Rush more satisfying than INR1 billion films: Emraan

The actor believes he has accomplished a mission with his film Rush.

MUMBAI:

Emraan Hashmi’s film Rush released on October 26 to a lukewarm response, but for the actor, it remains a special film. He says the movie is much more satisfying than his other hit films as he managed to fulfil the wish of its original director Shamin Desai, who died earlier this year.

“A journalist sent me an SMS saying only 20 people are sitting in the hall for your film. So I replied, ‘I feel more victorious in this film (Rush) than even an INR1 billion film, because I fulfilled a dying man’s last wish’,” the 33-year-old said in an interview.

After announcing his maiden directorial venture in 2010, originally titled Raftaar 24x7, the original director of Rush, Shamin Desai died in January 2011. Later, his wife Priyanka Desai re-announced the film in October 2011 and titled it Rush.

Emraan says Rush, in which he plays a crime journalist, is “a mission accomplished for him.”

“Shamin, a friend and a colleague, whose film could not be completed for almost three years, this was the only way to salvage this film and give his wife, his family and him the due. He had worked so hard on the film and I wanted to release it and for me it’s a mission accomplished,” he said.

For Emraan, it’s been a successful run at the box office so far, with movies like Jannat 2, Shanghai and Raaz 3.

Talking about the dynamics of the business, Emraan says technically his films have proved to be bigger money spinners than other INR1 billion films.

Emraan’s forthcoming films include Ghanchakkar, Ek Thi Daayan and Unglee. 

Published in The Express Tribune, October 31^st, 2012.

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