After impressing everyone with his performance in Tiger 3 as a villain, Emraan Hashmi is all set to entertain the fans with the second part of his series Showtime. The actor is currently busy promoting it and during one of the interviews, he talked about his 'serial kisser' image in Bollywood. 

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In an interview with Shubhankar Mishra, Emraan Hashmi opened up on being typecast and labelled as 'serial kisser' in Bollywood and said, "I think bahot saare artists ke sath ek patent cheez ho jaati hai, ek image set ho jaata hai, aur wo unka saath nahin chodhta hai (With many artists it becomes a patent thing, an image is set, and it doesn't leave them)."

He further stated the example of Shah Rukh Khan and said that the superstar has had an illustrious career; however, he is mostly identified with his signature arms opening pose. He called it a "compliment" for Shah Rukh while adding that Salman Khan removes his T-shirt in films and Anil Kapoor has 'Jhakaas' dialogue as their patent things. He further added that these are the labels that actors get which become an easy identification. 

Emraan Hashmi further opened up if the 'serial kisser' image bothered him and said, "I don't blame the audience. A large part of my career until 2009, 7-8 saal tak, woh image thaa mera joh producers sell kar rahey the. Mai khud sell kar raha tha (A large part of my career till 2009, for 7-8 years, it was my image that the producers were selling. I was selling it myself)." 

Talking about his lip-lock scenes in Murder, Emraan said that it was a "sticking point" in Hindi cinema as the audience hadn't watched such "bold quotient" and "unapologetic rebellious characters" back then. he added that during those times, his characters were "tainted" and would do "unethical activities" unlike other heroes who would be "righteous".

Showtime is a satire on Bollywood and also stars Rajeev Khandelwal, Mouni Roy, Mahima Makwana, and Shriya Saran in key roles. The second part of the series is set to stream on Disney+ Hotstar from July 12. Not only this, Emraan Hashmi will also be seen playing the villain in the movie OG, marking his Telugu debut alongside Pawan Kalyan and Priyanka Mohan. 

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