Emraan Hashmi was introduced into the Hindi film industry with a serial kisser tag. His initial films like Murder (2004), Zeher (2005), and Aashiq Banaya Aapne (2005), inevitably had kissing scenes. Interestingly, his latest release, Awarapan 2, which has become his first solo hero film to cross the Rs 100 crore milestone doesn’t have any kissing sequences.

The film’s writer Bilal Siddiqui has the answer. In an interview with NDTV, Bilal said not keeping a kissing scene in the film was a conscious decision. “So Awarapan 1 also didn't have it,” he said.

Bilal also said that the bigger reason was Shivam’s (the character played by Emraan) emotional journey in the sequel as he is still deeply connected to the memory of his late lover.

"Now that people have seen the film, they would know that it would be kind of unfair to the character to kind of throw that in," he explained. "It would just look contrived."

Bilal said that Shivam's relationship with his late lover has evolved far beyond romance. "Shivam as a character at some level still holds his lover who passed to that pedestal where he is not completely ever going to move on," he said.

"She has transcended from just being his love. She's become his strength and almost like a guiding force. His priority is not necessarily moving on romantically. He's got a larger fight to fight," he added.

In conclusion, Bilal said that a kiss didn’t seem an organic move for the character.  "I think a kiss and all of that never came into mind at all because we didn't find an organic way to lead to that with this character," he said.

But the writer also had a cheeky answer for those waiting to see Emraan return to his trademark territory. "I know what people expect of Emraan," he said. "I guess he'll do it in another film."

Awarapan 2 is performing well at the box office. The film has crossed the Rs 150-crore mark worldwide in just 6 days. Apart from Emraan, the Nitin Kakkar directorial also features Shabana Azmi, Disha Patani, Suvinder Vicky, Vijayant Kohli, and Puran Gabbi in pivotal roles.