There
was
a
time
when
Emraan
Hashmi
used
to
get
bored
of
cricket.
So
much
so
that
he
didn't
even
have
any
basic
idea
about
the
tournaments
in
progress
or
the
players
in
the
squad.
Not
that
the
situation
has
changed
dramatically
for
him
even
today
but
the
fact
is
that
at
least
he
has
started
warming
up
to
the
sport,
courtesy
to
his
role
of
a
bookie
in
Jannat.
"Frankly,
cricket
used
to
bore
me.
The
only
matches
which
I
could
probably
catch
for
a
while
were
the
ones
between
India
and
Pakistan
and
that,
too,
when
they
were
one
day
internationals.
However,
Twenty:20
is
able
to
catch
my
attention
to
some
extent," reveals
Emraan
Hashmi.
"For
someone
like
me
who
has
a
short
attention
span,
it
is
impossible
to
be
sitting
in
front
of
a
TV
for
8
hours
and
watch
100
overs
being
bowled.
I
tend
to
become
quite
impatient.
However,
with
so
much
glamour
and
entertainment
being
a
part
of
the
game
now,
I
am
considering
it
all
as
a
masala
outing
in
the
offering",
quips
an
amused
Hashmi.
Isn't
it
divine
intervention
that
Jannat
is
releasing
at
a
time
when
Twenty:20
is
at
its
peak?
While
all
other
recent
releases
are
falling
like
nine
pin,
Jannat
appears
to
be
only
film
which
should
keep
the
box
office
busy,
considering
its
contemporary
theme
of
cricket
and
the
world
of
betting
and
match
fixing?
"Of
course
we
never
planned
it
that
way
when
Jannat
was
being
made",
Emraan
says
with
an
honest
tone,
"But
yes,
when
it
is
all
working
now
for
us,
it
couldn't
have
been
better.
We
are
arriving
solo
as
well
which
is
an
added
advantage.
With
films
and
cricket
merging,
courtesy
Twenty:20,
it
should
benefit
Jannat."
Coming
back
to
Twenty:20,
how
does
he
see
it
changing
the
scene
of
Indian
sports?
Hashmi
shares
his
point
of
view
here,
"So
many
people,
like
me,
have
already
joined
the
fray
while
I
am
sure
people,
who
were
die-hard
one
day
international
followers,
have
also
shown
signs
of
tilting
towards
the
shorter
version.
With
Twenty:20
cricket,
50
over
match
seems
like
a
passe.
I
think
it
would
be
quite
difficult
for
people
now
to
go
back
to
spending
their
entire
day
watching
cricket."