Taapsee Pannu says, “I needed to make the unconventional work my conventional work” on her choice of roles.
Written by Avishay Kumar on January 7, 2025
With films like Naam Shabana, Badla, Thappad, Pink, and Haseen Dillruba, Taapsee Pannu has proved how she truly is the queen of female-led films. She is one of the few actresses to have her own OTT franchise. The actress revealed how she has consciously opted for such roles and aims at taking women-centric films to next level. Needless to say, Taapsee is also one of the few actresses who has received immense appreciation from audience for playing such characters.
Talking about the conventional and unconventional roles, Taapsee Pannu said “Should I be dwelling on doing films that are conventionally expected from an A-lister? Those films didn’t come my way organically: There were only a few of those, like Judwaa 2 or Dunki, where the makers wanted to cast someone who’d add some value to the part. It took me years to come to terms with the fact that conventional work was not going to come my way, and I needed to make the unconventional work my conventional work. I had to start believing that the work I do is mainstream in its own way, in terms of making profits or appealing to the audience.”
On the work front Taapsee Pannu had a great 2024 where she received a lot of love and appreciation as she returned to her favourite character Rani in Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba. With more plot twists and turns, the Netflix film also marked the return of Vikrant Massey as Rishab Saxena along with introducing new characters like Abhimanyu played by Sunny Kaushal, and Jimmy Sheirgill as Mrityunjay Paswan.
Talking about her upcoming projects, Taapsee will next be seen in Gandhari, directed by Devashish Mukherjee and written by Kanika Dhillon. The film will feature Pannu in an action-packed role.
