A
news
report
about
trouble
in
his
marriage
has
Emraan
Hashmi
far
from
fazed.
At
least,
he's
outwardly
calm.
Taking
a
deep
breath
he
says,
"My
wife
didn't
react
to
the
story
at
all.
My
marriage
isn't
so
brittle
that
it'd
crumble
because
of
one
article.
I
admit
there
would've
been
problems
if
she
didn't
trust
me.
And
if
she
felt
there
was
any
truth
to
it
(about
Emraan's
extra-marital
affair),
my
wife
would
walk
out
of
the
front
door"
Emraan's
mentor
Mahesh
Bhatt
was
also
brought
into
the
story
as
the
mediator.
"I
saw
it.
Then
I
shut
it
and
went
off
to
work.
My
wife
saw
the
story
with
me.
She
didn't
react
at
all.
I'm
honest
in
my
marriage."
Emraan
is
unable
to
pinpoint
where
the
story
emanated
from.
"I
just
saw
what
they
had
written.
I
moved
on.
My
wife
is
with
me.
And
that's
what
counts.
No
trouble
in
my
jannat.
We
completed
a
year
of
marriage
in
December.
There
have
been
ups
and
downs.
We
were
friends
from
long
before
marriage.
So,
we
understand
each
other.
We
share
everything.
It's
a
relation
of
trust.
And
that
trust
remains
unbroken.
From
the
day
I
came
into
the
industry
I
was
ready
for
this
kind
of
thing.
This
line
isn't
for
the
faint-hearted.
As
for
my
wife,
I've
trained
her.
This
isn't
the
first
whiff
of
a
scandal
in
our
life
together.
As
I
said,
we
trust
each
other."
Emraan
has
been
lying
really
low.
"After
Awaarapan
I
was
busy
with
my
next
film
Jannat.
Now
that
the
film
is
almost
done
I've
been
shuttling
around,
traveling
editing.
It
isn't
as
though
I
keep
away
from
the
media.
But
I
feel
my
work
gives
me
a
greater
satisfaction.
I'd
rather
talk
about
my
work."
Jannat
goes
in
the
forbidden
territory
of
cricket
-fixing.
"It's
directed
by
debutant
Kunal
Deshmukh.
It's
very
topical.
At
its
center
is
the
relationship
between
my
character
and
the
woman
in
his
life
and
the
compromises
that
I
make
to
become
successful.
My
character
adopts
both
fair
and
unfair
means
to
be
affluent.
The
film's
wallpaper
is
the
cricketing
world.
I
play
a
small-
time
gambler
who
flourishes
as
a
better
and
match-fixing."
The
Bhatts
have
been
inspired
by
the
book
Fallen
Heroes
from
Tehelka.
"I
was
never
a
diehard
cricket
fan.
But
I
was
completely
fascinated
by
this
account
of
the
way
cricketers
are
blackened," says
Emraan.
Last
year,
Emraan
was
making
a
concerted
effort
to
move
away
from
the
Bhatt
camp.
"But
this
year,
I'm
doing
two
movies
with
them.
I'm
starting
from
scratch
with
Jannat.
It's
a
very
important
film
to
me.
That
devious
naughty
streak
which
audiences
like
was
missing
my
last
major
film
Awaarapan.
I
was
portraying
very
middle-aged
emotions.
Now
in
Jannat
I've
consciously
decided
to
not
be
that
serious." The
serial-kisser
is
back
in
Jannat.
"There's
a
new
girl
Sonal
in
Jannat
with
me.
I
don't
enjoy
the
image
of
the
serial
kisser,
not
after
being
kissed
by
a
man
in
a
mob
once.
The
image
hounds
me."
Even
Emraan's
wife
doesn't
enjoy
the
kisser's
reputation.
"But
right
now
after
trying
to
change
my
image
in
Awaarapan
I
crave
only
for
a
hit.
I
want
the
box-office
at
any
cost."
After
Jannat,
Emraan
has
another
film
Bhatt
film
lined
up.
"It's
Raaz
2.
We
aren't
sure
if
it
will
be
a
sequel
to
the
first
Raaz.
We're
still
scripting.
But
the
eerie
hysteria
of
the
first
part
will
persist.
As
for
my
private
jannat
(marriage)
so
far
so
good." Parenthood?
“I'm
too
immature
for
it
right
now."
Story first published: Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 18:39 [IST]