Huma
Qureshi
started
her
Bollywood
journey
by
starring
in
edgy,
unconventional
films
but
even
she
had
doubts
about
signing
Sriram
Raghavan's
Badlapur
as
the
actress
felt
it
was
"too
dark" and
"hard-hitting".
"The
only
reason
I
said
yes
was
because
of
the
team
and
how
everybody
believed
in
it.
I
was
the
third
actor
to
join
the
movie
and
I
was
really
scared.
We
had
a
big
discussion
about
should
I,
shouldn't
I
or
will
it
be
too
much
or
too
dark.
I
have
been
a
part
of
edgy
films
earlier
but
Badlapur
was
quite
hard-hitting," Huma
told
in
an
interview.
Huma,
28,
is
one
of
the
four
actresses
in
the
Varun
Dhawan-Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
starrer
revenge
drama.
Though
her
presence
is
limited
to
5-6
scenes
in
the
movie,
Huma
has
earned
a
lot
of
praise
for
her
performance.
The
actress
said
film's
success
has
come
as
a
big
relief
for
everyone
involved
in
the
project,
but
particularly
for
Varun
Dhawan,
who
shed
his
romantic
image
to
play
anti-hero.
"The
next
big
risk
was
definitely
Varun
playing
something
like
this.
It
was
an
unfamiliar
territory
for
him.
We
used
to
think
whether
the
audience
will
accept
him
as
this
guy
or
not.
It
was
a
bigger
risk
for
him
than
anyone
else.
He
has
done
a
fabulous
job
in
pulling
it
off.
"Initially,
we
all
were
apprehensive
about
the
film
but
with
time
as
people
started
coming
in,
we
started
becoming
more
confident.
Hats
off
to
Sriram
that
at
no
point
he
thought
of
softening
the
content
because
of
our
doubts,"
she
said.
Huma,
who
played
the
role
of
a
sex-worker,
said
it
was
not
easy
to
portray
the
nuances
of
Jhimli
in
such
a
short
span.
"It
is
one
of
the
most
difficult
characters
I
have
done.
It
was
complex
and
a
lot
had
to
be
said
in
a
small
duration.
In
my
first
3-4
scenes
I
literally
had
to
take
the
audience
inside
my
life
and
make
them
feel
when
something
bad
happened
to
me,"
the
actress
said.
PTI