Emraan Hashmi breaks silence on his controversial Koffee With Karan episode, "I don't have a filter"
MUMBAI: Emraan Hashmi spoke to IndiaToday.in about his widely discussed ‘Koffee With Karan 4’ episode, which featured him with Mahesh Bhatt. Before the remaining episodes of ‘Showtime’ release on July 12, the actor spoke to us about his throwback viral episode on the Karan Johar-hosted show and how he still doesn’t have a ‘filter’.
Karan Johar, in a recent interview, said that ‘Koffee With Karan 8’ had the most boring Rapid Fire segment of all time. However, when Emraan Hashmi appeared on the show in 2014, it made for one of the most widely discussed Rapid Fires in the history of ‘KWK’. We asked Emraan if he would be a little filtered if he were to appear on the show now, especially in the era of social media.
“No, I won't”, the ‘Jannat’ actor told us. He further added, “I have an issue. I don't have a filter. First of all, just a disclaimer; I have the highest regard for everyone I spoke about in that Rapid Fire. It just so happened that the show's tonality has to be understood. Things are said in jest and things are said on a whim to win the hamper.”
He continued, “Sometimes, you can rub off a few people incorrectly. There's a tonality of the show, and that's where we went with a certain way of just enjoying ourselves.”
Emraan then spoke about expressing his thoughts freely in the era of social media. He said, “Yes, you're right. In this particular environment, it has become so difficult to express things in the way you did 10 years back. Whatever you call it, a social media outrage, a certain woke culture; you have to prescribe and toe the line over there. I have never done that. So maybe I'm restrained in a few things.”
He further added, “I will tell you this much, also in the way this show was, we were very clear that we can't go in such an extreme way to offend to a certain extent. The show was made probably 10 years back. The tonality will be slightly different. You have to keep in mind the tonality and environment when you're also acting or working on a show. That's important. Interviews, I don't know about that. I still wear my no-filter look.”
Emraan Hashmi and Mahesh Bhatt appeared in ‘Koffee With Karan 4’ in 2014. There, he had called Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ‘plastic’ and took a dig at Mallika Sherawat’s Hollywood debut. When asked what he would find in Mallika's bedroom, he quickly responded with, "An idiot's handbook to success in Hollywood." Several clips from the episode continue to go viral.
As for Karan Johar, he recently told film critic Sucharita Tyagi that season 8 of the show had the most boring rapid-fire sessions ever. “I was like, ‘why am I even doing this?’ You're not giving me questions. Should we just drop the rapid fire, and I will take the hamper because no one really deserves to win it. Now, I am like let's change the world of Koffee with Karan with the ninth season. And it will be back with all the fun and the chattiness,” he said.
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On the work front, Emraan Hashmi’s Disney+ Hotstar show ‘Showtime’ was released on March 8. The remaining three episodes will be released on July 12.
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