Mumbai:
Actress
Huma
Qureshi,
who
garnered
praises
for
her
role
in
Gangs
Of
Wasseypur,
says
that
Vidya
Balan
has
changed
things
for
women
and
actresses
are
no
longer
considered
as
glamour
doll.
Huma
told
IANS:
"I
think
that
is
changing
very,
very
fast.
Today
look
at
what
Vidya
has
done
-
she
has
changed
things
for
women.
Be
it
me,
Konkona
(Sen
Sharma),
or
Kalki
-
we
all
are
refining
the
quintessential
role
of
a
glamour
doll
in
Bollywood
...
Thanks
to
many
directors
and
writers
who
are
coming
up
with
fantastic
story
and
ideas."
Post
Gangs
of
Wasseypur,
Huma
has
been
described
as
an
unconventional
actress
who
wowed
everyone
with
her
work
in
the
gritty
celluloid
saga
of
coal
mafia.
The
actress
has
teamed
up
with
Kalki
and
Konkona
in
Ek
Thi
Daayan,
which
is
coming
out
Friday.
Directed
by
Kannan
Iyer,
the
forthcoming
supernatural
thriller
also
features
Emraan
Hashmi
and
it
has
been
co-produced
by
Ekta
Kapoor
and
Vishal
Bhardwaj.
Huma
doesn't
have
a
problem
"being
called
pretty",
but
adds
they
really
have
to
work
hard
other
than
looking
good.
"I
have
been
working
hard
like
insane.
As
an
actress,
people
think
it's
all
about
being
glamorous,
looking
pretty
and
dressing
up,
but
there's
a
lot
of
hard
work
as
well.
I
am
working
14
to
16
hours
a
day
and
that
is
a
lot
of
work.
But
it's
fun.
I
am
loving
it.
I
am
enjoying
it," said
the
actress
who
was
born
and
brought
up
in
Delhi
and
comes
from
a
completely
non-film
background.
Nine
months
ago
"I
was
like
a
complete
new
person,
I
didn't
know
anything".
Although
there
have
been
no
changes
on
personal
level,
"work
has
increased,
media
attention
has
increased
and
I
am
really
enjoying
it".
"At
the
end
of
the
day,
what
matters
is
your
work.
I
am
very
excited
with
the
kind
of
filmmakers
I
am
working
with," the
26-year-old
said.
After
Gangs
of
Wasseypur,
Kashyap
repeated
her
in
Luv
Shuv
Tey
Chicken
Khurana,
while
Bhardwaj
is
working
with
her
again
in
Dedh
Ishqiya
post
Ek
Thi
Daayan.
"I
am
glad,
all
the
filmmakers
I
am
working
with
chose
to
repeat
me," she
said.
IANS