Awarapan 2 to Become Emraan Hashmi's 1st Solo Hit at Box Office After 16 Flops in 14 Years?

A year later, he played the lead role in Murder that became a big box office hit and turned out to be his breakout. And even those where he played supporting or negative characters too couldn’t do much at the box office.

This also included Raaz Reboot, Mohammad Azharuddin biopic Azhar, and two hero movies like Baadshaho, Mumbai Saga and Selfiee. The only two movies that found some audiences in theatres were Salman Khan starrer Tiger 3 and Pawan Kalyan’s Telugu film They Call Him OG.

What Happened

After a series of flops and disasters as a solo lead, Awarapan 2 is now all set to mark Emraan Hashmi’s big box office comeback.

• Emraan Hashmi started his career in 2003 with a supporting role in Aftab Shivdasani and Bipasha Basu starrer Footpath.

• After a series of musical hits and successes, Emraan Hashmi became a legit family friendly star with the 2008 hit Jannat.

• However, after Raaz 3 in 2012, Emraan’s career hit a major roadblock with not a single box office hit as a solo lead.

Key Details

After the mega success of Raaz 3 in 2012, Emraan Hashmi starred in Ek Thi Daayan which flopped and after that none of his movies attracted the audience to theatres.

• The movie is releasing alongside Sunny Deol starrer Batwara 1947 and is recording much better advance booking.

• The Nitin Kakkar directorial is expected to open at ₹15 crore approx.

• What’s more interesting about Awarapan 2 opening day is that it will be more than double the lifetime total of Awarapan that released in 2007 and bombed despite positive reviews and hit music.

Why It Matters

Also starring Disha Patani, Suvinder Vicky and Shabana Azmi, Awarapan 2 releases in theatres on August 14, 2026.

What Reports Say

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