Huma Qureshi’s parents were ‘convinced’ that her first film offer was a ‘prostitution racket’: ‘Why would somebody cast you?’

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Reflecting further, she laughingly said, “Now, when I look back at them, I’m like, you really had no faith in my ability to gauge anything for myself. But yeah, it took a bit of convincing, and of course, my parents don’t come from this world. Even now, I don’t think they have too much understanding of the ways of the industry.”

Talking about her first offer, Huma shared, “I went to the office, I read the script, the next day they called me for a screen test, and by the same afternoon they told me that I’m in. However, the film never got made, so that was sad. When I went back home, I was fully convinced that I had a shot here if I moved cities, because maybe I’ve got what it takes. But then I had to convince my parents.” Huma later made her debut with Anurag’s film in 2012.

Huma Qureshi was recently seen in Season 4 of Maharani and played the role of a cop in the film Bayan, which was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). She also starred in Jolly LLB 3 and will appear as the antagonist in Netflix’s Delhi Crime 3, which premieres tomorrow.