After his movie ‘Jannat 2’ was declared a hit, actor Emraan Hashmi is now gearing up for the release of this next movie ‘Shanghai’ directed by Dibakar Banerjee.

In the movie the actor plays a role of a porn movie director and in preparation for his role the actor watched a lot of porn.

“I watched a lot of porn,” said the actor cheekily in an interview/

“Dibakar told me that my role will be that of a small time journalist, who even shoots small porn films to earn a living. He told me, ‘Yeh sab jo role play kiya hai tumne apni har movie mein camera ke samne, ab camera ke peeche yeh sab shoot karna hai'. He actually made me graduate with this character. Also in this movie, he has made me run after the girl. Har picture mein ladkiyan mere peeche bhaagti hain, lekin iss film mein main Kalki ke peeche bhaag raha hoon,” he added.

In the movie Emraan Hashmi looks ugly with a potbelly.

“Yahan jitne log baithe hai, sab bhaag jaate, had I come in my Jogi Parmar get-up,” he said candidly.

While almost all of Emraan Hashmi’s movies have received an ‘A’ certificate, ‘Shanghai’ has managed to get a ‘U’ certificate, which has excited the actor.

“I actually wanted to do a saaf-suthra film as many would call it, for my son, who is just two years old. I’d want my son to see at least one film of mine before he turns 18, which he can’t right now. So I’m happy to have signed a U film,” he concluded.

The movie ‘Shanghai’ also stars Abhay Deol and Kalki Koechlin. It’s all set to release this Friday June 8.