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Huma Qureshi says marriage can wait as work takes priority
Actor-producer Huma Qureshi has said marriage is not on her immediate agenda, after her appearances with actor and acting coach Rachit Singh fuelled wedding speculation. Speaking to Hindustan Times, she said she…
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Actor-producer Huma Qureshi has said marriage is not on her immediate agenda, after her appearances with actor and acting coach Rachit Singh fuelled wedding speculation. Speaking to Hindustan Times, she said she was focusing on a busy year and her work. Qureshi also discussed producing Baby Do Die Do, which released alongside Alia Bhatt’s Alpha and is now in its fifth weekend with shows continuing across the country.
Qureshi said producing was a high-risk, high-reward experience that taught her about time, money and professionalism. She and her brother Saqib Saleem created their own production banner, Saleem Siblings, after deciding not to dwell on roles they did not get. She argued that smaller films can be engaging without budgets of Rs 800 crore or Rs 900 crore.
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The lazy narrative is that Qureshi’s public appearances must signal a wedding, while another industry habit treats opening-day figures as the only measure of a film’s worth. Neither follows from the facts presented. She has directly said work comes first, and her film’s fifth-weekend run offers a more useful, if still incomplete, indicator of audience interest. The real test is whether it keeps attracting shows and viewers beyond the initial publicity cycle.
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
