Starring Emraan Hashmi and Shriya Saran, the film did not perform as expected at the box office. For Shriya, who was still finding her footing in the Hindi film industry at the time, Awarapan was particularly significant. “For me, I enjoyed doing this film because Mohit is a very intense director to work with. “And then people kept telling me, ‘We loved the movie, we loved the movie.’ “Because it’s a very intense, intense story.