By Hindustan Times
Emraan Hashmi bid adieu to smoking a very long time back but little did the actor knew he must chew tobacco soon. To play a foul-mouthed reporter in Dibakar Banerjee's Shanghai, he needed to re-start the habit. At the first day of the shoot, Emraan was asked to chew tobacco for a scene
and it was not a pleasing experience. Tobacco left him with this type of distaste that Emraan almost threw up and felt giddy.
The director insisted that since his role required him to do it, there has been no wrong way out. After numerous discussions, Banerjee and Emraan came to the belief that the actor should chew tobacco.
