Bollywood
actress
Huma
Qureshi
said
her
best
scenes
in
the
upcoming
movie
Partition:
1947
are
with
the
legendary
late
actor
Om
Puri.
Huma
said
Om
Puri
was
'a
great
human
being
apart
from
being
a
fine
actor'
and
she
is
thankful
to
director
Gurinder
Chadha
for
making
a
film
on
such
a
sensitive
subject.
During
the
trailer
launch
of
Partition:
1947,
Huma
was
asked
about
her
experience
with
the
late
actor,
to
which
she
said,
"I
think
my
best
scenes
in
the
film
are
with
Om
Puri.
He
played
my
father
in
the
film
and
I
would
like
to
thank
Gurinder
for
giving
me
such
a
lovely
on-screen
father.
From
the
first
meeting,
he
was
such
a
wonderful
person
to
be
with."
"Last
year
around
this
time,
he
met
my
parents
and
we
were
so
happy
to
have
him.
It
is
a
great
loss
(that
he
passed
away)," she
said.
According
to
Gurinder,
Om
Puri
was
very
happy
to
be
a
part
of
the
film
as
he
is
a
Punjabi
and
there
was
a
Punjabi
connection
as
well.
"He
was
very
happy
to
know
that
I
have
taken
such
a
subject
for
the
film.
In
the
film,
though
he
played
an
old
blind
man,
whenever
the
music
starts
we
would
get
up
and
dance
as
he
was
full
of
life," Gurinder
said.
Though
the
film's
story
revolves
around
the
India-Pakistan
partition,
according
to
Huma,
the
core
story
is
very
emotional
and
humane.
"What
I
loved
about
the
film
is,
it
is
a
human
story...
it
is
heartbreaking
for
anyone
to
leave
their
own
country
for
political
reason."
Adding
to
that,
Gurinder
said:
"We
screened
the
film
in
Australia
and
people
loved
it
there
because
it
is
an
emotional
story."
"Partition:
1947",
featuring
Huma
Qureshi,
Om
Puri,
Hugh
Bonneville,
Manish
Dayal,
Michael
Gambon
among
others,
is
scheduled
to
release
on
August
18.