At a time when body-shaming and bullying are the easiest ways to target an individual, Huma Qureshi worked on a film called `Double XL,` this film was about self-love and body acceptance.
During an interview, the actress acknowledged experiencing body shaming and being rejected for a part because of her weight. Huma Qureshi while talking to IANS explained how the story of `Double XL` came to be.
“This movie started as a fun conversation with my friends and family. We were all in my living room, and all the actors were complaining about the `post lockdown weight gain` and Mudassar Aziz wrote a story around it,” said Huma.
The 36-year-old actress disclosed that the director of the film, Satram Ramani requested her to put on weight for her role in ‘Double XL’: “We were just eating and eating. It was just burger lao, pizza lao between action and cut,” she said.
When asked how responsible is Bollywood for setting a benchmark for beauty standards, Huma blames the society for making people believe that a “certain weight is acceptable.”
Actress Huma Qureshi shared that she was rejected for roles in the past due to her weight. The actress shared that she was body-shamed in a review for one of her films, “I got rejected due to weight and in a review of my film, someone wrote, `Huma adds too much weight to be a mainstream leading lady`.”
Huma Qureshi shared that she resonates with every woman who has been let down by their looks, size, or colour. The `Bell Bottom` actress believed that her movie `Double XL` would change the mindset of society in the long run. `Double XL` also stared Sonakshi Sinha, Zaheer Iqbal and Mahat Raghavendra. It was released on November 4.
Huma has been making headlines for her role in the film ‘Tarla’ a ZEE5 Original film that follows the journey of India`s iconic home chef, Tarla Dalal. The movie ‘Tarla’ has received rave reviews from both critics and fans. For the unversed, she made her acting debut in 2012 with `Gangs Of Wasseypur` co-starring Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Richa Chadda.
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