Failure more special than success: Emraan Hashmi

Mumbai, Aug 30 (PTI) Emraan Hashmi has had a string ofbox office flops lately, but the actor says he values failuresmuch more than the hits because they have made him grow in hiscareer. The 37-year-old actor said he takes responsibility ofall his films that didn’t work, but they haven’t negativelyaffected him. "There have been films that have been unsuccessful atthe box office but that doesn’t deter me. I feel if I go backin time and select the scripts, I would still select thosefilms for reasons that I felt they were good. Sometimes you gowrong. That’s what filmmaking is. You have to take a chance,"Emraan told reporters here last evening. "I hold my debacles closer to me than my successfulfilms. It helps me grow, I am clearer after doing these films.I would never disown or shun it. At the same time I will takefull responsibility of those films." The "Azhar" actor feels low career phase is the testingtime for any actor and how ones deals with it shows his/herstrength. "For an actor you have to be able to take the lowsmore than the highs. That’s the testing time. When you are inthose low phases, how you get back and the selection offilms…" Emraan is looking forward to the release of his next,"Raaz Reboot", which is the fourth installment of the "Raaz"franchise. The actor has been part of previous two films ofthe series. "’Raaz’ is a genre that I understand. I like horrorfilms. I felt Vikram (Bhatt, the director) can handle thisgenre very well. A lot of people came to me and said theydon’t watch horror films but they still like ‘Raaz’. I feltthat the movie goes beyond fear. It has a love story,relationship, music," he said. Also starring Gaurav Arora and debutante KirtiKharbanda, "Raaz Reboot" is set to arrive in theatres onSeptember 16. PTI JUR ARSSHDJMF