• Huma Qureshi is one of the few who has defied industry expectations of what a female actor should look like.
• The actor has experimented with roles as well as frequently putting on weight and altering her appearance for several of her ventures.
• The actor recently made a light jab at Bollywood’s preoccupation with size zero.

Huma Qureshi is one of the few who has defied industry expectations of what a female actor should look like when it comes to body image. The actor has experimented with roles as well as frequently put on weight and altered her appearance for several of her ventures. The actor recently made a light jab at Bollywood’s preoccupation with size zero, suggesting there was much more to being a Bollywood heroine than that.

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In her upcoming comedy film Double XL, Huma Qureshi and Sonakshi Sinha play two plus-sized women who struggle with body image issues and body shaming. The cricketer Shikhar Dhwan makes his maiden cinematic appearance in the Satramm Ramani-directed movie, which also stars Zaheer Iqbal. In recent interviews, Sonakhi and Huma have been promoting the movie.

In a recent interview, Huma was asked what advice she has for “girls who think that wearing size zero is the only way to go into movies.” The actor responded, “Not at all! If this film, our careers, or many other women before or after us are anything to go by, it is not. It is your talent and hard work. If you want to be a Hindi film actress, there is a lot more than being just size zero.”

The size in the US size chart that corresponds to an extra small abroad is referred to as size zero. It typically refers to apparel that fits a woman with a waist of 23 inches. In both the West and India, size zero has long been seen as a “requirement” for mainstream female models. The phrase became well-known in India in the 2000s as a result of Kareena Kapoor allegedly achieving size zero and losing weight for her 2008 movie Tashan.

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Being a size 0 or having a particular appearance has come under scrutiny in recent years. Several female performers, like Sonakshi Sinha, Vidya Balan, and Huma, have questioned the necessity of dressing a certain way for the camera and refused to comply with this “size zero obsession.”