Huma Qureshi who got her dream debut with film-maker Anurag Kashyap in Gangs of Wasseypur recently came up with the shocking revelation that she had never even auditioned for the role, but managed to bag it. She talked about the weird first interaction between her and Kashyap that actually paved the way. A report on hidustantimes.com talked about this and we take reference from that story for our write up here.
In a recent interview with Mashable India, Huma recalled, “It was a four-day shoot in Wai. And we were shooting on the second day when Anurag said ‘I will cast you in a picture.’ And me, gadhi (donkey) no. 1, I said, ‘main to abhi aai hoon Bombay. Maine suna hai bahot struggle karni padti hai. Aise aasaani se picture nahi milti (I’ve just come to Bombay. I’ve heard you have to struggle a lot. You can’t get a film so easily).’ Then he is like, ‘tu paagal hai kya (are you crazy),’ and I am like ‘thodi si (a bit).’ So that’s how Gangs of Wasseypur happened. I didn’t audition for the film.”
She added, “I was lucky. My struggling period was not very long. I was quite blessed like that. The first picture I got so easily, and the next 4-5 films also I got very easily. After that, I couldn’t understand what do I do now. I never thought this far, imagination never reached that point.”
Wow!! This is an interesting revelation!!