Huma Qureshi on the Return of ‘Maharani’

After homemaker to CM, Rani Bharati (inspired by Rabri Devi) enters the nation’s toughest battlefield in Season 4

xOTT series Maharani has been the lone highlight of Huma Qureshi’s career in recent years – and Season 4 of the popular programme, in which she plays a character based on former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, will begin streaming from November 7.

In Maharani, Huma creates a woman who is at once street-wise and parliament-foolish but possesses the moral wherewithal to tell right from wrong. Huma’s Rani Bharati runs an expose that transforms her into a neo-Joan of Arc, a woman who cares deeply for the truth. Huma, who has played characters as diverse as famous chef Tarla Dalal and Deepa Mehta’s Leila, elevates Rani into a kind of feminist firebrand without rendering her unbel