Priyanka Chopra started it, and others were quick to follow suit. Making a mark in the West seems to be a trend that’s fast picking up among Bollywood actors. Latest to join the league is actor Huma Qureshi, who has made her debut in Hollywood with filmmaker Gurinder Chadha’s Viceroy’s House. The film is slated to release in India on Independence Day, this year.
Ask her whether she planned working in a Hollywood film, Huma replies, “I’ve never planned my career. I’m an actor and wherever good work takes me, I’ll go there. I’m grateful for the script I chose and the character I played.”
While many Indian actors have worked in Hollywood, only a few actors such as Priyanka Chopra, Deepika Padukone, and now Huma, have managed to dominate the screen space with lead roles. Ask her about comparison and competition with her contemporaries in the West, who have become ambassadors of sorts of Indian cinema there, Huma says that whether it’s Bollywood or Hollywood, she is not participating in the rat race.
