Actor Emraan Hashmi is famous for his lock lips in many  films. This led him to get the 'serial kisser' tag, which he says became a hindrance in his career after a certain time.

In an interview to IANS,Azhaar actor spoke up about how the tag is beneficial as well as a disadvantage for his life. He said "I got many hit films in my career because of the so-called tag. I won't lie... I agree that I got a fair bit of acceptance from it. There were films which required such scenes and I did them. "But there was a time when that tag started becoming a hindrance for me. I wanted to try something new but people were approaching me for the same thing. He further added that, “ They wanted me to do the same thing again, due to which I was not able to get different types of films and I was not able to explore myself more as an artiste.

Over the past few years actor has moved on from his 'serial kisser' image and is trying his hand at more content-driven films. Emraan’s latest release Why Cheat India on education scams in India gained positive reviews from the audience and critics but failed to do well at box-office.