Despite giving hits in a row Emraan says people have constantly tried to pull him down "In the kind of industry I am, every creative person has a judgement to make about someone else's performance. After doing a movie, I may think that I have come up with my best act, but others may think otherwise. You can't help it," shrugs Emraan.

"This is something that has happened ever since I made my debut with Footpath. I went on to deliver successful films practically every year with Murder, Zeher and Aashiq Banaya Aapne followed by Aksar and Gangster. Still people have tried to pull me down," Emraan adds in a disappointed tone.

He is sitting pretty on the back-to-back success of Raaz - The Mystery Continues and Jannat. A year earlier, he came up with one of the best ever acts of his career in Awarapan and now he is about to be seen in Tum Mile, his most expensive film till date. He is positive that after the release of the film, he would be looked upon as someone who can also show a sensitive side. "For that opportunity, I am thankful to my director Kunal Deshmukh. If not for him, I would have continued playing the kind of roles I have been successful in. In fact, when Kunal spoke to me about the role, I was sceptical because I have never played a full-on romantic guy before."

He isn't overtly bothered about certain negative statements about him. "Honestly, I don't even look aside to see who is around for competition. There is nothing wrong if people choose to reserve certain remarks for me. To each his own since I have to basically live up to my own judgement and fulfil the expectations of those who matter," he says.

He has his fair share of admirers and supporters though. "Yes, there are some out there who have been quite supportive throughout my career," he agrees. "My goal is to keep delivering successful solo hero films and also do an occasional multi-hero film if I have an equal part. This is why I agreed to do Milan Luthria's Once Upon a Time in Mumbai."

He might be cool with the serial kisser tag but Emraan lives with his share of inhibitions too. For one, it’s a fear of doctors that’s so all-encompassing that he dreads the thought of going to a hospital. “I don’t like the whole business of doctors and operation theatres. And yet with my child due in February, I want to be there in the labour room. I might even faint before I reach the OT, but I still want to give it a try to see my child’s delivery,” says Emraan, slowly giving a peek into his vulnerable world of dilemmas.

While the actor is hoping to just about manage to fight this fear, he is not ready to battle his inhibitions about going Full Monty on screen. Doesn’t matter if Bollywood actors are dropping their pants at ease, but Emraan, who hopped into bed with Mallika Sherawat in Murder, is going no further with his skin show. “I don’t want to do a Full Monty,” he insists.