“I have been nominated so many times but I had never won an award before this,” she beamed, adding, “This was long overdue and it’s a night I will never forget. I have cherished it and I always will. People say sabr ka fal meetha hota hai and trust me, it’s quite meetha! I have never stood first in anything in my life. People always thought and believed that I had the potential and that I was good at what I did but I never won anything. From the time I know, I always wanted to win a Filmfare Award. So, today, it’s hard to explain that feeling of holding a trophy of my own. In the last two years when we thought the world might end, I did something right which has brought me thus far.”
The trailer-teaser of her new film, Double XL, shot in Delhi and London, with Sonakshi, tables an important subject with a dash of humour. It talks about women who are fat-shamed for being plus-sized. The trailer itself has Sonakshi and Huma talking about what they have been put through as actresses in the beginning of their careers – the fashion police and their ruthless comments on their shape and contours among other things. Huma, in her new avatar, seems to have become a fearless version of herself.
“Being fearless is to have fun and be myself a little more. As an actor, you should stop second-guessing your decisions in life. When I decided to take on Maharani, I thought this could well be the last thing I get to shoot, so I may as well put my best foot forward and do the best I can. In my head, in that time of uncertainty and the pandemic, I thought this is what I might end up leaving behind as one of the last things in my repertoire. Today, my decision has been validated with an award. After working on the show, I have started operating with the same thought on every project. I do everything with my gut, and I don’t second guess my decision to act in a movie or front a show. I have become fearless with time and I have the pandemic and the uncertainty around life to thank for it. It changed everything for me.”
