Kangana Ranaut & Emraan Hashmi Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s belonged to Gangster; the 2010s to Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai. Kangana Ranaut acted in every film; Emraan Hashmi acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Kangana Ranaut was a total unknown when she was cast opposite Emraan Hashmi in Gangster (2006). She later admitted she was so nervous on the first day that Emraan had to calm her down by cracking jokes between takes.
• In Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), Emraan Hashmi played the quiet, brooding gangster Shoaib while Kangana played his love interest. Their scenes together had zero physical intimacy — the tension came entirely from Emraan’s stillness and Kangana’s restless eyes. He set the pace; she brought the vulnerability.
• Gangster (2006) launched Kangana Ranaut as a mainstream star and gave Emraan Hashmi his first major critical hit after years of being typecast as a 'serial kisser'. The film’s success directly led to a wave of dark, noir-ish romantic thrillers in Bollywood — including the later Murder 2 and Jism 2.
• Despite making four films together, Kangana and Emraan never became close friends off-screen. In a 2017 interview, Kangana said they were 'strictly professional' and that Emraan kept to himself on set — they never even exchanged phone numbers.
• Emraan Hashmi on Kangana: 'She is one of the most instinctive actors I’ve worked with. In Gangster, she didn’t know her lines half the time, but she’d just feel the scene and it worked.' — Interview with Filmfare, 2010.