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Huma Qureshi

Huma Qureshi is a famous Bollywood actress who shot to fame with her debut in Anurag Kashyap's drama Gangs of Wasseypur. Huma, a history honours graduate from Delhi University was born on 28 July, 1986 into a Muslin family of New Delhi. Her father, Saleem Qureshi, runs a chain of famous restaurants in the capital city by the name of Saleem's and mother Ameena Qureshi is a home maker. Huma has three brothers of which Saqib Saleem Qureshi is also an actor. After completing her graduation, Huma worked with a theater group and in 2008 decided to shift to Mumbai for trying her luck in the film industry. She got the opportunity to audition for a film called Junction. The movie, however, was never made. Not miffed by the same, Huma started taking up television commercials and signed up a two year deal with FMCG giant Unilever. She started promoting various products and was seen in different television commercials for products like Vita Marie, Saffola Oil, Mederma Cream and Pears Soap. She also did commercials with Bollywood biggies like Aamir Khan for Samsung Guru and Shah Rukh Khan for Nerolac. It was during her shoot for Samsung Mobiles that she was noticed by director Anurag Kashyap who was impressed by her acting abilities. Convinced, he signed her up for a three movie deal. She was slated for a debut with a Tamil movie Billa II directed by Chakri Toletti, she had to move away from the project when I got delayed. Instead, Huma had her debut with Anurag Kashyap's much acclaimed Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 in 2012. The two part thriller saw her in a supporting role opposite Nawazuddin Siddiqui. She played the role of Mohsina, the supportive wife of a criminal. She received excellent reviews for her portrayal of a Bollywood inspired village girl. Her garish clothes, perfect diction and brilliant acting all made people stand up and take notice of her. She was widely appreciated by renowned film critics. Some went on to compare her earthiness, looks and sincere acting style to yesteryear actress - the famous Smita Patil. The success got helped her reprise her role of Mohsina in the sequel of the movie, Gangs of Wasseypur - Part II in the same year. She was later seen in Anurag Kashyap's comedy - Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana in lead role opposite actor Kunal Kapoor. The movie was a light family comedy in which the lead - Omi Khurana comes back to his village when he runs into bad luck. He meets his childhood sweetheart Harman (played by Huma) who is all set to get married to his cousin. What follows is a discovery of the age old secret recipe of the famous Chicken Khurana and turn of fortunes for the family by revival of the famous Khurana Dhabha. The movie was a commercial and critical success and did good business both in India and oversees. She was then seen in the movie - Ek Thi Daayan in the year 2013 in the role of Tamara, wife of the male protagonist Bobo, played by Emran Hashmi. Though her role was limited in the movie, she received great acclaim for the same. In the same year she was seen in Shorts's segment as Sujata. She was widely appreciated for her acting in the same. Huma also played the role of Zoya in the widely awaited thriller D Day. The movie, however, failed to live up to the hype created and flopped at the box office. Huma's next outing was in the widely popular and successful sequel - Dedh Ishqiya in 2014. The movie also featured Madhuri Dixit, Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi. The movie was a super success and Huma won a Stardust Award in the Breakthrough Supporting Performance Female category. Her next movie was in a supporting role of a prostitute in Varun Dhawan starrer - Badlapur released in 2015. The movie got her a Filmfare nomination. Huma has done a Marathi film, Highway. Next she would be seen in Zahhak, the remake of Hollywood film Oculus along with her brother Saqib Saleem and also the much awaited sequel to Jolly LLB. She would also be seen opposite Mammoothy in her Malayalam debut film White and in a Hollywood movie by Gurinder Chaddha's (of Bend it Like Beckham fame) Viceroys House.

Huma Qureshi's 'Duck Dancing' Video With Thalassemia 'Cuties' is Perfect Therapy For Dull Thursday
India.com Entertainment Desk | April 11, 2019 9:46 AM IST
There are no better stressbusters than kids and Jolly LLB 2 star Huma Qureshi vouched for it in her ...
Huma Qureshi's 'Duck Dancing' Video With Thalassemia 'Cuties' is Perfect Therapy For Dull Thursday
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Riteish Deshmukh, Huma Qureshi Pull Akshay Kumar's Leg Over Parineeti Chopra's 'Money' Tweet
India.com Entertainment Desk | March 17, 2019 1:57 PM IST
It all started when actress Parineeti Chopra returned Akshay Kumar the money she reportedly took fro...
Riteish Deshmukh, Huma Qureshi Pull Akshay Kumar's Leg Over Parineeti Chopra's 'Money' Tweet
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2019-03-17T02:57:36+00:00
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Priyanka Chopra, Janhvi Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Ishaan Khatter, Sushant Singh Rajput, Tabu Pose For 'The Most Super Loaded Bollywood Selfie of The Season'
India.com Entertainment Desk | March 11, 2019 6:33 PM IST
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Priyanka Chopra, Janhvi Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Ishaan Khatter, Sushant Singh Rajput, Tabu Pose For 'The Most S
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Filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, Director of Acclaimed Film Rudaali, Passes Away After Suffering From Chronic Kidney Disease in Mumbai
India.com Entertainment Desk | September 23, 2018 9:46 AM IST
Filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, director of acclaimed film Rudaali passed away on Sunday Morning in a priva...
Filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, Director of Acclaimed Film Rudaali, Passes Away After Suffering From Chronic Kidney
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2018-09-22T22:46:02+00:00
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India's Best Dramebaaz: Huma Qureshi Walks Out of The Show After Co-Judge Shantanu Maheshwari Expressed His Fondness For Her
India.com Entertainment Desk | August 9, 2018 7:53 PM IST
Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi , who is currently busy with multiple projects and judging the talent h...
India's Best Dramebaaz: Huma Qureshi Walks Out of The Show After Co-Judge Shantanu Maheshwari Expressed His F
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2018-08-09T08:53:14+00:00
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Huma Qureshi Does Not Focus On Popularity, Says, 'I Do Not Chase Success, I Chase Excellence'
India.com Entertainment Desk | July 22, 2018 2:08 PM IST
Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi , who is currently busy with multiple projects and judging the talent h...
Huma Qureshi Does Not Focus On Popularity, Says, 'I Do Not Chase Success, I Chase Excellence'
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2018-07-22T03:08:22+00:00
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Richa Chadha Was Chosen Over Huma Qureshi And Swara Bhaskar For Shakeela Biopic
Kritika Vaid | July 14, 2018 8:43 PM IST
Richa Chadha is multi-faceted and over the span of her career, we have seen that over and over again...
Richa Chadha Was Chosen Over Huma Qureshi And Swara Bhaskar For Shakeela Biopic
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2018-07-14T09:43:28+00:00
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Fukrey Returns Actor Richa Chadda Chosen Over Swara Bhaskar and Huma Qureshi For Shakeela Biopic
India.com Entertainment Desk | July 14, 2018 2:01 PM IST
Richa Chadda is multi-faceted and over the span of her career, we have seen that over and over again...
Fukrey Returns Actor Richa Chadda Chosen Over Swara Bhaskar and Huma Qureshi For Shakeela Biopic
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India's Best Dramebaaz: Huma Qureshi to Make TV Debut With Season 3
Indo-Asian News Service | July 2, 2018 11:03 AM IST
Actress Huma Qureshi is set to make her small screen debut as a judge on reality television show "In...
India's Best Dramebaaz: Huma Qureshi to Make TV Debut With Season 3
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2018-07-02T00:03:27+00:00
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Huma Qureshi Believes #MeToo Campaign Won't Happen In Bollywood, Here's Why!
Press Trust of India | June 18, 2018 5:43 PM IST
Huma Qureshi believes the #MeToo campaign worked in Hollywood because a lot of senior female actors ...
Huma Qureshi Believes #MeToo Campaign Won't Happen In Bollywood, Here's Why!
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2018-06-18T06:43:55+00:00
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Eid 2018 : Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Iulia Vantur, Sonakshi Sinha, Attend Arpita Khan Sharma's Party in Style - View Pics
Ishani Bose | June 17, 2018 9:53 AM IST
Indian festivals are all about celebrating with your loved ones and last night's Eid celebrations at...
Eid 2018 : Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Iulia Vantur, Sonakshi Sinha, Attend Arpita Khan Sharma's Party in Styl
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2018-06-16T22:53:47+00:00
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Race 3: Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Huma Qureshi, MS Dhoni Attend The Film's Screening In Style - View Pics
Ishani Bose | June 13, 2018 9:45 AM IST
Salman Khan and his entire Race 3 crew attended their upcoming film's screening in style at PVR Juhu...
Race 3: Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Huma Qureshi, MS Dhoni Attend The Film's Screening In Style - View
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2018-06-12T22:45:26+00:00
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Kaala Karikalan Registers The Lowest Box Office Opening For A Rajinikanth Film
India.com Entertainment Desk | June 8, 2018 12:10 PM IST
Rajinikanth 's much anticipated film, Kaala Karikalan opened yesterday amid much fan fare. It releas...
Kaala Karikalan Registers The Lowest Box Office Opening For A Rajinikanth Film
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2018-06-08T01:10:48+00:00
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Kaala Karikalan Review : Not Just Rajinikanth, But Critics Appreciate Filmmaker Pa Ranjith's Direction As Well In This Mass Entertainer
India.com Entertainment Desk | June 7, 2018 2:07 PM IST
Today is an important day for all Rajinikanth fans as the highly anticipated film, Kaala Karikalan h...
Kaala Karikalan Review : Not Just Rajinikanth, But Critics Appreciate Filmmaker Pa Ranjith's Direction As Wel
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Rajinikanth's Kaala Karikalan First Reactions : Fans Can't Get Over Thalaiva's Swag In The Film, Call It A Mass Entertainer - View Tweets
India.com Entertainment Desk | June 7, 2018 7:58 AM IST
Rajinikanth 's Kaala Karikaalan is perhaps one of the most anticipated films of the year. The film f...
Rajinikanth's Kaala Karikalan First Reactions : Fans Can't Get Over Thalaiva's Swag In The Film, Call It A Ma
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2018-06-06T20:58:11+00:00
2018-06-06T20:58:11+00:00
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Rajinikanth Starrer 'Kaala' May Not Release In Karnataka Over Cauvery Row
Leona Nathan | May 30, 2018 11:02 AM IST
Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth 's upcoming film ' Kaala ' is one of the much-awaited films of t...
Rajinikanth Starrer 'Kaala' May Not Release In Karnataka Over Cauvery Row
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2018-05-30T00:02:44+00:00
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Kaala Karikalan Trailer Out : Rajinikanth As The Don Of Dharavi And The Messiah Of The Oppressed Will Leave You Impressed
Ishani Bose | May 28, 2018 7:37 PM IST
June 7 is going to be an important day for all Rajinikanth fans as the highly anticipated film, Kaal...
Kaala Karikalan Trailer Out : Rajinikanth As The Don Of Dharavi And The Messiah Of The Oppressed Will Leave Y
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2018-05-28T08:37:32+00:00
2018-05-28T08:37:32+00:00
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Rajinikanth's Kaala Kaarikalan's Trailer to Release Today At 7pm
India.com Entertainment Desk | May 28, 2018 4:35 PM IST
Pa. Ranjith and Rajinikanth 's second collaboration, after Kabali---the action film, titled Kaala Ka...
Rajinikanth's Kaala Kaarikalan's Trailer to Release Today At 7pm
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2018-05-28T05:35:03+00:00
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GQ 100 Best Dressed 2018: Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan, Sidharth Malhotra, Ayushmann Khurrana Turn Heads At A Glittering Event
Leona Nathan | May 27, 2018 1:51 PM IST
The GQ 100 Best Dressed event, that held in a suburban five-star, saw a number of B-Town actors, soc...
GQ 100 Best Dressed 2018: Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan, Sidharth Malhotra, Ayushmann Khurrana Turn Heads
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2018-05-27T02:51:54+00:00
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Huma Qureshi: Working With Rajinikanth In Kaala Karikaalan Is A Dream Come True
Press Trust of India | May 25, 2018 7:11 PM IST
Huma Qureshi, who will be sharing the screen space for the first time with Rajinikanth in Kaala Kari...
Huma Qureshi: Working With Rajinikanth In Kaala Karikaalan Is A Dream Come True
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2018-05-25T08:11:13+00:00
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