Huma Qureshi talks about playing herself on-screen and her attachment towards staying in India
Huma Qureshi has been known for portraying diverse characters on-screen, from roles in movies like Gangs of Wasseypur and Dedh Ishqiya to roles in Ek Thi Daayan and Jolly LLB 2. But the actress is looking for a role where she can play herself.
In an interview with IANS, the actress said "There are times, when actors do resemble the characters they portray onscreen, but I don’t think I have played myself in front of the camera. Though I would love to play myself. I think I am very interesting. I need to definitely play myself,” The actress also added “I don’t know what I am in real life. I can’t really describe myself. But what you see onscreen that’s not who we really are. We are very different from the characters we play onscreen,”
Huma then talked about how she was often misunderstood in real life because of the kind of characters she portrayed on-screen. “I remember when I did my first film ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, a lot of people thought that I am a girl from Bihar. I never visited Bihar before that in my life. When people feel you are that character in real life, then at least as actors we feel that we have done our job nicely. A lot of people even thought that I couldn’t speak in English. When they met me, they were surprised. I belong to Delhi and have been born and brought up here,”
The actress also talked about her first English movie, Gurinder Chadha's Viceroy's House, and waiting for the film to be released in India. "It’s my first English-language film. It was fun and exciting working on the project. Gurinder (Chadha) is a very exciting director to work with. I loved the script when I read it. ‘Viceroy’s House’ is going to release in India in July or August. They still are finalising a date. We will have an English and Hindi release,”
“I want to stay here, but if something interesting comes my way, then I will do it. I don’t want to shift base and go anywhere. I am happy while living in my country,” she said, talking about Hindi films being her "first love".
The actress also recently finished shooting for her movie Saqib, which will be released soon.
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