Huma Qureshi and Gurinder Chadha promote ‘Partition: 1947’ in Amritsar

Huma Qureshi is all set to make her international debut with British-Indian historical drama ‘Partition: 1947’. The film is directed by renowned filmmaker Gurinder Chadha who has earlier helmed films like ‘Bend It Like Beckham’, ‘Bride and Prejudice’, etc. The actress and the director are busy promoting the film, and they recently visited Amritsar.

Huma took to Twitter to share some pictures from her Amritsar trip. She tweeted, “Talking #JallianwalaBagh-the tragedy & how it strengthened people’s determination to fight agst oppression @gurinder.chadha #Partition1947.”

Talking #JallianwalaBagh-the tragedy & how it strengthened people's determination to fight agst oppression @gurinder.chadha #Partition1947 pic.twitter.com/71XHRa5kNB

— Huma Qureshi (@humasqureshi) August 13, 2017

She later tweeted, “Bullet marks at #JallianwalaBagh-a trigger 4 the largest non-violent protest at the time??Reminder to oppressive govts who use force on ppl.”

Bullet marks at #JallianwalaBagh-a trigger 4 the largest non-violent protest at the time??Reminder to oppressive govts who use force on ppl pic.twitter.com/Lf2foDK2Sm

— Huma Qureshi (@humasqureshi) August 13, 2017

Huma and Gurinder also visited the famous Golden Temple in Amritsar to seek blessings for their film from the almighty. Reliance Entertainment, who is presenting the film in India, tweeted, “.@humasqureshi and @GurinderC pay their respects at the Golden Temple, Amritsar. #Partition1947.”

.@humasqureshi and @GurinderC pay their respects at the Golden Temple, Amritsar. #Partition1947 pic.twitter.com/hRDMzT6SkU

— Reliance Entertainment (@RelianceEnt) August 12, 2017

‘Partition: 1947’ is slated to release on August 18, 2017. Recently, in an exclusive interview with us, Huma spoke about how she prepared for her role in the film. The actress said, “Well, Gurinder (the director) did a lot of research. So I always follow what my director tells me, it is always better. I am director’s actor. But khud se I watched a lot of YouTube videos of old leaders and how they spoke English. Because my character Aalia, she is an interpreter for Mountbattens. So the way she speaks English has to be very colloquial, very colonial. Bada tareeke se baat karte the. So I had to pick up that way of talking. For that, I saw a lot of videos of Vijaya Laxmi Pandit and a lot of other leaders from that time.” (Also Read: Huma Qureshi had to audition for ‘Partition: 1947’)

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