well as Hashmi's performance. Sneha May Francis of Emirates 24/7 wrote that "Emraan Hashmi spins one of his acting career's most understated, yet imposing performances. He crafts [his character's] predicaments – his anger, frustration and suspicions – with effortless charm." Rajeev Masand was more critical of his performance, reflecting that he "struggles to shine under the limited scope of his role." At the box office, both Ek Thi Daayan and Ghanchakkar underperformed. In 2014, Hashmi firstly starred in Kunal Deshmukh's Raja Natwarlal and Rensil D'Silva's Ungli, both of which flopped at the box office, with the latter being Hashmi's 5th consecutive failure at the box office. He played the leading role in Academy Award winning director Danis Tanović's Tigers, which premiered at 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and was later released digitally on the on-demand platform ZEE5 in November 2018. In 2015, Hashmi appeared in two films. Mr. X was a disaster at the box office, along with negative reviews, the other being the long-awaited Hamari Adhuri Kahani, opposite Vidya Balan for the third time. It was commercially average despite getting mixed reviews by critics, although it received positive reactions from the audience.Boxoffice . Boxofficeindia.com (12 June 2015). Retrieved on 18 September 2015. His next film Azhar was released on 13 May 2016 to mixed reviews. He then appeared in Vikram Bhatt's Raaz: Reboot, which is the fourth film in the Raaz film series and was released on 16 September 2016. Raaz Reboot was an average grosser at the box office. His next movie Baadshaho, directed by Milan Luthria, in which he co-starred alongside Ajay Devgan, Ileana D'Cruz, Esha Gupta and Vidyut Jammwal, was released on 1 September 2017. He began shooting for Captain Nawab in late 2017 but it was reported in early 2018 that it was kept on hold. As of October 2018, Hasmi then appeared in Bard of Blood, a web-television series based on the namesake book by Bilal Siddiqui. Produced by Shah Rukh Khan, the web-series was released on Netflix. In January 2019, he starred in Soumik Sen's crime drama Why Cheat India, another box-office flop. As of July 2019, Hashmi is shooting for supernatural thriller film Ezra, a remake of 2017 Malayalam film of the same name. In February 2021, Emraan Hashmi was featured in romantic song 'Lut Gaye'. Presented by T-Series, directed by Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru. Sung by Jubin Nautiyal. In 2021,