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Actress Huma Qureshi, who turned 29 on Tuesday, has been wished a year full of happiness by her friends and colleagues from the Hindi film industry. Huma worked as a theatre actor and model before beginning her film career. She made her feature film debut with a supporting role in the 2012 crime drama "Gangs of Wasseypur", where she played the character of Mohsina, the love interest of Nawazuddin Siddiqui's character Faizal Khan. Huma's performance earned her several nominations in the Best Supporting Actress and Best Female Debut category. She got noticed for her portrayal of a range of characters, including a witch in the 2013 horror film "Ek Thi Daayan", a RAW explosives expert in the action spy thriller film "D-Day", and the promiscuous companion of a Begum in the 2014 black comedy thriller "Dedh Ishqiya". On the silver screen, the actress was last seen in Sriram Raghavan's "Badlapur", which also starred actors Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Huma is currently busy shooting for a remake of the Hollywood film "Oculus" alongwith her brother Saqib Saleem. Here's what tinsel town tweeted on her birthday: Ayushmann Khurrana: @humasqureshi happy bday Huma Q! Ab apne des waapas aa jao pls. Sings-- Mitti di Khushboo aayi Hugs. Aditi Rao Hydari: Happyyyyyy birthdaaaaaay @humasqureshi... Milap Zaveri: Happy birthday @humasqureshi have a mazedaar (fun) day and a behtareen (great) year. Abhishek Dogra: @humasqureshi happy birthday Gorgeous.have a blast. bhooto ke beech bday mana rahi hai. Have fun. godbless. Nikhil Advani: Happy birthday @humasqureshi. Many things to celebrate. Catch up soon.
Huma Qureshi loves wearing make-up
Actress Huma Qureshi, who will be seen in upcoming Marathi film "Highway", says she loves "wearing make-up". "Like every girl, I love wearing make-up. I love looking glamorous and pretty. I like pop colours, I like happy bright fresh colours," the "Gangs of Wasseypur" actress said. The "Dedh Ishqiya" actress, who has been roped in by cosmetics brand Blue Heaven as its brand ambassador, also says that she is "fascinated" with make-up. "The first time I used make-up was for the first ad film I did. It wasn't very glamorous, but I was so fascinated with all those colours and brushes, and I was like, 'Wow, this is art'," she said. Huma comes from a humble background, who while growing up, like any other normal girl, played with her mother's vanity box. "I was like every other girl while growing up. I was so fascinated with my mother's vanity counter and little products like lipstick, kajal, mascara, lotion and everything," she added. Known for experimenting with her roles across genres, Huma is also doing a project with her brother Saqib Saleem.
Language no barrier in cinema: Huma Qureshi
Actress Huma Qureshi, who made her acting debut with critically acclaimed crime drama “Gangs of Wasseypur”, is now gearing up for her Marathi debut "Highway", and believes that language is no barrier in cinema. "As an actor, cinema doesn't have language. I am from north, I have no connection with Marathi cinema, but I really liked the story. And if my presence benefits the cinema in anyways, so I thought why not," the actress said at the trailer and music launch of "Highway" here. Speaking about the film at the launch, Huma said: "Umesh Kulkarni makes Marathi films but level of his films is international and after watching some of his films, I thought I wanted to be part of 'Highway'." The "Dedh Ishqiya" actress also said that good cinema should be promoted "equally" irrespective of the language. "I just know one thing that I want to be associated with good cinema. And I think when it comes to good cinema, whether its vernacular, we should promote it equally," she said. "Highway" stars Huma in a small yet significant role along with actress Tisca Chopra. Known for experimenting with her roles across genres, Huma is also doing another project with her brother Saqib Saleem, in a remake of an English movie. "I am working on this film 'Oculus'. In fact, me and my brother are going to start shooting very soon in London. I am very excited about it," added Huma.
In 3 days, 'Dhoom 3' crosses Rs.100 crore; likely to cross Rs.250 crore-mark
Aamir Khan-starrer "Dhoom: 3" has grossed Rs.107.61 crore in the first three days of its release and the collection of the sleek action thriller includes earnings from the Tamil and Telugu versions. Trade pundits predict that it will amass Rs.250 crore by the end of this week. "Dhoom: 3", which came out Dec 20 on about 4,000 screens, earned Rs.36.22 crore on the first day, followed by a slow Rs.33.36 crore on Saturday. It minted Rs.38.09 on Sunday, an official statement said. Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, the third instalment of Yash Raj Films' popular "Dhoom" franchise opened to mixed reviews. The movie, which also features Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra and Katrina Kaif, is expected to get more footfalls in the coming week, thanks to Christmas and New Year holidays. "The movie is still doing good business. Dec 25 is Christmas, so the demand for the tickets is more. But the movie is doing well on weekdays too. It surely has the potential to cross Rs.250 crore this week," Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines said. Spice Cinemas Delhi has already booked 4,000 tickets for Christmas. "The movie has done really well and is expected to do good business in the coming weeks as well. For Dec 25 alone we have sold 4,000 tickets that means we have already sold 50 percent of our tickets as our capacity is of 8,000," said Punit Sahay, senior manager programming, Spice Cinemas. Advance booking is certainly encouraging. "For 26th we have sold 1,500 tickets in advance booking. The schedule from Friday onwards will be released tomorrow (Tuesday), so the status of advance booking can be known then. But, it's expected that the movie will earn Rs.250 crore in the first two weeks," Sahay added. "Dhoom: 3" won't face any big competition at the box office till "Dedh Ishqiya" comes out on Jan 10, next year. Gautam Dutta, COO, PVR Cinemas, says their pre-booking status for the week is worth Rs.3.5 crore. "The movie is expected to do good business this week with Christmas holiday that will be followed by a weekend. We've got Rs.3.5 crore worth pre-booking," Dutta added. Manoj Desai of Gaiety Galaxy in Mumbai said the matinee shows for the movie has gone down, but the other shows are going houseful and added: "We can only give details about the advance booking on Wednesday." Along with the Hindi version, the dubbed Tamil and Telugu versions of "Dhoom: 3" were released in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, respectively. Interestingly, in Chennai, more than 50 percent of the shows are sold out for the next three days at major multiplexes. "Since its the Christmas weekend, the film is expected to do equally good business. We have approximately about 10-15 shows over the next three days, including Monday. Tickets for half of the shows have already been sold out," a representative of Satyam Cinemas in Chennai, said "We will only open bookings for this week's releases on Wednesday. Therefore, until then 'Dhoom: 3' is expected to continue its good run. Even after that it depends on how the new releases are received by the audience," he added. Rakki Cinemas sold about 1,200 tickets for the Tamil version of the film in the opening weekend. "This is the highest number of tickets we have ever sold for a dubbed Hindi film. In fact, we released with equal number of shows in Hindi and Tamil, but the latter superseded by a large margin," Manoj Kumar, a representative of Rakki cinemas, said "We have about 40-50 percent bookings for the next few days in this week. I don't think it's increase but I feel this is a pretty good number for a dubbed Hindi film. Aamir Khan's presence made a lot of difference," he added.
I love tall women: Aamir Khan
He may not be very tall himself, but Aamir Khan Tuesday revealed that he enjoys working with actresses who tower over him. In "Dhoom 3", Aamir will be seen romancing tall and beautiful Katrina Kaif. "I love tall women and her (Katrina's) heels didn't come in the way," Aamir told reporters at an event to announce Yash Raj Films' association with Mattel to create D:3-inspired limited-edition "Barbie Collector Dolls" based on his and Katrina in "Dhoom 3". Katrina said heels are not something that one randomly decides to wear. "If it's required you do it or else you don't," she added. In terms of actresses getting their due in Bollywood, Katrina feels things are changing for good. "I do see the change ... the change is happening. Actresses are getting their due credit. A lot of womencentric films are being made," she said. Some of the forthcoming such films are "Dedh Ishqiya", "Gulaab Gang" and "Mary Kom".