He has been tagged as a serial kisser thanks to his intimate scenes in almost every film he has been a part of but what does actor Emraan Hashmi’s wife have to say about these? We asked him. “I don’t tell her about the scenes. I do tell her about the films I’m doing. She doesn’t hear about it in detail.

She is a film buff but she is not struck by glamour. She has her own life,” the 33-year-old confided in us during his recent visit to the HT House. But doesn’t the lady of the house mind the intimate scenes? “She might have issues but she understands that it’s my professional requirement. She is non-interfering,” said the actor, who is elated his two-and-half-year old son Ayaan is getting to know him through films.

“He sees me on TV. He is still trying to understand things. He dances to my songs,” said Hashmi, who has managed to prove his acting prowess by not sticking to the Bhatt camp and doing films such as Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai and Shanghai to name a few. “After Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai, people started waking up and realised that ‘he is just not a Bhatt boy who does erotic thrillers. He can also play characters.’ They were a bit apprehensive of giving me a chance to do something else. Then someone stood up and said ‘he can do something else’,” said Hashmi. Does he agree that the industry was apprehensive of casting him. “Yes it was. It was also because I was only doing films with the Bhatts,” he said.