Mumbai: Emraan Hashmi, who has had a slew of hits lately, believes his latest 'Ghanchakkar' will be his biggest hit ever.
"There has been a huge change for me in the last 3-4 years with films like 'Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai' and 'The Dirty Picture' and, Inshallah, I feel the way 'Ghanchakkar' has been made and the feedback we have been getting from those who have seen the edit, I am very sure that this will be my biggest success," he said.
Emraan, 34, has had a string of successes like 'The Dirty Picture', 'Jannat 2', 'Raaz 3D' and 'Ek Thi Daayan'.
'Ghanchakkar' is a comic thriller and tells the story of a Maharashtrian man who claims to have forgotten about the money he had hidden somewhere....
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06:35 PM, Dec 10, 2012
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