Emraan Hashmi discovers lady luck in young actresses

By Robin Bansal

New Delhi Ever wondered why Emraan Hashmi is so often paired opposite young actresses? It's because he's discovered lady luck in these new heroines and, as he says, "it makes some great on-screen chemistry and works for the film".



"Most of my successful films have been with new actresses and young girls," Emraan told IANS in a telephonic interview from Mumbai.

The 31-year-old will be wooing one-film-old Prachi Desai, 21, in thriller "Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai", debutante Neha Sharma, 22, in "Crook: It's Good To Be Bad", 24-year-old Sagarika Ghatge in "24x7 Raftaar" and Shruti Haasan, 24, in Madhur Bhandarkar's comedy "Dil To Bachcha Hai Ji".

"All these girls are extremely talented. Some of them are very new faces and there is always a want and a need by the audience to see fresh faces. It has worked in my films earlier and definitely worked for the audience too to

see me paired opposite them," he said.

Emraan's stint with younger actresses started with "Zeher" in 2005 in which he romanced then both one-film old Udita Goswami and Shamita Shetty. He then wooed Tanushree Dutta in her debut project "Aashiq Banaya Apne".

He then starred opposite Nisha Kothari, debutante Geeta Basra and Isha Sharvani, who were all 22 years old at the time in "The Killer", "Dil Diya Hai" and "Good Boy, Bad Boy".

Emraan also acted opposite 23-year-old Sayali Bhagat in her debut project "The Train" (2007) and then with 24-year-old Shriya Saran in "Awarapan" the same year. He then starred with debutante ...