Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi has finally spoken out about the viral craze surrounding a famous scene and line from Aryan Khan’s OTT series, The Bads of Bollywood***. This moment was inspired by Hashmi’s own career in film.
The new Netflix show has gotten a lot of attention in the entertainment world for its satirical take at the Hindi film industry, which includes a bold and unabashed look at fame, popularity, and controversy.
What Went Wrong
Actor Raghav Juyal, who plays a die-hard Emraan Hashmi fan, recreates the actor’s famous song “Kaho Na Kaho” in one of the most talked-about sequences. He also says a line that has gone viral:
“Akkha Bollywood ek taraf, Emraan Hashmi ek taraf.”
(One side has all of Bollywood, and the other has Emraan Hashmi.)
Fans are commemorating Hashmi’s lasting impact on the industry by talking about the debate on social media.
Emraan was happy that people now think of him as the person who made this viral event happen instead of his long-standing “serial kisser” moniker.
At the trailer releasing event for his next movie, Haq, Hashmi said:
“We knew that the dialogue from Ba*ds of Bollywood would go viral, but we never thought it would go viral like this.” Lesson learned.
He said with a laugh:
“I think before this, supporters either called me by my name or had a separate picture of me that started with the letter ‘S.’ I won’t mention it here. People remember that conversation when they talk about me now. So I don’t have any problems. I’m glad.
About Emraan Hashmi’s part in “The Ba*ds of Bollywood”
Emraan Hashmi plays an actor and intimacy coach in the show, helping the characters played by Lakshya and Sahher Bambba.
The Netflix show has seven episodes and a cast that includes Lakshya, Sahher Bambba, Bobby Deol, Raghav Juyal, Aanya Singh, Manish Chaudhari, Mona Singh, Vijayant Kohli, Manoj Pahwa, Gautami Kapoor, and Rajat Bedi.
The plot is around Aasmaan Singh (Lakshya), a novice with high hopes of being famous. He and his best buddy Parvaiz (Raghav Juyal) and manager Sanya (Aanya Singh) enter into the glamorous but cutthroat world of fame and movies.
Emraan Hashmi’s Next Movie “Haq”
Emraan Hashmi is getting ready for his next big movie, Haq, which is a courtroom drama based on the famous Shah Bano case from the 1980s (Mohd Ahmed Khan vs. Shah Bano Begum).
Emraan Hashmi plays Mohd Ahmed Khan and Yami Gautam plays Shah Bano Begum in the movie. It shows a dramatic legal and social confrontation that changed the course of Indian judicial history.
Suparn S. Varma directed the movie, which also stars Vartika Singh, Danish Husain, Sheeba Chadha, and Aseem Hattangady in important parts.
Vineet Jain, Vishal Gurnani, Juhi Parekh Mehta, and Harman Baweja made Haq under the Junglee Pictures label. The movie will come out in theaters on November 7, 2025.