Emraan to play Mahesh Bhatt in TDP :Cinejwala:

There has been much hullabaloo over Emraan Hashmi’s controversial character in his forthcoming film ‘The Dirty Picture’. While film’s other leads in the name of Naseeruddin Shah and Tusshar Kapoor play Vidya Balan aka the on-screen Silk Smitha’s love interests, Emraan is the one who plays her lover in disguise. It is said that Emraan’s character is the one who hates Vidya’s character. However now it is heard that Emraan’s character is inspired by his uncle Mahesh Bhatt who was not a ‘Silk Smitha’ fan either. Apparently Mahesh Bhatt hated the original Silk Smitha during his active days as a director. It is also said that Emraan asked his uncle Mahesh to share some details of his encounters with Silk.

However the inspiration of Emraan’s character was kept under wraps to avoid controversies and the makers cleverly added a romantic angle to Emraan and Vidya’s part in the film to shun other comparisons as well.