Huma Qureshi is a well-known Bollywood celebrity who has given several remarkable performances like Gangs of Wasseypur, D-Day, and Jolly LLB 2.
However, Huma did not have an easy start in Bollywood and recalls one incident where she was asked to change her name due to a Pakistani connection.
While in an interview, Huma says, “I was asked to change my name, as there’s a Pakistani actor with the same name and [I was told] that I wouldn’t want that association, [more so] since I wanted to be the leading lady. I was like, ‘I am not going to do that. I will always be Huma Qureshi and people will have to deal with that.”
“I started getting a lot of work once I came to Mumbai. I was working with some of the biggest ad filmmakers. But I had to give auditions,” she says. “There would be days when I’d pack a Dabba in the morning and head out. I remember this Gujarati aunty would pack my tiffin because I wanted to eat Ghar ka khana. Casting agents would send us messages like, ‘Today’s look Indian or Western.’ And then, we’d pack a big bag with all our changing options and go to places that we hadn’t even heard of. Then we’d go and change in some dingy casting agent’s studio and give the audition. Sometimes we were rejected — you have to take all sorts of comments from people. It was hard, new, and challenging,” she further added.
On the work front Huma Qureshi was last seen in Bell Bottom and web-show Maharani.