Actor Emraan Hashmi says the popularity of his cameo in Aryan Khan’s debut series The Ba***ds of Bollywood stems from fans’ nostalgia for his lover boy persona, which defined his early 2000s films. The recently released Netflix show featured a standout moment in episode three, when Raghav Juyal’s Parvaiz, a friend of Lakshya’s Aasmaan, meets his idol, Hashmi. Juyal’s character then unexpectedly breaks into a rendition of Hashmi’s iconic song Kaho Na Kaho from Murder (2004), blending both Hindi and Arabic lyrics.

“It was a fun scene to do... It just got the recognition and the attention that I didn’t know it was going to get, but it’s great. I’m happy for everyone who’s part of the show. It just has blown up and become this viral thing,” Hashmi told PTI.

In the viral scene, Hashmi serves

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