Unknown facts of Huma Qureshi

Huma Saleem Qureshi, better known as Huma Qureshi, is a popular Bollywood actress and model. In 2012, she debuted in Bollywood with the film “Gangs of Wasseypur — Part 1”.

Huma Qureshi Biography & Wiki

Huma Qureshi’s nickname is Huma. She was born on 28 July 1986 in New Delhi, India. Hence, her current age is 34 years. Huma’s Zodiac is Leo.

Huma Qureshi Family Members

Huma Qureshi’s father’s name is Saleem Qureshi, a restaurateur who runs a chain of 10 restaurants “Saleem’s” in Delhi, and her mother’s name is Ameena Qureshi, a housewife. She has two elder brothers, Naeem Saleem Qureshi and Haseen Saleem Qureshi work in their family business, and her younger brother, Saqib Saleem Qureshi, is an Indian actor.

Boys, affairs, spouse name

Huma Qureshi is currently unmarried. Before starting her acting career, she was in a relationship with Manoj Tanwar (a student of Venky’s) in 2007 and Ibrahim Ansari (a Businessman from Nehru Place) in 2008. After that, in 2012, she was rumored to have relations with the actor Arjan Bajwa. Later, in 2013, Huma was spotted holidaying with the actor Shahid Kapoor in Goa, and the rumors of Huma dating Shahid was in the air. There were also rumors that she was dating the director Anurag Kashyap. In 2014, Huma was spotted hugging Anurag at the Hollywood film “American Hustle” in Mumbai.

Furthermore, in 2016, she was linked up with actor Sohail Khan and was often spotted outside his house. As per the sources, Sohail was showering Huma with expensive gifts. Also, there was a buzz that she had an affair with filmmaker Abhishek Chaubey after separating from his wife, Supriti Malhotra. In 2019, Huma started dating filmmaker Mudassar Aziz.

Education and School, College

After completing her elementary schooling study, Huma completed her bachelor’s in History with Honours from the Gargi College-University of Delhi.

Huma Qureshi filmography

Huma joined ‘Act 1,’ a theatre group in Delhi. She was mentored by the Indian theatre director and acting teacher, N. K. Sharma. Later, she also worked with several NGOs and assisted a documentary filmmaker. Huma moved to Mumbai from Delhi in 2008 to audition for a film, “ Junction,” which was never made. Later, Huma got a two-year contract with Hindustan Unilever for TV commercials.

She came into the limelight with a mobile phone advertisement starring Aamir Khan and shot by Anurag Kashyap in Panchgani. While shooting for the advertisement for “Samsung mobile,” Anurag Kashyap told her that he would cast her in his film, and Anurag offered her a three-film deal with his company “Anurag Kashyap Films.” She debuted in Bollywood through the movie “ Gangs of Wasseypur-Part 1” in 2012, in which she played the character of Mohsina. The audience and the critics appreciated her performance. Later, she appeared in many superhit Bollywood films like “ Gangs of Wasseypur — Part 2” (2012), “ Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana” (2012) and “ Jolly LLB 2 “ (2017), etc.

In 2015, Huma debuted in the Marathi film industry through the “ Mahalakshmi” movie. In 2016, “ White” became her debuted Malayalam film. Huma also featured in a short film named “ Ek Dopahar.” In the same year, Huma’s debuted English film was “Viceroy’s House.” In 2018, She made her Tamil debut with the film “ Kaala.” In 2019, Huma also debuted in the OTT platform through “ Leila” ( Netflix ). Later, in 2021, she also appeared in the “ Maharani” (SonyLIV) web series. In 2020, she also featured in the American Netflix series “ Army of the Dead.”

Huma debuted in TV serials with “ Upanishad Ganga” in 2012, in which she played the character of Pundalik’s wife, Nati Hussaini. “ Valimai” (Tamil) and “ Bell Bottom “ (Hindi) are two upcoming projects of Huma.

Award And Recognitions

• In 2012, Huma received “BIG Star Entertainment Awards” in the category of Most Entertaining Actor (Film) Debut-Female for the “Gangs of Wasseypur — Part 1 and Gangs of Wasseypur — Part 2” movies.
• In 2015, she also received “Stardust Awards” (Breakthrough Supporting Performance-Female) for the movie “Dedh Ishqiya.”

Salary and Net Worth

Huma Qureshi charges around ₹2–3 crore per film, and her estimated net worth is around $3 million.

Originally published at https://www.bollywikia.com on June 21, 2021.