Taapsee Pannu has earned a foothold in the industry now, with her stunning work in films like Pink, Baby, Badla, Rashmi Rocket, Haseen Dilruba and many more, the actress has proven that she is one of the finest. And now, has revealed her strategy for selecting a good script.
Talking to Bollywood Hungama, she said, “In the beginning, I used to think about the masses like ‘Yeah, only this kind of things work for audiences; so I should do only these kinds of films. I have made a few mistakes during the time I worked in the South industry. After that, I started using my own head on what kind of films I would like to watch and I will only do those kinds of work. Thankfully, what has worked in my favour is that I haven’t left that ‘audience’ mindset. I have not become an ‘actor’ when I select the film; I am still thinking as an audience. This has helped me choose films which audience also ends up feeling like ‘Yeah, we can watch this.’”
She continued, “I can’t be greedy as an actor. There are times when films are made where the actors have fabulous roles. You have full-blown scope for performance but it sort of is weak as a film. I think that even if I perform well, the audience won’t be able to finish watching the film or if they finish it, they won’t recommend it. I don’t see the advantage in doing that kind of film. I have taken such decisions which have worked in my favour. When I came to Hindi cinema from the South market, I never left the South market. There are probably a lot of others who do that. I thought when I couldn’t act or didn’t have command over the language, that time these people liked me, accepted me, made me part of the industry. Now, I have learnt their language. I have learnt how to work in the industry so why will I uproot myself from a place where people like me. I never thought of uprooting myself from South and hence, I do one film every year consistently.”
She further explained, “Apart from that, I think I am probably the mid-way audience balancing between theatre and OTT. I am not an audience who is too much into a festival made film, nor am I an audience who enjoys total brainlessness also which is not entertaining enough. Somewhere I am an audience in between and hence, I have found an audience in theatre also and on OTT as well.”