humi quraishi actress
hulme akira she is an Indian actress who
appears in Hindi cinema she worked as a
theatre actor and model before beginning
her film career after starring in
several theatrical productions Kira she
moved to Mumbai and signed a two-year
contract with Hindustan Unilever to
appear in television commercials during
the shoot of a samsung mobile commercial
Anurag Kashyap noticed her acting
ability and signed her for his films
Kira she made her acting debut with a
supporting role in the 2012 crime drama
gangs of wasseypur part 1 and part 2 a
box office hit her performance in the
film garnered critical appreciation and
earned her nominations at filmfare
awards for best female debut and Best
Supporting Actress the same year she
played the lead female role in lieu of a
chicken Khurana a romantic drama that
proved to be a critical and commercial
success she achieved further success for
her leading roles in the 2013
supernatural thriller ecthion dramedy
shorts spy thriller d-day and the 2014
black comedy dedh Ishqiya in addition to
acting in films Kira she is active in
humanitarian work has a number of
endorsement deals and is regarded as one
of the most promising contemporary
actresses in India
early life and modeling career
kyra she was born on july 28 1986 in
delhi india her father Salim karashi is
a restaurateur who runs a chain of
restaurants Salim's her mother Amy enna
karashi a Kashmiri is a housewife she
has three brothers nahum karashi haseen
karashi and actor saqib saleem she grew
up in kalkaji greater kailash south
delhi Kira she did her history honors at
the Gaggia college later she joined act
one theatre group and performed in few
theatre productions Kira she has worked
with several NGOs and assisted a
documentary filmmaker in 2008 she moved
to Mumbai to audition for film roles
auditioning for a film junction which
was never made I never thought of coming
to Mumbai or being an actress but when
my friend called me for an audition for
a movie called Junction it set me
thinking sadly the film never got made
karashi signed a two-year contract with
Hindustan Unilever to appear in their
television commercials she promoted a
range of products including samsung
mobile with Aamir Khan Nero lucky with
shahrukh khan vita marie safa loyal
mederma cream and pears soap during a
shoot for a samsung mobile commercial
director Anurag Kashyap was impressed
with her acting ability and promised to
use her in a film karashi recalled I
didn't believe him then you hear lots of
such stories in this industry so I
wasn't waiting with bated breath Kashyap
kept his promise though casting her in
the two-part crime drama gangs of
wasseypur
acting career
debut and breakthrough 2012
keira she was initially scheduled to
make her film debut in billa 2 after
surviving an audition out of 700
candidates although cast as the female
lead when the film was delayed cura she
left the project to honor other work
commitments I have no regrets I wish it
had worked out but it didn't I am NOT
someone who sits and laments over things
I was approached for several other South
films too but the roles weren't what I
was looking for Kira she made her
feature film debut with a supporting
role in Anurag Kashyap's crime drama
gangs of wasseypur part 1 alongside
manoj bajpayee Tigmanshu Dhulia Richa
Chadda and nawazuddin siddiqui the plot
spanning 50 years tells a story of power
struggles politics and vengeance among
three crime families Kira she played
Mozena the love interest of Faizal Khan
siddiqui she described her character as
a small-town airhead who thinks she is
the prettiest girl in the village Mozena
tries to copy everything she sees on the
big screen in her own little ways she is
heavily influenced by Bollywood the film
premiered at the 65th cannes film
festival and both the film and actress
received positive reviews from critics
Govind Nihalani noted her screen
presence comparing the actress to smita
patil an earthiness sincerity intensity
and warmth of personality qualities that
distinguished smita apart from the fact
that she was a very fine and instinctive
actress humor is a good enough actress
on her own someone who can stand apart
from the crowd and hold her own Taran
Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama noted humour
karashi who's introduced much later in
the film is wonderful The Telegraph
labeled her appearance unconventional
and noted Bollywood is largely about ex
beauty queens and size 0 py T's dusky
and slightly bigger than the other
newbies she brings a raw sensuality on
screen that is quite irresistible the
express tribune added when it comes to
looks is different from the typical
Bollywood actors
2012 karashi appeared on rediff coms
annual list of Bollywood's top-10
debutants male and female and placed
third the highest female position the
actress reprised her role as Mozena in
the second installment of gangs of
wasseypur gangs of wasseypur part 2 the
film premiered in the can Directors
Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival
with its prequel it opened to wide
critical acclaim and her portrayal again
received positive reviews moderate Ramu
Koji of the times of india said humour
karashi with her Gordie clothes designer
sunglasses and unusual attractiveness is
the hottest cheese in wasseypur she
beautifully lends support as a powerful
man's proud a better half even in his
worst crimes and taran Adarsh found her
simply fantastic both films and karashi
several Best Supporting Actress
nominations including the Filmfare Award
and best female debut nominations Kira
she described gangs of wasseypur as a
life-changing film she next starred as
the feisty Punjabi girl Harmon in the
comedy luv shuv tey chicken Khurana with
Kunal Kapoor the film describes a quest
for an ancient family dish chicken
Khurana rediff.com noted humour cura she
looks right for the role and she
delivers a wonderful performance aneroid
agua of daily news and analysis said on
the other hand is charming as the fiery
punjaban Harman her refreshingly natural
acting style impresses again in a role
that has shades of her character in the
gangs of wasseypur however Annie Palmer
Chopra described her performance as a
little bland despite good reviews the
film was unsuccessful at the box office
recent work 2013 present
Karachi's first release of 2013 was the
supernatural thriller ecthion alongside
Emraan Hashmi quan cornice Anita Sharma
and Kalki Koechlin the film revolves
around a magician who is haunted by a
witch received mixed reviews by critics
however her performance was well
received The Indian Express noted that
Kira she has just a few good moments but
makes the most of them while coy roy
noted that karashi has a remarkably
pleasant and confident screen presence
Raja Sen of rediff.com praised the
female cast and wrote the three leading
ladies Kwan cornice Anita Sharma humor
karashi and Kalki Koechlin are smashing
in their roles each plays they're given
role with frightening ly good Flair and
each deserves a big hand curragh she's
short film Sujata which was screened at
the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
in 2013 was released to the public as
one of the segments in the an yer a gap
produced anthology film shorts she
played the eponymous lead as a young
girl who is struggling to come out of
the clutches of her tormenting cousin
brother played by satya one and the film
received generally positive reviews from
critics and karashi earned critical
acclaim as well as Indian Film Festival
of Los Angeles special mention for her
performance karashi next appeared as a
raw explosives expert Zawya riemann in
nikhil advani's underworld dramedy day
the film received positive feedback from
critics and kuru she's performance
received favorable reviews Subhash K Jha
mentioned that Kira she's acting is
effortlessly appealing and effective
in 2014 karashi featured in Abhishek
Chaubey zhdi dish kiya sequel of ishqiya
co-starring Madhuri Dixit Arshad Warsi
and Naseeruddin Shah the film met with
mostly positive reviews from critics and
karashi received praise for her
portrayal as the promiscuous companion
of Begum para durg sit in a five-star
review Raja Sen commented that Kira she
uses her fiercely intelligent eyes to
great effect whilst Mohar Basu agreed
saying that humor karashi is brilliant
and confident the actress has in her the
vivacious energy that proves her talent
as of february2014 cura she has several
projects in various stages of production
she has completed work on the
experimental film X the film consists of
a directorial team of 11 with karashi
working under the direction of film
critic Raja Sen she will feature
alongside ants human jaw she has also
been signed on for Sriram Raghavan
action thriller with varun dhawan and
nawazuddin siddiqui as well as a Marathi
film titled highway
awards and nominations