
Isn't it remarkable that two stars were created with that epic hit song 'aashiq banaaya aapne'?
Too remarkable to be true. There's just one dude.
Himesh was a budding composer who wanted to make it big in acting as well - a not-so-secret ambition. The first character he played was in real life and was one that he wrote himself - to turn into Emran Hashmi. Why did he do it? Well, let's say you manufacture shampoo - don't you want to have brands for each strata of society? Hashmi kisses for the A-graders and Himesbhai cracks the B and C centres with his ridiculously bad movies. The brand names don't dilute each other.
It's good to note that Emran/Himes pulled off this mindboggling duplicity with his trademark wry sense of humour. If you anagramise "Himesh Reshamiyan", it reads "Emran Hashmi is he". Need I say more?