Huma Qureshi, a Bollywood actress, is now promoting her latest flick Tarla. The actress has revealed numerous admissions regarding her personal and professional life in recent days. Huma recently stated in an interview that she pulled out of an item song after only a few days of practise.
Calling the lyrics of the song ‘cringeworthy’, Huma said, “Sometimes I get offered item songs, and there was one particular time, a big producer, a big film, and they offered me this song. I said, you know what, why not? Everyone does it, and I did go for a couple of days of rehearsal as well, and my costume was made. But then I was like, no, these lyrics are so cringe.”
Huma recently stated that she went to Mumbai in 2010 and that when Gangs of Wasseypur was released in 2012, it revolutionised her life but also left her feeling “lost.”
“My world just exploded. This was a film where they paid me some Rs 75,000, that’s it…I am working with them (Viacom 18) now, they are my producers. But that was my first film and it wasn’t a fancy affair. There were no five-star hotels, cushioning of vanity vans or an army of people (following you),” she said during an interview.
The actress added, “It was like a bunch of people, who went to Varanasi for three months, shot and came back. Nobody had any clue what was happening. So when it came out, I was like, ‘Whoa! I am the lead in the film? My face is on the hoarding?! Should I have gotten paid more for it? Is this how movies get made?”
Huma is now appearing in the film Tarla, in which she plays Tarla Dalal, the much-loved culinary writer, chef, cookbook author, and cooking show host.
Tarla Dalal was the first Indian to be given a Padma Shri in the field of culinary abilities in 2007. Her “desi nuskhe” is still a topic of discussion in every Indian home, and she is generally credited with refashioning vegetarian food in India.