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Huma Qureshi: Chatter about vanity is more around female actors
Updated On: 07 August, 2023 07:02 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma
Shunning glamour to play a middle-aged home-chef in Tarla, Huma says industry and media pressure heroines to always look beautiful
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Huma Qureshi
In nine months, Huma Qureshi has embodied three women—a plus-sized woman who won’t be bogged down by society’s beauty standards in Double XL (2022), a seductress in Monica O My Darling (2022), and a homemaker who becomes a celebrated cookbook author in Tarla. That she did justice to each part only speaks about her versatility. “People are saying that I’ve played the character in Tarla without vanity and with courage. These diverse choices have been conscious,” begins Qureshi.
To let go of vanity is certainly not easy for an actor. But Qureshi had no qualms playing a middle-aged woman in Tarla, sporting prosthetic teeth and oversized glasses. She admits that there is constant chatter about one’s looks. “Had I allowed my vanity or fear to get in the way, it would’ve reflected on screen. The chatter about vanity is more around female actors. In a recent interview, I was told, ‘You are playing the kind of characters in your prime, which actresses play after their comeback.’ The lens through which journalists [view actors] also needs to change. We have Allu Arjun going de-glam in Pushpa, but such remarks are not made about him. So, why are female actors asked such questions?”
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