Emraan Hashmi showed potential in his debut but his reputation as a serial kisser aided by intimate scenes with all his co-stars made more noise instead.Finally, the actor admits, he got ‘tired of kissing on screen’ and wanted to concentrate on meaty roles. The last few years have seen a noteworthy ascent in his acting and choice of roles.With his charismatic delivery in his latest, Ek Thi Daayan, Hashmi proves he has truly arrived. Here’s looking at 10 of his best performances.

The Bollywood horror movie directed by Kannan Iyer features Konkona Sen Sharma, Huma Qureshi and Kalki Koechlin as the leading ladies and was released on Friday. Putting beside the Ek Thi Daayan movie review, Emraan feels that he will be happy if audiences appreciate the performances of the ladies too.

It’s not just the serial kisser image that is synonymous to Emraan Hashmi, but the actor has also been the face of horror series in Bollywood recently. After being a part of the ‘Raaz‘ series, Emraan is set to return to the silver screen with yet another horror film ‘Ek Thi Daayan‘.Ek Thi Daayan, is for all the horror fans.

Emraan Hashmi is back on screen with another horror film and accompanying him this time are three beautiful ladies – Huma Qureshi, Kalki Koechlin and Konkona Sen Sharma.Directed by Kannan Iyer, the film deals with witches, witchcraft and are inspired by folklores. Ek Thi Daayan has been produced jointly by Ekta Kapoor and Vishal Bhardwaj.

The film is a screen adaptation of Konkona’s father Mukkul Sharma’s story.

Emraan plays the role of a magician in the film and Huma plays his love interest.
“It was great shooting a film with an interesting script. I always had a fascination for supernatural films,” Emraan said in an interview and added that with the film being placed in a “relatable world, with folklore of a witch being played out, is interesting”.”Ek Thi Daayan deals with daayans (witches) which has not been explored much in Indian cinema. It is a different interpretation of horror.

The film is more psychological and at the same time there are a couple of jump-out-of-seat moments. It does not have the cliches of the horror films, in fact it is tasteful horror,” said Emraan during an interview.Taking inspiration from the folklores, ‘Ek Thi Daayan’ brings back the popular notion of witches to the silver screen but at the same time it re-interprets the image of a ‘daayan’.”The folklores always talked about the daayans as old ladies with big bags. However, with ‘Ek Thi Daayan’ we have reinterpreted the image of a ‘daayan’ in film”, adds producer Vishal Bhardwaj.Let’s see whether the film spooks the audience or leaves them disappointed.

The National Award winning actress Konkona Sen Sharma was on a break for some time and she was last seen on the big screen in a brief role in Vishal Bhardwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf. She had also worked in Vishal’s Omkara too where she had an important role to play. Konkona will again be seen in Vishal Bhardwaj and Ekta Kapoor’s ‘Ek Thi Daayan’ which is a Horror Film.

This is the first time I am doing horror and I am collaborating with some great people like Vishal, Ekta, Huma Qureshi, so I am very excited about it,” said Konkana Sen Sharma. The actress last year gave birth to a baby boy and believes motherhood has changed her completely and helped her grow as an actress. Konkana also admitted that she does get scared by every little thing.

“I am very excited because I am coming after a long time as I had a baby. Now my baby is a little older and I have come back with quite an interesting film. This is the first time I am doing horror and I am collaborating with some great people like Vishal, Ekta, Huma Qureshi, so I am very excited about it.” said Konkona Sen Sharma. The actress last year gave birth to a baby boy and believes ‘Mother-Hood’ has changed her completely and helped her grow as an Actress. Konkona also admitted that she does get’s scared by every little things.

“I agree that Mother-Hood has helped me grow as an Actress. Since i am doing a Horror Film, Yes i do get little scared by everything. During my Childhood, I used to hear that at night you must not talk about ghosts. So we as Kids were always scared of talking about Ghost or Evil Spirits at night.” added the actress.

While most Bollywood hotties would love to have dolls modelled on them in their gorgeous best, actresses Konkona Sen Sharma, Kalki Koechlin and Huma Qureshi have done just the opposite. The three actresses, who will be seen in an upcoming supernatural thriller that also stars Emraan Hashmi – have lent their faces to dolls that have been modelled to look like daayans.According to insiders, the dolls will be dressed in black robes and will have their feet pointing backwards.

“Initially, when the filmmakers (producers Vishal Bhardwaj, Ekta Kapoor and director Kannan Iyer) came up with the idea of having these evil-looking dolls that would resonate with the theme of their film Ek Thi Daayan, there was no plan to make them look like either of the three actresses. In fact, when the team bounced these ideas to the cast, they were a bit apprehensive about how it will be received and joked that it would be nice to have the faces of their leads for the dolls. But then Konkona, Kalki and Huma sportingly agreed and the idea to make dolls replicating them came about,” shares the insider.

Reportedly, talks are underway between the production house and a leading brand of toy manufacturers to roll out these daayan dolls that will be part of the film’s merchandise. “It will be a unique marketing move, because so far we’ve only had doll replicas of super-heroes here, apart from Katrina, who has a doll modelled on her looks,” adds the insider.

Konkona Sen Sharma and Rahul Bose are all set to return to the silver screen for an upcoming comedy film. Bose’s I Am has been winning a lot of awards at the festival circuit and the actor is overjoyed with all the appreciation that he has been garnering. Konkona has not been seen on the big screen since quite a long time. The last film that she acted in was Vishal Bhardwaj’s 7 Khoon Maaf.

Rahul Bose and Konkona Sen Sharma have previously set the screen ablaze with their marvelous chemistry in films such as Mr & Mrs Iyer and 15 Park Avenue. Let’s watch how this magical duo tickles the audiences’ funny bone! Source

It can be called a co-incidence of sorts that most of the films that have done well at the ticket window this year star heroines whose names start with the initial K.

Starting with the most experienced Kajol who started the year on a high with the hit MY NAME IS KHAN, where she was paired with her favourite co-star Shah Rukh Khan. She did disappoint a bit with her second and third release, WE ARE FAMILY and TOONPUR KA SUPERRHERO, but her super sensitive act as Mandira in MNIK saved the day for Kajol and her fans.

Then comes the most successful and certainly the numero-uno heroine of Bollywood, Katrina Kaif, who has a super hit in form of RAAJNEETI and her latest release TEES MAAR KHAN too has embarked upon a historic start netting almost 40 crore during the first weekend itself, second only to the biggest DABANGG.

If Katrina is there can Kareena be left far behind? Well, not at all. Kareena Kapoor may have had a bad year with her moth ridden MILENGE MILENGE and WE ARE FAMILY failing at the turnstile but she did recover with the blockbuster GOLMAAL 3 thus ending the year on a high note. More

While Konkona Sen Sharma and Ranvir Shorey got married on September 3, pictures of their quiet wedding were released almost a month later. The media were kept away from the ceremony, and so this is the first time that the pictures were made public. While Konkona Sen Sharma and Ranvir Shorey got married on September 3, pictures of their quiet wedding were released almost a month later.

The media were kept away from the ceremony, and so this is the first time that the pictures were made public. Konkona’s mother Aparna Sen came with her husband Kalyan Roy and Konkona’s father Mukul Sharma came with his wife Vinita. Konkona’s elder sister Kamalini Chatterjee arrived from Cincinnati, Ohio, to be with her kid sister. Source

The Bong babe Konkona Sen Sharma has confirmed that she has tied the knot with her long-time boyfriend Ranvir Shorey at a private ceremony in Mumbai.

‘Hey guys. Ranvir and I got married on the 3rd September. Thanks for all the good wishes! Goodnight,’ Konkona, 30, posted on her microblogging page Twitter.

The couple, who got engaged in 2008, reportedly exchanged wedding vows in an intimate ceremony at their Goregoan residence. Only a small number of friends, including Fardeen Khan and Shilpa Shetty, attended.

While Ranvir, 38, was dressed as a Punjabi groom, Konkona wore a Bengali sari and her grandmother’s jewels.

‘We wanted you to read it here first but… we got married! Yay,’ wrote Ranvir on his Twitter page. ‘The best wish/advice I’ve received on marriage so far: ‘Congratulations! Don’t do it again.’ More

The bengali beauty Konkona Sen Sharma is going to marry her long time boyfriend actor Ranvir Shorey on Dec 27. The duo has been seeing each other for more than three years and is deeply in love. Last Year, the couple exchanged rings and now that both settled in their professional life, they wanted to take their relationship to a new height.

Speaking about the wedding ceremony, an insider reveals, that Konkona’s mother “Aparna is thrilled at the turn of events. She has been shopping for her daughter’s wedding trousseau at all the big sari shopping arcades in Kolkata. The jewelery will come from one of the most famous jewellers of Kolkata. Director Rituparno Ghosh, whom Konkona calls mama (uncle in Bengali) will dress up the bride and do her chandan design on the face while designer Sabyasachi Mukherji will most probably design the bride’s wedding outfit.”

Konkona will next be seen with Ranbir Kapoor in Wake Up Sid! She will carry with her acting career even after marriage. However, mother and filmmaker Aparna Sen denied the authenticity of the report. Source

After seeing the craze of their film, the makers of Wake Up Sid, Dharma Productions felt their lead actress Konkona Sen Sharma wasn’t looking her best. They conveyed this to Konkona in polite words and requested her for a re-shoot of all these portions. This would have lead to additional production costs but they were game for it. But then Koko banged her furious foot down declaring, “This is what I am and this is what you shall get!”

Director Ayaan Mukherjee (Rani’s cousin) had no option but to move on to the next schedule. Unit insiders claim, Konkona was signed on for the project as the script demanded an ordinary looking girl who was a perfect contrast to the film’s lead actor Ranbir Kapoor. So one wonders why the makers were creating a fuss about it all. Source

Konkona Sen Sharma will be seen in a character of a homosexual in Rohan Sippy’s next film, The President is Coming. Konkana’s character, Maya Roy, is a lesbian. The film is in English and directed by debutant Kunaal Roy Kapur, who has also directed the same script as a play earlier.

The source added, “Konkana did not want to be prejudiced and wanted to play the character in her own way. She thought that watching the play before the film’s shooting could affect her spontaneity.” Konkana playing a lesbian was kept under wraps by the filmmakers. Our source revealed, “It was meant to surprise the audience.

But the focus of the film is not Konkana’s sexuality, it is a humourous film about six ambitious Indians who will stop at nothing to win a handshake with President Bush. It is a mockumentary!”

When we asked Konkona if she was playing a lesbian in The President is Coming, she quipped, “It won’t be fair to reveal anything so soon, but after Dostana, do you think only boys should have all the fun?” The film also stars Shernaz Patel and Ira Dubey. Source

The couple Ranvir Shorey and Konkona Sen Sharma is in sync with each other as they both do not like to talk to the media about their personal lives.

“I don’t like to talk about my personal life to the media, only about my films,” says Konkona.

“I don’t talk about my personal life to media,” says Ranvir.

The two will be seen together in a short film directed by none other than Mira Nair. Titled How Can It Be? this film will be clubbed together with seven other short films for a portmanteau titled Eight. “Mira Nair’s film is basically about a couple whose marriage is not working out and it’s the individual dynamics of that particular family. And how she deals with her husband and she leaving the marriage, the house,” explains Konkona.

Meanwhile, Ranvir — who has just been seen in two out-and-out commercial potboilers Singh is Kinng and Ugly Aur Pagli — seems to be completely bowled over by his first encounter with Mira Nair.

“I’m intoxicated to work with Mira Nair. Any actor working with a director like her would want to impress her. She is such an intuitive director,” says Ranvir. More