Indian actress Huma Qureshi has opened up on taking over the silver screen with renowned Hollywood director Zack Synder and said she hopes to work in one project abroad every year.
Huma Qureshi appeared in the big-budget zombie film ‘Army of the Dead’, and the political drama series Maharani in 2021. While Huma played the lead role in Maharani, she appeared in a supporting role in ‘Army of the Dead’ directed by Zack Snyder.
“For me, I always wanted to work with good filmmakers. So, it doesn’t matter where they come from. I want to be part of interesting stories. Working with Zack Snyder was a huge deal for me. I am a huge fan of his work. And I do hope to at least do one project every year abroad,” she said in an interview.
The actress will be seen performing action in Tamil film ‘Valimai’ being released on February 24. Huma Qureshi also spoke about her upcoming psychological thriller web series Mithya. The Rohan Sippy directorial sees Huma play a teacher with grey shades to her.
“Life is complex and complicated. As an audience, it is so boring to see things as good-bad or right-wrong because life is so full of grey. And I am so happy that today it is showing in our writings, our stories. Now, every character or subject is so layered and nuanced, which gives an actor so much to do.”
“Otherwise, earlier there were set patterns of what-to-do for women. Either you were waiting to get rescued or you were a vamp. You were put in these boxes. But I felt that it is important to break out of those boxes and do content which is exciting, interesting and different,” Huma said as she explains why she ends up playing complex characters.”
Huma said the kick of being an actor is in finding roles that have something different to offer. “Every time people have tried to put me in a box, I have refused. That is not me. I always want to experiment and do something else. The search, since the first day of being an actor, has been to look for (different) characters and not repeat myself,” Huma said, adding that every single time when she is offered a similar role or script, she turns it down.
For Huma, the success and the fact that she is headlining shows as a solo lead is a result of all the hard work she has put in. “Today when a project gets set up around me, I feel proud because it is an achievement as I came from nowhere and now I am here. In that sense, I feel that this industry rewards you if you keep working harder,” the actress stated.
