Emraan
Hashmi
opened
up
about
the
issue
of
actors
getting
stereotyped
in
the
Hindi
film
industry,
and
explained
how
he
has
tried
to
break
out
of
the
mold
that
was
created
around
him.
In
a
recent
interview,
he
explained
how
he
has
tried
different
roles
on
screen
through
non-mainstream
Bollywood
movies,
to
push
the
envelope.
Speaking
to
Hindustan
Times,
Emraan
took
his
recent
film
Harami's
example,
where
he
plays
a
50-year-old
professor
who
trains
a
gang
of
poor
kids
to
pickpocket.
"I
don't
think
I
would've
been
given
a
role
of
such
an
aged
guy
sporting
salt
and
pepper
hair,
glasses
etc
in
a
regular
commercial
film.
That's
not
how
those
scripts
are
penned.
So
along
with
enjoying
my
mainstream
journey,
l
love
dabbling
in
other
kind
of
cinema...
And
that's
when
I
do
a
Tigers,
or
a
Harami
and
step
out
of
the
regular
trappings
of
Bollywood,"
he
said.
He
continued
to
talk
about
how
getting
stereotyped
in
the
industry
doesn't
let
one
explore
their
potential.
"You
generally
get
labelled
and
are
seen
in
sync
with
certain
kind
of
films.
If
you're
doing
commercial
films
you're
bound
to
follow
certain
commercial
dictates.
You
might
play
different
characters
in
different
genres
but
you
still
are
a
Hindi
film
hero
so
to
say.
You
can't
really
push
the
envelope
too
much," said
Emraan.
He
further
added
that
he
has
a
creative
itch
as
an
artist,
which
he
tries
to
gratify
every
time
he
gets
a
good
opportunity
to
do
so.
He
said
that
he
enjoys
this
process
because
when
he
goes
back
to
commercial
cinema,
he
goes
back
refreshed.
"So
I
think
it's
important
to
break
the
rules,
stereotypes
and
do
something
outside
of
the
boundary.
I'm
not
saying
those
who
aren't
doing
it,
are
doing
wrong,
but
that's
how
I
see
it," he
said.
Talking
about
work,
Emraan
has
a
number
of
films
lined
up
including
Mumbai
Saga,
Chehre,
Ezra
and
Gangubai
Kathiawadi.