There
are
a
bunch
of
grown
up
men
(Aamir
Khan,
Shahrukh
Khan,
Salman
Khan,
Akshay
Kumar,
Ajay
Devgn,
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Hrithik
Roshan)
fighting
it
out
for
a
place
at
the
top.
Then
there
are
the
current
set
of
boys
(Ranbir
Kapoor,
Shahid
Kapoor,
John
Abraham,
Imran
Khan,
Neil
Nitin
Mukesh),
who
are
getting
their
credentials
in
place
to
be
Generation
Next
superstars.
And
then
there
is
Emraan
Hashmi,
who
has
been
enjoying
his
own
loyal
audience
over
the
last
seven
years.
This
correspondent
catches
up
with
the
young
man,
who
has
been
going
through
a
very
good
phase
in
his
career,
especially
post
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbai,
which
has
turned
out
to
be
his
biggest
grosser
till
date
and
is
still
running
at
a
few
centres.
Let
me
begin
with
a
cliched
question.
With
Crook,
you
are
coming
up
with
your
annual
Bhatt
starrer.
Really,
you
seem
to
be
pretty
content
signing
most
of
your
films
with
them.
Come
on,
how
can
you
say
that?
I
think
people
should
have
stopped
asking
me
this
question
a
year
back
when
I
started
work
on
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbai.
Now,
my
next
film
Dil
Toh
Bachcha
Hai
Ji
is
with
Madhur
Bhandarkar.
I
would
also
be
working
in
the
next
films
of
Milan
(Luthria)
and
Dibakar
(Banerjee).
I
guess
this
is
a
good
number
of
movies
outside
Vishesh
Films.
Errr...that's
true
actually.
Having
said
that,
Mohit
(Suri)
and
you
definitely
are
a
team,
aren't
you?
After
all
your
partnership
that
started
off
with
Zeher
has
continued
with
Kalyug,
Gangster,
Awarapan,
Raaz
-
The
Mystery
Continues
and
now
Crook.
Well
yes,
our
sensibilities
are
pretty
much
matching.
We
have
given
hits
together
but
it
is
important
that
we
don't
become
complacent
or
get
carried
away.
Even
though
he
is
a
family
member,
we
respect
each
other
as
creative
professionals.
Even
for
Crook:
It"s
Good
To
Be
Bad,
I
had
to
make
myself
100%
sure
on
whether
I
really
wanted
to
do
it.
I
was
sure
that
if
the
film
would
have
only
been
about
racism,
I
wouldn't
have
done
it.
But
then
eventually
that
is
being
used
as
a
selling
point,
isn't
it?
No,
it
isn't.
Are
you
seeing
us
taking
out
any
kind
of
flag
march
or
protests
around
the
issue?
Do
you
see
us
getting
into
any
kind
of
debates
in
any
of
the
forums?
Till
date,
we
have
never
claimed
that
with
this
film
is
going
to
find
a
solution
to
a
social
problem
like
this.
All
we
are
doing
is
telling
a
story
in
an
entertaining
manner.
Still,
knowing
the
reputation
of
coming
up
with
hard
hitting
films,
Vishesh
Films
would
again
be
accused
of
using
a
global
issue
for
their
benefit...
(Interrupts)
There
would
be
people
all
the
time,
who
would
have
something
to
say.
Log
to
kuch
naa
kuch
kehne
hi
waale
hain;
aap
kuch
bhi
kaam
kar
lo.
As
I
said,
all
we
are
doing
is
picking
up
an
issue
and
sharing
a
point
of
view.
Neither
are
we
changing
the
society
nor
aspiring
to.
You
also
mentioned
that
the
story
is
being
told
in
an
entertaining
manner.
Really,
when
the
subject
of
discussion
is
something
as
severe
as
racism,
how
does
the
entertainment
quotient
set
in?
Well,
for
any
story
to
work
with
a
larger
mass
of
audience,
there
has
to
be
a
human
aspect
to
it
as
well.
(Mahesh)
Bhatt
saab
likes
doing
it
that
way,
and
rightly
so.
Even
in
Jannat,
when
the
issue
being
raised
was
around
match
fixing,
the
focal
element
was
a
strong
love
story
and
morality
of
this
character.
Same
holds
good
in
Crook
where
the
choice
is
between
good
and
bad.
It
is
about
looking
within
yourself
rather
than
only
the
external
forces
at
play.
However,
you
seem
to
be
spreading
the
message
of
'it's
good
to
be
bad'.
Looks
like
you
are
continuing
to
play
characters
that
are
anti-heroes
for
sure,
if
not
the
villain.
You
did
the
same
in
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbai
as
well.
In
fact,
I
had
reservations
about
doing
a
film
like
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbai,
hich
was
about
underworld.
There
have
been
films
made
in
the
past
that
have
set
benchmark
in
this
genre.
Pick
up
Company,
Satya
or
Vaastav
-
these
are
all
cult
movies.
I
didn't
want
to
do
a
crime
film
that
was
any
lesser
than
these.
Milan
(Luthria)
had
to
do
some
convincing
before
I
nodded
in
agreement.
You
must
be
pleased
with
the
results
today...
Picture
chal
jaaye
toh
hindsight
mein
toh
sab
achcha
lagta
hai.
But
imagine
the
time
when
I
had
to
take
a
judgemental
call.
The
film
was
a
risk
because
despite
an
interesting
storyline,
it
was
very-very
different
from
anything
else
that
is
being
made
today.
There
is
always
a
scare
factor
that
people
would
step
into
the
film
with
some
preconceived
notion
and
then
not
be
entirely
happy
with
what
is
offered
to
them.
In
this
context,
were
you
far
more
confident
about
Crook
from
the
very
beginning?
My
instinct
says
that
audience
will
really
connect
to
the
film
and
the
character.
I
could
sense
that
at
the
time
when
I
had
signed
the
film
and
it
also
works
for
me
today
when
it
is
ready
for
release.
I
know
for
sure
that
Crook
is
a
winner.