Director Aditya Datt says he asked actor Emraan Hashmi to adopt a distinctive smoking style for his character in the upcoming film “Gunmaaster G9,” explaining that the detail is linked to Datt’s maternal grandfather, lyricist Anand Bakshi. Datt says he told Emraan to smoke “like that,” describing the connection as a tribute to Bakshi’s mannerisms.
Datt also recounts Bakshi’s influence on his own life and career, saying Bakshi encouraged his filmmaking ambitions and later sent him to Mahesh Bhatt. The outlets also describe “Gunmaaster G9” as an action-romance project starring Emraan Hashmi and Genelia Deshmukh/D’Souza. Both accounts frame the smoking detail as a creative choice with personal context rather than a plot device, though they focus mainly on Datt’s explanation.
The reports agree on the cast and the director’s claim about the tribute element, while offering similar rather than contrasting additional details.
