name	Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
director	Milan Luthria
producer	Ekta KapoorShobha Kapoor
writer	Rajat Aroraa
starring
music	Pritam
cinematography	Aseem Mishra
editing	Akiv Ali
distributor	Balaji Motion Pictures
released
runtime	135 minutes
country
language	Hindi
budget
gross	}}

''Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai'' is a 2010 Indian period crime thriller film directed by Milan Luthria and produced by Ekta Kapoor. It stars Ajay Devgan, Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai, and Kangana Ranaut. The film, produced by Balaji Telefilms, was released on 30 July 2010 and received positive reviews from critics, becoming a hit at the box office.

Plot

The film opens with a suicide attempt by ACP Agnel Wilson (Randeep Hooda) on the pretext of the Bombay Blasts in 1993. When questioned, he breaks down claiming the recent events as his fault, citing that 18 years ago when he was posted as the ACP in the Mumbai crime branch, his inability to take the required action led to the rise of Shoaib Khan (Emraan Hashmi), who played a key role in these blasts. He then goes on to narrate the time in Bombay during the 1970s, when it was ruled by smuggler Sultan Mirza (Ajay Devgan), his downfall and the consequent rise of Shoaib to power.

After being hit by a flood in his hometown in Madras, Mirza arrives in Mumbai, where he starts working as a coal shoveler who smuggles gold items. Despite having a meager earning, he never fails to help the poor and needy and earns their support and respect. Gradually, he becomes the kingpin of smuggling world in Mumbai. He successfully divides the area among four gangsters peacefully, thus pinning the police in the deck and becoming the leader of Mumbai's underworld activities. Despite being a criminal, Mirza is shown to be a godfather like figure to the people and a man of principles. He is against smuggling contraband as it is against his Muslim faith.

Mirza has a crush on Bollywood actress Rehana (Kangna Ranaut) and eventually the two begin to date each other, and Sultan invests black money in her upcoming films. ACP Wilson moves to stop Rihana's films funded by Sultan. But he is tricked by Sultan and Rihana and gets framed for accepting bribe, damaging his credibility.

Meanwhile Shoaib is a very ambitious person with a very dark and daring character right from his childhood. His father, a sub-inspector in Bombay Police, tries very hard to control him unsuccessfully. He grows up to become a notorious gangster, being frequently involved in petty robberies. Worried, Shoaib's father turns to Sultan for help to which he agrees and helps him set up an electronics shop. But Shoaib is unsatisfied, as his only ambition now is to become rich and powerful like Mirza. Shoaib's girlfriend Mumtaz (Prachi Desai) works in a local jewellery shop, which Shoaib visits often and gives her stolen jewelry. One day when a customer recognizes her necklace on Mumtaz, she decides to confront him. This enrages Shoaib who beats up the owner of the necklace and destroys his shop. He goes to Sultan to be a part of his crime ring. Seeing his potential, Sultan agrees to take him under his wing. Shoaib learns the tricks of the trade and soon becomes Sultan's trusted aide. ACP Wilson considers Shoaib's ideas and dark ambitions for quick money and power in a potential conflict to Sultan's ideals and hence foresees Shoaib causing the eventual downfall of Sultan. He even refrains from killing Sultan and Shoaib at one point. Finally when Shoaib becomes invincible, he blames himself for the catastrophe.

Meanwhile, Sultan decides to enter politics and goes to Delhi to meet the Home Minister of India, handing over his power to Shoaib. The money, unlimited power and Shoiab's unscrupulous ambitions lead him to carry out trades and acts which Sultan himself strongly condemns. He starts manufacturing illicit liquor, accepts contract killings, starts investing in drug peddling and runs extortion rackets. Finally when Sultan returns to Bombay and finds out about Shoaib's misdeeds, he goes to meet Shoaib and slaps him for his unethical activities. This infuriates Shoaib and he plots revenge. One day while campaigning for his new party, as Sultan addresses the people on the dais, Shoaib shoots Sultan fatally, thus ending the saga of a smuggler who was loved by his people.

Agnel, who was narrating the story, admits later that Shoaib has established an empire and operates from other countries as the kingpin of Mumbai. No government or force can reach or harm him.

Cast

Ajay Devgan as Sultan Mirza

Emraan Hashmi as Shoaib Khan

Kangna Ranaut as Rehana

Prachi Desai as Mumtaz

Randeep Hooda as ACP Agnel Wilson

Avtar Gill as Home Minister

Naved Aslam as Patrick

Sanjeev Wilson as Chandru

Mehul Bhojak as Javed

Ravi Khanwilkar as Vardhan

Asif Basra as Sub-Inspector Hussain Khan

Anuj Tikku as The Man whom Shoaib beats outside doctor's home.

Inspiration for the film

The film depicts the growth of the Mumbai underworld, from crime and smuggling in its early stages to its connection with international terrorism in recent times. It is believed to be loosely based on the lives of the real gangsters Haji Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim, as the characters Sultan and Shoaib respectively. Originally Sanjay Dutt was chosen to play the role of Haji Mastan but the role went to Ajay Devgan instead.

Reception

Critical reception

The film is rated 6.0/10 on the Hindi film review aggregator website ReviewGang, indicating generally favorable reviews. Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN rated the film 2.5 out of 5 saying, "The film is watchable and enjoyable in parts even, but it doesn't quite pull off the retro chic tone it was going for". Ians rated the movie 3.5 out of 5 saying, "Rajat Arora’s dialogues flow from the storytelling in a smooth flow of poetry and street wisdom." Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave it 4/5 and called it "An outstanding Cinematic experience". Nikhat Kazmi of the Times Of India gave it 4/5 and stated, "Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai offers you both substance and soul, even as it dabbles with a slice of reality". Rediff gave it 4/5 and said, "Book your tickets now".

Box office

''Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai'' managed to have a decent weekend despite starting slowly. The film picked up from Friday evening and managed to have good Saturday and Sunday collections. The approx breakdowns are 5.50 crore (Friday), 7 crore (Saturday) and 7.75 crore (Sunday) for a 20.25 crore weekend. The film grossed Rs.78.03 crore worldwide at the end of its ninth week, and was declared a Hit by box office India.

Awards and nominations

;2011 Star Screen Awards Won

Star Screen Award for Best Popular Music - Pritam

;6th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards Won

Apsara Award for Best Screenplay – Rajat Arora

Apsara Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Prachi Desai

Nominated

Apsara Award for Best Film - Balaji Motion Pictures

Apsara Award for Best Actor - Ajay Devgn

Apsara Award for Best Director - Milan Luthria

Apsara Award for Best Dialogue - Rajat Arora

Apsara Award for Best Choreography - Raju Khan for "Parda Parda"

Apsara Award for Best Lyrics - Irshad Kamil for "Pee Loon"

Apsara Award for Best Music - Pritam

Apsara Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) - Mohit Chauhan for "Pee Loon"

Apsara Award for Best Playback Singer (Female) - Tulsi Kumar for "Tum Jo Aaye"

Apsara Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role - Emraan Hashmi

Apsara Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) - Emraan Hashmi

;2011 Zee Cine Awards Won

Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Female - Prachi Desai

Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer - Male - Mohit Chauhan for "Pee Loon"

Zee Cine Award for Best Dialogue - Rajat Arora

Nominated

Best Actor - Male - Ajay Devgn

Best Film - Balaji Motion Pictures

Best Director - Milan Luthria

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Song of the Year - "Pee Loon"

Best Music Director - Pritam

Best Playback Singer - Female - Tulsi Kumar for "Tum Jo Aaye"

Best Lyricist - Irshad Kamil for "Pee Loon" and "Tum Jo Aaye"

Best Supporting Actor - Emraan Hashmi

Best Supporting Actress - Kangna Ranaut and Prachi Desai(won)

Best Story - Rajat Arora

Best Cinematography - Aseem Mishra

Best Editing - Akiv Ali

;Global Indian Music Awards,2011 Won

''Best Music Arranger & Programmer'' - Sandeep Shirodkar for the Song Pee Loon

''Best Lyricist'' - Irshad Kamil for the Song Pee Loon

''Best PlayBack Singer(Male)'' - Mohit Chauhan for the Song Pee Loon

''Best Song of The Year'' - Pee Loon

''MTV Hot Pick of The Year'' - Tum Jo Aaye

;International Indian Film Academy Awards Won

''IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress'' - Prachi Desai

Soundtrack

name	Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai
type	Soundtrack
artist	Pritam
cover	OUTIM.jpg
released	28 June 2010
genre	Soundtrack
label	T-Series
last album	''Khatta Meetha''(2010)
this album	''Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai''(2010)
next album	''Aashayein''(2010) }}

The film's soundtrack was released on 28 June 2010. The music is composed by Pritam and lyrics are penned by Irshad Kamil, Neelesh Misra and Amitabh Bhattacharya.

Track listing

"Pee Loon" "I Am In Love" "Parda" "Baburao Mast Hai" "Tum Jo Aaye Zindagi Mein" (Reprise) "I Am In Love" "Pee Loon" (Remix) "I Am In Love" (Dance Mix)

No. !! Track !! Singers !! Duration
01	"Tum Jo Aaye Zindagi Mein"	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan & Tulsi Kumar
02	|	Mohit Chauhan	4:47
03	|	Krishnakumar Kunnath>KK & Dominique Cerejo	4:47
04	|	Sunidhi Chauhan & Rana Mazumder	5:23
05	|	Mika Singh	4:49
06	|	Rahat Fateh Ali Khan	4:45
07	|	Karthik (singer)>Karthik	5:01
08	|	Mohit Chauhan	4:50
09	|	Krishnakumar Kunnath>KK & Dominique Cerejo	4:42

Sequel

Due to the film's commercial and critical success, a sequel has been put into production. Akshay Kumar and Imran Khan have been roped in as the main leads. The sequel is currently entitled ''Once Upon a Time Again''. Sonakshi Sinha will play the role of Mandakini. The film is expected to start shooting in August 2012.

References

External links

Category:Indian action films Category:2010 films Category:Films about organized crime in India Category:Films set in India Category:Films set in Mumbai Category:Hindi-language films Category:2010s action films Category:Indian crime thriller films

name	Ajay Devgan
birth date	April 02, 1969
birth place	New Delhi, India
yearsactive	1991–present
occupation	Film actor, Director, Producer
spouse	Kajol(m.1999–present; 2 children)
birthname	Vishal Veeru Devgan
othername	Ajay Devgan
website	ajaydevgn.com }}

Ajay Devgan (), born Vishal Veeru Devgan on 2 April 1969, is an Indian film actor, director, and producer. He made his film debut with ''Phool Aur Kaante'' in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the film. He then starred in films such as ''Jigar'' (1992), ''Dilwale'' (1994), ''Suhaag'' (1994), ''Naajayaz'' (1995), ''Diljale'' (1996) and ''Ishq'' (1997). In 1999, Devgan received his first National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mahesh Bhatt's drama ''Zakhm''. Some of his later films of the decade are ''Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha'', ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' and ''Kachche Dhaage''. In the early 2000s, he starred in ''Lajja'' (2001) and ''Company'' (2002). In 2003, he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bhagat Singh in Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh''. Throughout his career he has given many critically and commercially successful films including ''Raincoat'' (2004), ''Yuva'' (2004), ''Omkara'' (2006), ''Golmaal: Fun Unlimited'' (2006), ''Golmaal Returns'' (2008), ''All the Best: Fun Begins'' (2009), ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai'' (2010), ''Golmaal 3'' (2010), ''Raajneeti'' (2010), and ''Singham'' (2011). Having done so, he has established himself as one of the leading actors of Bollywood. In 2008, he debuted as a film director with his starrer ''U Me Aur Hum'' which proved to be an moderate success at the box office. He then established the production house, ''Ajay Devgn Films''.

Biography

Devgan was born in Mumbai. His father Veeru Devgan, is originally Punjabi from Amritsar, Punjab. Veeru Devgan, is a stunt choreographer, and his mother Veena Devgan, has produced one film. Anil Devgan, his brother, is a Hindi film director. He is a graduate of Silver Beach High School in Juhu and Mithibai College. On 24 February 1999, he married Hindi film actress Kajol. The venue for the wedding was changed from a Sikh Gurdwara at Andheri in northwest Mumbai to the Devgan residence, after a newspaper revealed the location. The couple have two children. Their daughter Nysa was born 20 April 2003 and their son Yug was born 13 September 2010. In August 2009, Devgan changed his last name to Devgn on the request of his family. He became the first Bollywood personality to acquire a private jet for transport to shooting locations, promotions and personal trips.

Career

1990s

Ajay Devgan debuted in ''Phool Our Kaantee'' in 1991 which grossed 11,000,000 Indian rupees () and earned him Filmfare Award for Best Newcomer. In 1992, he starred in ''Jigar'' alongside Karisma Kapoor, which grossed 7,00,00,000. In 1993, he worked with director Deepak Bahry in the action film ''Ek Hi Raasta'', and with Deepak Pawar in ''Platform''. In 1994, Devgn worked in Harry Baweja's ''Dilwale'', ''Suhaag'' and ''Vijaypath". In 1995, he appeared in Mahesh Bhatt's ''Naajayaz'', for which he was nominated for "filmfare best actor award". In 1996, he continued with "Diljale". Devgn began starring in comedy films, such as ''Ishq'' in 1997. In 1998, he starred in ''Major Saab'' and ''Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha''. He next starred in Mahesh Bhatt's ''Zakhm''. He won several awards for his performance, including the National Film Award for Best Actor and the Star Screen Award for Best Actor Devgn's 1999 work included Sanjay Leela Bhansali's ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' as well as ''Hindustan ki kasam'' and ''Kachche dhage''.

2000s

In 2000, he worked in Harry Baweja's ''Deewane''. In this film, he essayed the role of two persons, where one is thief and another is police officer. The film was a flop at the box office. In the same year, he starred in his first home production ''Raju Chacha'' opposite wife Kajol. The film also bombed at the box office.

In 2001, he starred in ''Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke'' co-starring Madhuri Dixit and Preity Zinta. This film was an average grosser at the box office. His next release ''Lajja'', alongside Manisha Koirala, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff and Anil Kapoor, earned him a nomination for the "Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award". The film did not perform as expected at the box office. He then worked in Mahesh Manjrekar's ''Tera Mera Saath Rahen''.

In 2002, he featured in Ram Gopal Varma's fictional expose of Mumbai underworld ''Company''. He was nominated for Filmfare Best Actor Award and won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor. The film fared well at the box office. His next release was ''Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin'' alongside Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt and Aishwarya Rai.

In the same year, he starred in Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh''. The film didn't fare well at the box office. However, he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance. He then starred in Anees Bazmee's ''Deewangee''. The film was partially inspired by William Diehl's English language novel ''Primal Fear''. He won several awards for his negative role including, "Filmfare Best Villain Award", "Star Screen Award for Best Villain" and "Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role". This film was a success at the box office.

In 2003, he starred in Ram Gopal Verma's ''Bhoot'' opposite Urmila Matondkar. The film was appreciated critically & performed very well at the box office. He then starred in action thriller ''Qayamat: City Under Threat'' opposite debutante Neha Dhupia which was huge commercial success. He then worked in Milan Luthria's romantic film ''Chori Chori'' opposite Rani Mukherji and Sonali Bendre. This film did not succeed at the box office.

In that same year he featured in Prakash Jha's ''Gangaajal'', for which he was nominated for "Filmfare Best Actor Award". He then worked in Rohit Shetty's directional debut ''Zameen'', which grossed 16,00,00,000 and J. P. Dutta's war film ''LOC Kargil''.

In 2004 he was cast along with Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar in Rajkumar Santoshi's ''Khakee'' which grossed 36,25,00,000.The film had a bumper opening and was declared success in one week. He then appeared in director Indra Kumar's ''Masti: Sanam Teri Kasam''. The movie has average performance. Then he starred in critically acclaimed movies such as ''Yuva'' (his role was appreciated), and Rituparno Ghosh's ''Raincoat''. He then had cameo appearance in ''Taarzan: The Wonder Car''.

2005 was less successful for him as he starred in a series of flop movies like ''Insan'', ''Blackmail'', ''Main Aisa Hi Hoon'', ''Tango Charlie'' and ''Shikhar'' whilst ''Kaal'' and ''Apaharan'' succeeded at the Box Office. For his performance in Apaharan the Superstar was nominated National Film Award for Best Actor and Filmfare Best Actor Award. For his villanous performance in ''Kaal'' he was nominated Filmfare Best Villain Award

2006 was a remarkable year in his career as he starred in two of his famous films ''Golmaal'' and ''Omkara''. ''Omkara'' was a critical and a commercial hit in which he was cast in the title role and ''Golmaal'' was a sleeper hit and which was later followed by two super hit sequels ''Golmaal Returns'' and ''Golmaal 3''. He is also featured in a short documentary about Mumbai floods of 2005 named ''The Awakening''.

2007 was again disappointing for him as he starred only in 2 movies, one of which was Anubhav Sinha's action thriller ''Cash'' in which he was cast along with Sunil Shetty. The movie did a below average collection at the box-office and the other was ''Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag'' which was a remake of the 1975 classic] ''Sholay''. The film received extremely poor reception from critics, and is currently placed at number 14 on the bottom 100 movies on Imdb. The film is considered as a benchmark for bad movies.

In 2008 he worked with Rajkumar Santoshi and was cast with Pankaj Kapoor and Vidya Balan in Halla Bol. He then starred in director Rohit Shetty's third film ''Sunday'', before directing his first movie with wife Kajol and himself in lead roles. The film, titled ''U, Me aur Hum'', was an average success. He also had a cameo appearance in his brother Anil Devgan's film ''Haal–e–dil''. He starred with long-time friend Sanjay Dutt and actress Manisha Koirala in Afzal Khan's ''Mehbooba''. He then re-teamed with Rohit Shetty for the sequel of his hit film ''Golmaal: Fun Unlimited'', ''Golmaal Returns'' which was a blockbuster hit.

In 2009 he produced his third film ''All the Best'' also directed by Rohit Shetty. The film did good business and was a semi-hit. Later in the year he starred in Vipul Shah's ''London Dreams'' with Salman Khan and Tamil film star Asin. The film did not succeed and was declared a flop.

2010s

In the beginning of 2010 he worked with actors Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley in Leena Yadav's ''Teen Patti''. He starred in the comedy ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?'' alongside Paresh Rawal and Konkona Sen Sharma which was a success. He followed this with Prakash Jha's ''Raajneeti'' and Milan Luthria's ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbai''. Both movies were among the top grossers of 2010. Then he worked alongside Akshaye Khanna in Priyadarshan's rough adaptation of ''Mississippi Burning'', ''Aakrosh''. He again teamed up with Rohit Shetty for ''Golmaal 3''. The movie was a super hit and the fourth highest grossing movie in Bollywood history as it received mixed to good reviews. Then he starred in the animated film ''Toonpur Ka Super Hero''. In 2011 he again teamed up with Emraan Hashmi in Madhur Bhandarkar's comedy ''Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji'' which also starred Omi Vaidya and the film became a moderate success. He was a narrator in ''Yamla Pagla Deewana''. He also did a cameo role in the 2011 Salman Khan-starrer ''Ready''. Devgn's next film, ''Singham'', proved to be a milestone for him. The film grossed 100 crores net in India, making it the 7th film to do so. His latest film is ''Rascals'' which opened to mainly negative reviews, and was a box office flop. Devgn also established his own production house in his name, ''Ajay Devgn Films''.

Awards and honours

Among other awards and nominations, Devgan has won two National Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards.

Filmography

Actor

''Jigar'' ''Dil Hai Betaab'' ''Divya Shakti'' ''Platform (1993 film) ''Sangram (1993 film) ''Shaktiman (1993 film) ''Ek Hi Raasta (1993 film) ''Bedardi'' ''Dhanwan (1993 film) ''Dilwale ''Kanoon'' ''Vijaypath'' ''Suhaag (1994 film) ''Naajayaz'' ''Hulchul (1995 film) ''Gundaraj'' ''Haqeeqat'' ''Jung (1996 film) ''Jaan (film) ''Diljale'' ''Itihaas (film) ''Ishq (1997 film) ''Major Saab'' ''Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha'' ''Sar Utha Ke Jiyo (film) ''Zakhm'' ''Dil Kya Kare'' ''Kachche Dhaage'' ''Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet'' ''Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam'' ''Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999 film) ''Gair'' ''Thakshak'' ''Deewane'' ''Raju Chacha'' ''Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke'' ''Lajja (film) ''Tera Mera Saath Rahen'' ''Company (film) ''Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin'' ''The Legend of Bhagat Singh'' ''Deewangee'' ''Bhoot'' ''Qayamat: City Under Threat'' ''Chori Chori (2003 film) ''Gangaajal'' ''Parwana (2003 film) ''Zameen (2003 film) ''LOC Kargil'' ''Khakee'' ''Masti (2004 film) ''Yuva'' ''Taarzan: The Wonder Car'' ''Raincoat (film) ''Insan'' ''Blackmail (2005 film) ''Zameer: The Fire Within'' ''Tango Charlie'' ''Kaal'' ''Main Aisa Hi Hoon'' ''Apaharan'' ''Shikhar (film) ''Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke (2006 film) ''Golmaal: Fun Unlimited'' ''Omkara (film) ''The Awakening (2006 film) ''Cash (2007 film) ''Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag'' ''Halla Bol (film) ''Sunday (2008 film) ''U Me Aur Hum'' ''Mehbooba (2008 film) ''Golmaal Returns'' ''All the Best: Fun Begins'' ''London Dreams'' ''Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge?'' ''Teen Patti (film) ''Raajneeti'' ''Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai'' ''Aakrosh (2010 film) ''Golmaal 3'' ''Toonpur Ka Super Hero'' ''Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji'' ''Yamla Pagla Deewana'' ''Ready (2011 film) ''Singham'' ''Rascals (film) ''Tezz'' ''Bol Bachchan'' ''Power (2012 film) ''S.O.S.-Son Of Sardar'' ''Singham 2''

Year !! Film !! Role !! class="unsortable"	Notes
1991	''Phool Aur Kaante''	Ajay
1992	|	Raj "Raju" Verma
1993	|	Ajay
1993	|	Prashant Varma
1993	Platform'' ||	Rajoo
1993	Sangram'' ||	Raja S. Singh Kanwar
1993	Shaktiman'' ||	Amar
1993	Ek Hi Raasta'' ||	Karan Singh
1993	|	Vijay Saxena
1993	Dhanwaan'' ||	Kashinath
1994	|	Arun Saxena
1994	|	Vishal
1994	|	Karan
1994	Suhaag'' ||	Ajay R. Sharma/Malhotra
1995	|	Jay Bakshi	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1995	Hulchul'' ||	Deva
1995	|	Ajay Chauvan
1995	|	Shiva/Ajay
1996	Jung'' ||	Ajay Bahadur Saxena
1996	Jaan'' ||	Karan
1996	|	Shyam
1997	Itihaas'' ||	Karan
1997	Ishq'' ||	Ajay Rai
1998	|	Virendra Pratap Singh
1998	|	Shekhar
1998	Sar Utha Ke Jiyo'' ||		Special appearance
1998	|	Ajay R. Desai	National Film Award for Best ActorNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1999	|	Anand Kishore
1999	|	Aftab
1999	|	Raju
1999	|	Vanraj	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
1999	Hindustan Ki Kasam'' ||	Ajay/Tauheed
1999	|	Vijay Kumar/Dev
1999	|	Ishaan Singh
2000	|	Vishal/Arun
2000	|	Shekhar/Raju Chacha
2001	|	Vicky/Rohit Verma
2001	Lajja'' ||	Bulwa	Nominated—Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
2001	|	Raj Dixit
2002	Company'' ||	Malik	Filmfare Critics Award for Best ActorNominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2002	|	Raja
2002	|	Sardar Bhagat Singh	Filmfare Critics Award for Best ActorNational Film Award for Best Actor
2002	|	Tarang Bharadwaj	Filmfare Best Villain Award
2003	|	Vishal
2003	|	Rachit
2003	Chori Chori'' ||	Ranbir Malhotra
2003	|	S.P. Amit Kumar	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2003	Parwana'' ||	Parwana
2003	Zameen'' ||	Col. Ranveer Ranawat
2003	|	Capt. Manoj Pandey
2004	|	Yashwant Angre	Nominated—Filmfare Best Villain Award
2004	Masti'' ||	Inspector Sikander
2004	|	Michael Mukherjee
2004	|	Deven Chaudhary	Cameo
2004	Raincoat'' ||	Manoj
2005	|	DCP Jai Prakash Phaswan
2005	Blackmail'' ||	Shekhar Mohan
2005	|	Suraj Chauhan
2005	|	Havaldar Mohammed Ali
2005	|	Kali Pratap Singh	Nominated—Filmfare Best Villain Award
2005	|	Neel
2005	|	Ajay Shastri	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2005	Shikhar'' ||	Gaurav Gupta
2006	Dharti Kahe Pukar Ke'' ||	SP Kunal Singh	Bhojpuri Film
2006	|	Gopal
2006	Omkara'' ||	Omkara "Omi" Shukla
2006	The Awakening'' ||		Short Film
2007	Cash'' ||	Karan/Doc
2007	|	Hirendra Chavan (Heero)
2008	Halla Bol'' ||	Ashfaq Khan/Sameer Khan
2008	Sunday'' ||	ACP Rajveer Randhawa
2008	|	Ajay Malhotra
2008	Mehbooba'' ||	Karan
2008	|	Gopal
2009	|	Prem Chopra
2009	|	Arjun
2010	|	Puneet
2010	Teen Patti ||	Sunny	Special appearance
2010	|	Sooraj
2010	|	Sultan Mirza	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2010	Aakrosh'' ||	Pratap Kumar
2010	|	Gopal
2010	|	Aditya
2011	|	Naren
2011	|	Narrator
2011	Ready'' ||	Raju	Cameo appearance
2011	|	Bajirao Singham	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actor
2011	Rascals'' ||	Bhagat
2012	|	Aakash Rehna
2012	|		Filming
2012	Power ||		Filming
2013	|		Filming
2013	|	Bajirao Singham	Pre-Production

Producer

Year !! Film !! Other notes
2000	''Raju Chacha''
2008	''U Me Aur Hum''
		2009	''All the Best: Fun Begins''
2012	''Bol Bachchan''
2013	''S.O.S.-Son Of Sardar''

Director

Year !! Film !! Other notes
2008	''U Me Aur Hum''

References

External links

Ajay Devgn's Official Site

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name	Emraan Hashmi
birth name	Emraan Anwar Hashmi
birth date	March 24, 1979
birth place	Mumbai, India
nationality	Indian
religion	Islam
gender	Male
occupation	Actor
years active	2003–present
girl friend	Santosh Gupta (Yatra.com) }}

Emraan Anwar Hashmi ( }}; (born 24 March 1979) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. Some of his successful films include ''Murder'', ''Gangster'', ''Jannat'', ''Raaz – The Mystery Continues'', ''Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai'', and ''Murder 2''. He has established himself as one of the successful actors of the industry. He is one of the most popular Indian film actors in Pakistan. He was chosen as the brand ambassador of LG mobile company in Pakistan.

Early life

Hashmi was born to Anwar Hashmi and Maherah Hashmi. After briefly changing his first name to Farhan, he decided to keep his original name.

Career

2000s

Hashmi entered in Bollywood at the age of 18, as an assistant director on ''Raaz''. Hashmi made his film debut in 2003 with the film, ''Footpath'', opposite Aftab Shivdasani, Bipasha Basu and Rahul Dev. ''Footpath'' did not do well at the box office.

In 2004, Hashmi and his co-star Mallika Sherawat shot to fame with the thriller, ''Murder'', which went on to become a super hit at the box office. It was Hashmi's first release of the year and his second film. It became the tenth-highest grossing movie of the year.

In 2005, Hashmi appeared in several films such as ''Zeher'', ''Kalyug'', which did moderately well at the box office. He became notable as the "Serial Kisser" for his sex scenes in films.

In 2006, Hashmi's film, ''Gangster'', opposite Shiney Ahuja and debutant Kangana Ranaut, was a semi-hit at the box office. His performance in ''Gangster'' earned him a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role in 2007.

In 2007, Hashmi had three back to back releases; ''Good Boy Bad Boy'', ''The Train'' and ''Awarapan''. All failed at the box office.

In 2008, Hashmi had only one release, ''Jannat'' opposite debutant Sonal Chauhan, which had a 100% opening making it a critical and commercial success.

His first release in 2009, ''Raaz – The Mystery Continues'', opened well and became the first box office success of the year. His second film of the year, ''Tum Mile'' opposite Soha Ali Khan, opened to mixed reviews and was rated a box office failure.

2010s

In 2010, he appeared in ''Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai'', which opened to positive reviews and was declared a hit at the box office. He was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2011, he starred in Mohit Suri's ''Murder 2'', a sequel to the 2004 thriller ''Murder''. The film opened well and was declared a blockbuster. His latest film ''The Dirty Picture'' was released on December 2, 2011.The film received positive reviews from crictics and was declared Blockbuster by Box Office India by end of its 4th week.

Hashmi is working on multiple films such as ''Shanghai'', ''Jannat 2'', ''Raaz 3'' and ''Play''. The actor is notably famous for having many hit songs in most of his films.

Personal life

Hashmi graduated from Sydenham College in Mumbai, India. Pooja Bhatt, an actress turned writer and director, and director Mohit Suri are his cousins, while producers Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt are his uncles. Hashmi married his long time girlfriend, Parveen Shahani on 14 December 2006. He became father to a baby boy on 4 February 2010 and named him Ayaan.

Awards and nominations

Filmography

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Movie
align="center" colspan="7">2003
	15th August	|	''Vikram Bhatt''	''Vishesh Films''	Aftab Shivdasani & Bipasha Basu	Raghu
align="center" colspan="7"	2004
	|	Anu Malik	''Anurag Basu''	''Vishesh Films''	Ashmit Patel & Mallika Sherawat	Sunny
Tumsa Nahin Dekha (2004 film)	Tumsa Nahin Dekha	|	Nadeem-Shravan	''Anurag Basu''	''Vishesh Films''	Dia Mirza	Daksh Mittal
align="center" colspan="7"	2005
Zeher	|	Anu Malik & ''Roop Kumar Rathod''	''Mohit Suri''	''Vishesh Films''	Udita Goswami, Shamita Shetty & ''Sameer Kochhar''	Siddharth Mehra
Aashiq Banaya Aapne	|	Himesh Reshammiya	Aditya Datt	Balabhai Patel	Sonu Sood & Tanushree Dutta	Vikram Mathur
Chocolate (2005 film)	Chocolate	|	''Pritam''	Vivek Agnihotri	Vibha Bhatnagar & Ragini Sona	''Arshad Warsi'', ''Anil Kapoor'', ''Sunil Shetty'', ''Irrfan Khan'', Sushma Reddy & Tanushree Dutta	Deva
Kalyug (2005 film)	Kalyug	|	Anu Malik	''Mohit Suri''	''Vishesh Films''	''Kunal Khemu'' & Amrita Singh	Ali Bhai
align="center" colspan="7"	2006
Jawani Diwani - A Youthful Joyride	|	Sajid-Wajid	Manish Sharma	Tips Industries>Tips Films Pvt. Ltd.	Celina Jaitley & Hrishitaa Bhatt	Mann Kapoor
Aksar	|	Himesh Reshammiya	Anant Mahadevan	Narendra Bajaj & Shyam Bajaj	Udita Goswami & Dino Morea	Ricky Sharma
Gangster (film)	Gangster	|	''Pritam''	''Anurag Basu''	''Vishesh Films''	Shiney Ahuja & ''Kangna Ranaut''	Akash
The Killer (2006 film)	The Killer	|	Sajid-Wajid	Hasnain Hydrabadwala & Raksha Mistry	''Vishesh Films''	''Nisha Kothari'' & ''Irfan Khan''	Nikhil Joshi
Dil Diya Hai	|	Himesh Reshammiya	Aaditya Datt	Balabhai Patel	Ashmit Patel, ''Geeta Basra'' & Mithun Chakraborty	Sahil Khanna
align="center" colspan="7"	2007
Good Boy Bad Boy	|	Himesh Reshammiya	Ashwini Chaudhary	Raju Farooqui	''Tusshar Kapoor'', Tanushree Dutta & Isha Sharvani	Raju Malhotra
Awarapan	|	''Pritam''	''Mohit Suri''	''Vishesh Films''	Shriya Saran & Mrinalini Sharma	Shivam
The Train (2007 film)	The Train	|	''Mithoon''	Hasnain Hyderabadwala & Raksha Mistry	Siddhivinayak Creations	Geeta Basra & Sayali Bhagat	Vishal Dixit
align="center" colspan="7"	2008
	|	''Pritam''	''Kunal Deshmukh''	''Vishesh Films''	''Samir Kochhar'', ''Sonal Chauhan'' & Vishal Malhotra	Arjun Dixit
align="center" colspan="7"	2009
Raaz – The Mystery Continues	|	Raju Singh, Pranay M Rijia, ''Toshi-Sharib'' & Gourov Dasgupta	''Mohit Suri''	''Vishesh Films''	''Kangana Ranaut'' & Adhyayan Suman	Prithvi Singh
Tum Mile	|	''Pritam''	''Kunal Deshmukh''	''Vishesh Films''	''Soha Ali Khan''	Akshay
align="center" colspan="7"	2010
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai	|	''Pritam''	''Milan Luthria''	''Balaji Telefilms''	''Ajay Devgn'', ''Kangna Ranaut'', ''Prachi Desai'' & ''Randeep Hooda''	Shoaib Khan
Crook (film)	Crook	|	''Pritam''	''Mohit Suri''	''Vishesh Films''	Neha Sharma & Arjan Bajwa	Jai Dixit / Suraj Bharadwaj
align="center" colspan="7"	2011
Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji	|	''Pritam''	''Madhur Bhandarkar''	''Madhur Bhandarkar'' & Kumar Mangat	Ajay Devgn, Omi Vaidya, Shazahn Padamsee, Shruti Haasan & Shraddha Das	Abhay Suri
Murder 2	|	Harshit Saxena, ''Mithoon'', Sangeet Haldipur & Siddharth Haldipur	''Mohit Suri''	''Vishesh Films''	''Jacqueline Fernandez'', Sudhanshu Pandey & Prashant Narayanan	Arjun Bhagawat
The Dirty Picture	|	''Vishal-Shekhar''	''Milan Luthria''	''Balaji Telefilms''	''Vidya Balan'', Naseeruddin Shah & ''Tusshar Kapoor''	Abraham
align="center" colspan="7"	2012
Jannat 2	|	''Pritam''	''Kunal Deshmukh''	''Vishesh Films''	Esha Gupta & ''Randeep Hooda''	Sonu Dilli KKC
Shanghai (2011 film)	Shanghai	|	''Vishal-Shekhar''	Dibakar Banerjee	PVR Pictures	''Abhay Deol'', ''Prosenjit Chatterjee'' & Kalki Koechlin	Joginder Parmar
Play (2012 film)	Rush	|	''Pritam''	Priyanka Desai & Shamin Desai	Percept Picture Company	Neha Dhupia & Sagarika Ghatge	Reporter Sam Grover
Raaz 3D	Raaz 3	|	''Mithoon'', Rashid & Jeet Ganguly	''Vikram Bhatt''	''Vishesh Films''	Bipasha Basu & Esha Gupta	Aditya Singh
align="center" colspan="7"	2013
Ghanchakkar	|					Yashpal Singh
Rensil D'Silva's Next	|
Parmeet Sethi's Next	|

In popular culture

Hashmi is a popular actor also in Pakistan then his home country. A serial on the leading television channel Hum TV by the name "Mein Tum Aur Imran Hashmi" which stars Noor Ul Hassan, Neelum Munir, Rubina Ashraf and Tipu Shah. The drama is about the life of fan of Emraan Hashmi.

References

External links

Emraan Hashmi Short Bio

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