The actor, who was shooting the Bhatts' Kahaani Hamari Adhuri in Dubai, has flown back to the city to work on a promotional song from her upcoming movie, Ungli.
Manufacturers had concentrated on Sunny Leone to be featured alongside him in the item number. However, when Emraan Hashmi learned that, apparently, refused to share screen space with former adult actor.
A unit member says, "We have been working on the promotional song for a long time now. The production team (Dharma) held several rounds of discussion and unanimously decided that Sunny Leone be approached for the song. She is popular and fit the bill. But when Emraan, who has taken great interest in the concept and the casting of the song, you have to know about it, he refused to be in the same frame with Sunny. "
Sources said that the actor did not want to have any association with an adult star. A source said, "Emraan has had a makeover in Bollywood and he is willing to stick to it. So, eventually, we had to get some international models for the shoot."
Neither the spokesman nor Emraan film were available for comment.