Actor Taapsee Pannu is having fun with a profession excessive. With a slew of attention-grabbing initiatives lined up, she will probably be seen within the Netflix movie Looop Lapeta, an official Hindi remake of German movie Run Lola Run. She performs a unusual character who’s caught in a time loop as she tries to save lots of her boyfriend from an imminent loss of life.
Talking in regards to the course of of constructing Looop Lapeta, Taapsee jokes that it was like “college ka experimental cinema” that she was doing on the aspect and it gave her fairly a kick. She says, “It felt like we had been engaged on ‘faculty ka experimental cinema’. The solid and crew had been crammed with a lot ‘josh’ and fervour, all of us wished to make one thing ‘zabardast’. It additionally helps when you do not take issues too ‘heavy-duty’, and make a movie whereas having enjoyable. That vibe is reflecting in our movie.”
What attracts Taapsee to experimenting with such assorted roles? And does she not worry getting misplaced within the sea of “non-conventional” roles she has been doing just lately? “I have made a career out of playing tricky roles, as I’ve never got conventional roles to play,” the actor says.
Taapsee, who performs Savi in the Aakash Bhatia movie, says, “People used to say that a certain film is commercial and some were ‘off-beat’, the film used to be categorized this way. But, for me, there are only two types of films, one that is entertaining, by which I mean that it will keep you glued. Or the film that is not entertaining. A film can keep you glued because it is so intense, or it can keep you glued because it is so funny. There can be multiple reasons, but the end result should be that it should keep you glued.”
“When individuals would ask me why I did not work in ‘industrial cinema’, I would not perceive the query. What is industrial cinema? The one which makes cash, or the one which retains the viewers glued to their seats they usually need to watch it, come out of the theater and inform others to look at it too. I’m a part of these sort of movies (the latter), and these for me are industrial movies. Commercial movies are these which provide the ‘paisa-vasool’ feeling, and the one which the audiences sits and watches with out getting distracted. For me to do a movie, that is the essential mandate,” she provides.
About bagging movies with sturdy central elements, Taapsee says that was not her plan, and that she is open to doing multi-starrer movies so long as her character’s presence is felt, regardless of how huge or small the position is. She says, “I never really wanted it to go like that. I never only wanted to do films where I am leading the cast. That’s why I tried to do films like Mission Mangal in between. I tried to do Soorma also. But it just so happens that I can only choose from what I get. And, for some reason, I am not getting the parts where I am not really the center of attention. I really don’t understand why.”
Talking about Saand Ki Aankh the place she starred with Bhumi Pednekar, the actor says she was “desperately searching” for a multi-starrer at that time. “I wanted a film where I could share the screen space with more female protagonists. That’s why I went behind that script to get it. Even now when people come and ask me what kind of stuff I’d like to do, I always talk about how I want to do a film where there are multiple characters at the same level. It is just that, for that purpose, the other actors should also be okay to do that. But, I really never wanted this message to go out that I am not okay not playing a central part because I have made a career out of a seven minute role that really did wonders for me. It is more challenging to make your presence felt if you have a lesser screen space and time. And that’s the kind of challenge that, as an actor, excites me. I am just waiting for someone to give me that part, as it is not about the length of the role but the fact that the character’s presence should be felt. Even if you give me only 1-2 scenes, I know I’ll make the most of it.”
Having mentioned that, Taapsee calls it the very best section in her profession as “the best scrips written, with central female protagonist” are coming to her. “I’m glad that I get central roles, I can unabashedly say that among the finest scripts within the trade with a feminine protagonist come to me, and I’m not going to be modest about it. People come to me and inform me ‘that is written for you’, that is the sort of state of affairs I’ve no complaints about. But it isn’t as a result of I wished to be the focal point however as a result of it simply so occurred, possibly we will name it the snowball impact for doing the sort of movies that I’ve completed and I’m comfortable to be the place I’m right now. I’ve no complaints both manner,” Taapsee provides.
Taapsee has been round for over a decade now. In Bollywood, that’s thought of time sufficient for a male actor to realize stardom. Can girls actors anticipate the identical trajectory. Taapsee calls it a hazard zone and says she would by no means need to turn out to be greater than her movies. She says, “I don’t think any star, male or female, should think like that. The day that you think you are bigger than the film, that’s the first day of your downfall. I feel it’s a danger zone. When you start thinking that you are bigger than the film, the motivation to work is diluted. Stardom for me is that there are a bunch of people who blindly trust you. They believe that if you’ve chosen it, it will be worth the time and effort they put into going and watching a film. That is stardom for me, not that you have become such a huge persona that more than the film, it is important what you are doing in the film.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
