Taapsee Pannu Reveals The Ugly Truths Of Film Industry: Shares An Incident When She Was Wrongly Touched
After the phenomenal success of Pink, Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu has become the face of the liberated Indian woman. Yes, if we had to name one actress who has made us women proud by portraying some really powerful characters onscreen, it has to be Tapsee Pannu.
She was highly praised for her role in the movie “Pink” in which she played the character of a lady who didn’t overlook or bow to anyone’s illicit behavior and rather preferred to give a perfect answer to the moron.
The actress has been vocal about her bad and good experiences in the industry on various instances but recently she posted a brazenly honest post on her social media account and it is worth a read.
In a hard-hitting post, Taapsee bared her heart out to Human of Bombay and unveiled what lies behind the glitz and glamor in the industry.
In the post, she mentions about her struggles, her unpleasant experiences in the industry and her encounters with producers and director. Even after delivering hits like Baby and Pink, the Naam Shabana actor Taapsee Pannu is still looked down upon in the Indian film industry.
The actress also opened up about getting inappropriately touched at an event recently and her reaction to the whole scenario would make you respect her even more.
Not just that, Tapsee made some STARTLING revelations of how she was “thrown out” of films until Pink happened. She also went on to say that she was rumored to bring bad luck to films. Can you believe that?
Read The Full Post Here:
“I got into modelling during my college days, just to make some extra pocket money. I had scored 88% in my CAT exams and was enroute to pursuing my MBA when I got an offer for a film — it happened as organically as that. There after, three of the films I worked in didn’t work and I got the label of ‘iron leg’ — I was ‘rumoured’ to bring bad luck to films. Mind you, all of these films had huge male co-stars and directors, but the failure of movies was blamed upon my bad luck. Thereafter, I’ve been asked to reduce my pay, I’ve been thrown out of films because the producer was having financial issues. This was all before I did the movie Pink, but believe it or not even after that there’s stigma I’ve had to deal with. Actors have refused to work with me in Bollywood, because I’m not an ‘A list actress’. Producers have finalised me, locked my dates and then randomly backed out at the last minute because they got a bigger name. Expecting equal pay is far off, even the basic amount is something I have to fight for— but I’m not complaining.
I’m here because I love acting — I may not be the most glamorous, or have the perfect body but I believe in my art. I don’t like indulging in self pity…I enjoy being strong and independent. Just a few weeks ago, I was going to a Keertan in Delhi where in the middle of the crowd I felt a guy trying to poke me from behind. I didn’t even turn to look at him, I grabbed his finger and twisted it so hard that he winced in pain. Truth is, I’m less heroine and more the ‘hero’ in my story and for some that’s a bitter pill to swallow, but then that’s tough…because I’m not going anywhere.”