See,
the
leading
lady
will
surely
have
a
place
in
the
film
because
when
one
depicts
the
character
graph
of
the
male
lead,
then
it
is
very
essential
to
focus
on
the
relationships
he
shared
in
his
life
too.
So
here
arises
the
need
for
the
leading
lady.
This
is
seen
in
all
films,
whatever
genre
of
films
you
take!
In
this
film
too,
new
comer
Sonal
Chauhan,
who
plays
the
female
lead
has
an
important
role
to
play
in
the
protagonist's
journey
in
the
quest
for
Jannat.
You
have
worked
with
two
newcomers
in
the
female
lead,
Sonal
Chauhan
and
the
director,
Kunal
Deshmukh.
How
was
it
to
play
the
veteran
there?
I
am
proud
to
see
the
way
Kunal
has
worked
on
the
film.
He
has
got
a
love
story
imbibed
well
into
the
script
even
as
the
film
has
a
basic
wallpaper
of
cricket.
Even
though
he
is
a
debutant
director,
you
hardly
get
a
feel
that
he
is
handling
a
project
for
the
first
time.
As
actors,
we
got
only
positive
vibes
from
him
and
the
result
is
for
all
to
see
now.
Isn't
it
ironic
that
last
year,
your
best
performance
ever
in
Awarapan
wasn't
quite
complimented
by
the
eventual
box
office
returns?
Awarapan
was
a
larger
than
life
character.
After
a
film
comes
and
goes,
people
can
say
different
things
about
why
it
worked
and
why
it
didn't.
I
guess
what
was
apparent
in
Awarapan
was
the
gap
between
what
you
want
to
do
and
what
your
audience
wants
to
see
you
do.
Maybe
people
didn't
want
me
to
display
the
emotions
of
a
man
who
was
going
through
a
trauma.
They
perhaps
still
want
to
see
the
Emraan
Hashmi
they
can
relate
to;
the
young
man
with
a
naughty
streak
to
him
a
la
Aashiq
Banaya
Aapne
or
Aksar.