Huma Qureshi: ‘Never felt I am Muslim and different in India’

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Responding to this, Huma said, “I never realised that I am Muslim and I am different. My father is running a restaurant, Saleem’s in Kailash Colony (of Delhi) for 50 years. In my personal experience, I have never felt it. People might have felt it. Having said that, I feel, questions should be asked and every government should answer.”

On the work front, Huma’s Tarla, the biopic of kitchen queen Tarla Dalal, is streaming on Zee5. The actor recently completed ten years being an actor in the Hindi film industry. On this, she told indianexpress.com, “It’s been a long road, a long journey, it’s not been an easy journey. The easy way is to stereotype somebody, to put somebody in a box and to put yourself in a box. I remember when I did Maharani I got offered three-four films and shows for ‘ek aur Bihari character’ and I’d say, ‘yeh toh maine kar liya’, now I want to try something else. But it takes a while to tell people what you are looking for. I was never in any rush. I feel like every time I step out to shoot a film, I want to look, live and breathe like another person because that’s what I am excited to do as an artiste.”