‘The kiss of life: How a superhero and my son defeated cancer’, this is the title of Emraan Hashmi’s book on his superhero six year old son Ayaan. The Murder actor reveled in an interview that his son is his strength and teacher. He calmly fought with and defeated the deadly disease cancer. Hashmi with Bilal Siddiqui penned down this emotional, tragic, brave and happy ended personal journey with about 50 pictures. “Ayan was more interested in pictures”, said Emraan. He added that these pictures bring back memories of tough times.
He also disclosed that he and wife Parveen read a story a night to Ayaan to keep him away from iPads and other gadgets. When asked on reason behind writing such book the actor said that this is to give insights to those who are battling this disease, plus when Ayaan will get a little older he shall come to know what and how he fought which will give him a sense of achievement. Interestingly the foreword is written by Bollywood bigwig Akshay Kumar. Celebs also congratulated Emraan for disclosing his heart touching journey via tweets:
Get your copy of @emraanhashmi new book out now. I got mine! A must read. ♥️ https://t.co/wCDQlBawvh pic.twitter.com/P2drkm9Diy
— Nargis (@NargisFakhri) March 28, 2016
.@emraanhashmi has written a book about his son’s battle with cancer.So proud of them,strong family.Get it now,link- https://t.co/RT3z8ohaSC
— Rannvijay singha (@RannvijaySingha) March 28, 2016
Please give some time to check out this for @emraanhashmi https://t.co/T0Na1ZWycn
— Sunny Leone (@SunnyLeone) March 28, 2016
To my dear friend and brother @emraanhashmi will always wish the best for you..https://t.co/pz7jtGXTOq
— John Abraham (@TheJohnAbraham) March 28, 2016
.@emraanhashmi‘s tale of hope, courage & love is truly inspiring and a must read- https://t.co/DPIGXNMxgR Take a bow Emi
— Jacqueline Fernandez (@Asli_Jacqueline) March 28, 2016
On work front the trailer of his upcoming film ‘Azhar’ is scheduled to get released. He is re-living famous cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin in this sports biopic.
Final touches to the Theatrical trailer of Azhar. Out on 1st April , 6 pm! pic.twitter.com/K02F1J4grJ
— emraan hashmi (@emraanhashmi) March 30, 2016