Huma Qureshi Net Worth

What is Huma Qureshi’s Net Worth?

Huma Qureshi is an actress and model who has a net worth of $4 million. She rose to fame through her role in the movie ‘Gangs of Wasseypur.’

She portrayed the main female character in the romantic comedy Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana before appearing in Ek Thi Daayan.

Her average salary per film is around $250 thousand. She also has bagged several brand endorsements and earns a lot from that sector. She also works as a model for various fashion brands.

She won several awards in her debut year itself and it was one of the most successful debuts of all time.

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Applauded for her work in ‘Maharani’

The 2021 Hindi-language dramatic tv show Maharani, often known as Empress, was developed by Subhash Kapoor. Karan Sharma is the show’s director.The show features Huma Qureshi as the lead character. When Lalu Prasad Yadav appointed his housewife wife Rabri Devi as his heir in Bihar in the 1990s, events there served as inspiration for the eponymous mega drama.

SonyLIV hosted the Maharani launch on May 28, 2021.

Huma Qureshi was praised heavily for her portrayal of a typical housewife. She completed the shooting of the web series in just seven months and it is one of her latest works.

Early Life

She was born in New Delhi, India, on July 28, 1986. Qureshi was born into a Muslim household. Her mom, Ameena Qureshi is a homemaker and her father, Saleem Qureshi, is a gourmet who owns a network of 10 establishments called Saleem’s. She has three brothers . While Qureshi was a young child, the parents moved to South Delhi’s Kalkaji neighborhood. She graduated from the University of Delhi’s Gargi College in history. Later, she became a member of Act 1 Theater Group and appeared in several plays. Throughout her theatrical career, N. K. Shrama served as both her performing tutor and coach. She has helped a documentarian and collaborated with numerous NGOs.

Her younger brother Saqib Saleem Qureshi is a well-known Indian actor, while her older siblings Naeem and Haseen Qureshi are both employed with the family company.

First Break

In the highly lauded 2012 multiple crime thriller Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1, Qureshi made her motion picture début in a major role as the devoted spouse of a gangster. She characterized her persona as a narrow narcissist. Critics gave the movie favorable reviews when it had its opening night at the 65th Cannes Film Festival.  Govind Nihalani praised the performer’s on-screen charisma and compared her to Smita Patil.

Qureshi said in an interview that the film was a turning point in her career and her fame skyrocketed after it.

“I don’t think one should be a slave to one medium.”

– Huma Qureshi

Career

Beginning as an advertisement actor

To participate in Hindustan Unilever’s television ads, Qureshi agreed to a two-year deal. She marketed a variety of goods, such as Pears soap, Marie, Saffola oil, Mederma lotion, and Galaxy Smartphone. She charmed the filmmaker Anurag Kashyap throughout a filming for a Samsung Mobile ad, and he offered to utilize her in a movie. She accepted the offer.

Acting

After beating nearly 700 other applicants in an interview, Qureshi was originally planning to make her début in Chakri Toleti’s Tamil mafia movie Billa II. Despite being chosen to play the female lead, Qureshi departed the movie when it was postponed in order to fulfill other obligations. Qureshi made her motion picture début in a major role in the movie ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’,  as the devoted spouse of a gangster. She characterized her persona as a narrow narcissist. Critics gave the movie favorable reviews when it had its opening night at the 65th Cannes Film Festival. In the same year, Qureshi concluded her multiple deal with Anurag Kashyap Films by appearing as the lead in the love story Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana. The movie was a box office hit.

With Emraan Hashmi, Qureshi received a role as a witch in the mystery thriller Ek Thi Daayan for her subsequent film. Soon after, Qureshi starred as Sujata in the short film of the same name. Her next film that year was the gritty drama D-Day, wherein she played Zoya Rehman, a fiery R.A.W operative with a strong cast that also included Irfan Khan. Qureshi appeared in the Dedh Ishqiya by Abhishek Chaubey. With Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Qureshi portrayed a call girl in Sriram Raghavan’s crime drama Badlapur the next year. The movie was a box office hit, and Qureshi was nominated for Best Supporting Actress by Filmfare. Jolly LLB 2, a judicial dramedy, was Qureshi’s maiden movie of 2017. She co-starred with Akshay Kumar.

Qureshi portrayed the lead role in the futuristic Netflix series Leila in 2019, which was adapted from the same-named book. She also appeared in the online series Maharani in 2021, playing the part of Rani Bharti. This show earned excellent reviews from reviewers, and she was honored with the Filmfare Digital prize. She acted in Mithya, a replica of the British serial Cheat, as her next online series in 2022. Qureshi agreed to star as gourmet Tarla Dalal in her biography in April 2022.

Real Estate Portfolio

She owns a house in Bandra and also owns a piece of property in Andheri with her brother.

Cars

She owns a Mercedes-Benz and a BMW car. The total estimated value of her car collection is around 1 cr rupees. 

Zodiac Sign

Huma Is a Leo and was born in The Year of the Tiger. She was born in July, and that makes her Zodiac sign Leo.

Awards

She has won several awards throughout her career including the Best Debut in BIG awards. She has also won a special mention at the Los Angeles Film Festival. Recently, she was awarded the Best Actress award at Filmfare OTT.

Businesses

Restaurants

Sohail Khan was formerly associated with the diva Huma Qureshi after he was spotted giving her presents. Huma was the final person to depart Salman Khan’s 50th birthday bash after arriving early. Additionally, it was hypothesized that Huma was the cause of the divorce between Sohail and his spouse. The performer, though, refuted any such notion and stated that Sohail is more like a brother.

Actress Payal Ghosh included director Anurag Kashyap in the MeToo scandal as it began to garner attention. She named a few women, including Huma Qureshi, and charged the filmmaker of sexual misconduct.  On Twitter, Huma explained her contribution. She said that she had previously collaborated with Anurag in 2012–2013 and that she had a close friendship with him. She also acknowledged his abilities as a filmmaker and noted the fact he never behaved badly around her or other people. Huma also said that she is furious about how her name has been tarnished.

Huma attracted attention when it was reported that she was seeing Anurag Kashyap, a filmmaker who was previously wed to Kalki Koechlin. According to reports, the pair was suffering through a trying time in their marriage. Later, Huma was held accountable for Anurag and Kalki’s separation.

She is currently dating Mudassar Aziz who is a writer and a director.

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