Foraying into the movie industry with the iconic Gangs of Wasseypur – that’s what Bollywood dreams are made of, agrees Huma Qureshi. But what went into the cult film’s making? Join the actor as she fondly recalls that the cast was put up in a run-down hotel, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap stayed in a bleak guest house, and the only silver lining was leading man Manoj Bajpayee treating them to five-star hotel lunches.  

More than a decade after Gangs of Wasseypur became a cult classic, Huma Qureshi has opened up about the humble beginnings that came with the film that launched her career. In a candid conversation, the actor revealed that she was paid a modest sum of Rs 65,000 for both parts of Anurag Kashyap’s crime saga.