Cooked to perfection
THE WEEK India|July 23, 2023
Huma Qureshi brought Tarla Dalal to life. The celebrated chef's daughter said that she nailed her part
POOJA BIRAIA JAISWAL
Cooked to perfection

When Huma Qureshi was asked if she would like to helm a biopic on India's culinary legend and Padma Shri awardee Tarla Dalal, ahead of the latter's tenth death anniversary, she was thrilled and nostalgic. The one person who came to her mind was Meryl Streep (she created an uncanny version of Julia Child in Julie & Julia, and with a spot-on accent). Both the film and Streep have been Qureshi's "forever favourites".

So, while there was no question of declining the opportunity, Qureshi knew she would have to work hard to convincingly look the part; to come close to looking like the legendary chef whom an entire generation grew up watching. But the odds were stacked against her-Qureshi is a hardcore non-vegetarian as against Dalal who was the exact opposite. Neither was non-vegetarian fare ever cooked in the Dalal household nor was anything ordered from outside. In fact, Dalal converted her non-vegetarian husband [Nalin Dalal] into a vegetarian after she saw him having meat with his colleague. Next was the issue of height; while Qureshi stands tall at five feet five inches, Dalal was petite at five feet two inches. The latter's dainty personality remains as much in public memory as her recipes so it was important to get that right. Also, Qureshi, with her longish face and a sharp bone structure, looked nothing like Dalal, whose wide jawline held that peculiar toothy grin that was so popular.

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