Actress Huma Qureshi decided to defy beauty standards with her work in both her upcoming films “Double XL” and the streaming feature “Monica, O My Darling”, and she lived up to her promise.
While “Double XL” required the actress to get into the mind of a girl who faces discrimination and rejection because of her weight, “Monica, O My Darling” required that the actress channel oomph. be the quotient. The actress shot back-to-back for both the films and faced a dilemma.
For her part in ‘Double XL’, Huma had gained extra kilos and initially planned a diet and workout program to lose weight for ‘Monica, O My Darling’. However, during the shoot of ‘Double XL’, the actress also decided that losing weight was not the answer just because she is playing a female fatale in her next film and she wants to look glamorous.
She said in a statement, “My desire to produce a film like ‘Double XL’ was to shatter the notion of how weight is associated with beauty and desirability. So why was I bowing down to the rules made by society and not looking beautiful in my own skin? I have realized that looking and feeling sexy is not because of the clothes you wear or because of someone else. has a fixed weight.”
The actress believes that in a world where standards of beauty are set by the patriarchy, confidence is the key.
“It’s about feeling confident and believing that one can look glamorous if one feels glamorous. Patriarchy and society lead us to believe that a girl with a certain weight is not beautiful or glamorous It is high time we dispel these notions. Also I realized that since I was from an industry where glamor is an essential aspect of the profession, the message coming from me can help other girls who are trying to lose weight. Focus on yourself, feel different about yourself.”
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“Double XL” is set to hit the screens on November 4, followed by “Monica, Oh My Darling” on Netflix on November 11.
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