India, Jan. 28 -- He has been in the industry for over two decades, yet the tag of 'serial kisser' refuses to leave Emraan Hashmi alone. Even as the actor has diversified his roles and widened his range with a wide variety of parts, every once in a while, the question of his kissing scenes from his early films comes up. In an interview with Hindustan Times recently, Emraan addressed this tag and admitted that he 'juiced it to the hilt' himself.

Emraan admits he was pigeonholed into the bad-boy romantic hero image for much of his early career, but adds that this is not a phenomenon restricted to him. "I think this is not something that's very specific to me as an actor. It's happened to many people in the West. You've seen comic actors wh...