In a time when Bollywood usually leans extra into flashy beats than timeless melodies, the announcement of Awarapan 2 has stirred pleasure amongst followers of Emraan Hashmi and nostalgic Hindi movie music. The sequel to the 2007 cult hit Awarapan was formally revealed on Emraan’s forty sixth birthday. Whereas the movie itself is presently in pre-production, what’s already caught our consideration is Hashmi’s promise to revive the soulful musical period that after outlined his filmography.
Throughout a current interview with Siddharth Kannan, when requested if he misses the emotional, melody-driven music of his earlier movies, Emraan didn’t maintain again. He confidently mentioned, “Agle saal I’ll provide you with a chartbuster of an album from my movie, jo agle saal launch ho rahi hai, Awarapan launch ho rahi hai, toh usme aap dekhiye, jo misplaced melodies the, recollections of these melodies agle saal wapas aa jayengi. (Subsequent 12 months, I’ll provide you with a chartbuster of an album from my movie that is releasing subsequent 12 months—Awarapan is releasing—so that you’ll see, the misplaced melodies, the recollections of these melodies will return subsequent 12 months.)”
Although Emraan has usually been related to a number of the most iconic Hindi movie songs of the 2000s, he lately clarified in a chat with Ranveer Allahbadia that he by no means took credit score for these hits. In his view, these songs weren’t rigorously curated for fulfillment; as an alternative, they “simply labored like magic.” Many featured new and rising expertise who went on to change into large names within the business.
Emraan additionally spoke emotionally about his collaboration with the late singer KK, calling his loss an enormous shock to the music world and saying there will be no alternative for expertise like his.
Directed by Nitin Kakkar and written by Bilal Siddiqi, Awarapan 2 will hit theaters on April 3, 2026. It’s backed by Vishesh Movies. The identical banner that produced the unique and marks a return to a style that Emraan helped popularize together with his moody performances and intense romantic storylines. Whereas the sequel goals to select up from the place Awarapan left off, followers are equally wanting ahead to the music, which Emraan insists will echo the melodies that outlined a technology.
Along with Awarapan 2, Emraan has a number of different tasks lined up, together with his Telugu debut OG alongside Pawan Kalyan and Priyanka Mohan. He’s additionally a part of G2, the extremely anticipated sequel to Goodachari, and stars within the BSF drama sequence Floor Zero.
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