After calling Aishwarya Rai Bachchan 'plastic' on Koffee With Karan, Emraan Hashmi says 'Was awestruck by her beauty'

Emraan Hashmi gave the best rapid fire in Koffee With Karan history back in season four when he had the company of Mahesh Bhatt. In one of the questions asked by Karan Johar on who was plastic in the industry, Hashmi named Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, inviting endless debates on social media. A decade later, while speaking about the actress on Connect FM Cannada in an interview, he said, “I have been starstruck by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Actually, I had never done this before. I waited outside her van when I was an assistant director with my cousin Mohit Suri. He was also an assistant at that time. I waited for atleast for one-and-a-half-hours. I had not done that before. It was ridiculous. We were assisting for Raaz but before that I had seen her film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and I was a huge fan. I wanted to get a glimpse of her.” And in an interview with Zoom recently, he had something to say about the show. Hashmi said, “You end up making many enemies…. It’s too much to handle.” He added, “If I go on  Koffee With Karan again, I’m gonna make a mess of things again. I think I’ll be worse off in the rapid-fire round than I was before.” On his infamous Rapid fire round Because it’s an opinion, and I don’t really have anything against these people. I just wanted to win the hamper. It just becomes a competitive thing and you say these weird things. On  Tiger 3 I had an amazing time creating Aatish – a man who is fuelled by rage and will go to any length to finish Tiger. I play a very distinctively different villain that is rare in Hindi cinema. He is cerebral, his mind is his greatest weapon and he also wields immense power over authorities across countries to bring his devious plans into motion. Emraan adds, “He single-mindedly wants to destroy Tiger, his family and by doing that, he wants to take out the biggest super agent of India. He knows Tiger will always be the last man standing for India and he wants him removed at any cost.”