Mumbai, July 11 (ANI): To promote their upcoming film ‘Once Upon A Time In Mumbai’ Bollywood actors Emraan Hashmi and Ajay Devgan interacted with media-persons here.

Hashmi stated on Saturday that the film is not based on any real life character.

“As far as I know, the creative team didn’t tell me that the film is based on real-life characters,” said Hashmi.

Hashmi praised the direction and special effects team for showing the era of ’70s successfully.

“Well, I think the main hurdle in the making of the film was to show Mumbai, what was it like before…to show the streets, vintage cars, the monuments, the buildings through special effects. Hats off to the direction department, special effects department, art direction department,” he added.

Meanwhile, Ajay Devgan, distributed t-shirts to fans and also posed for photographs with them.

Director by Milan Luthria and produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor, the film features Ajay Devgan, Emraan Hashmi, Prachi Desai and Kangna Ranaut in the lead roles.

Bollywood musician Pritam Chakraborty has composed the music for the film.

The film is set for a worldwide release on July 30. (ANI)