By Jagmohan Singh Barhok

Huma Qureshi, the loveliness personified cutie from New Delhi made inroads into Bollywood simultaneously appearing in Hindi, Tamil & Marathi films making her film debut with a supporting role in a crime drama Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ also featuring Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Richa Chadda and Reema Sen. The film opened with positive reviews adding to her popularity. A Samsung mobile advertisement provided her the opportunity to be a part of the film. The film received a couple of nominations ,too. She made her Marathi debut with “Mahalakshmi” In 2016. She also appeared in ‘Dedh Ishqiya ‘(2014), ‘Badlapur’ (2015) & ‘Jolly LLB 2′(2017). In between she remained in the limelight for reasons many .

The actress again hit the headline when she was cast in the lead in “Mithya”, an Indian adaptation of British television series featuring Katherine Kelly and Molly Windsor. The story revolves round revolves round a relationship between a teacher & her rich student played by Huma Qureshi & Avantika Dassani, who do not look eye to eye with each other , leading to dangerous consequences including a murder. The teacher accuses her student of stealing her literary work as her own. Resulting into bad blood leading to revenge. The actress received positive reviews from various quarters.

Queshi who stands 5 foot 4,weighs 60kg & measures 34-26-34 ,is fond of Salman Khan, Ranbir Kapoor & actress Kajol. Her favourite destination is Bali & films ‘Kagaz ke Phool’, ‘The Titanic’ & ‘Om Shanti Om’ .She also walked the red carpet at the “Cannes Film Festival” in 2018 and adorned the covers of many magazines. Fond of imported cars.

“Mithya” is set in the backdrop of lush green Darjeeling, a city at the foothills of Himalaya in East Bengal. The place has tremendous charm & exotic appeal for the connoisseurs of tourism. Juhi Adhikari, Huma Qureshi, Rhea Rajguru, Avantika Dasani & Neil Adhikari form part of the series under reference.