Mumbai, Actor Taapsee Pannu says she has often told filmmakers not to cast her in roles that audiences can easily predict, as she does not want to be trapped in a particular image.
“Everybody is going into their comfort zone and using tried-and-tested methods. “I’ve actually started turning down films for this reason, telling makers that the audience will easily guess the ending. So, ‘Don’t cast me in this, it’s bad for your film’. I’ve gone and ‘de-sold’ myself to a few films,” she added.
The Delhi-born actor, who charted an unconventional path in cinema with hard-hitting dramas such as “Pink”, “Mulk”, “Thappad” and “Assi”, said she would love to do a fun film like “Khel Khel Mein”, the 2024 comedy where she was part of an ensemble cast. For instance, for glamorous roles, they have a set of five actresses they can cast, and for hard-hitting, issue-based films, they have another set of five actresses to cast,” the actor told PTI in an interview. Pannu, who will be next seen in Netflix’s action-drama “Gandhari”, said she has played strong women characters on screen and enjoyed them too, but these roles came to her at a time when conventional female lead roles were not an option.
The 39-year-old actor said women-led action films continue to be made on relatively smaller budgets compared to their male-led counterparts. Also featuring Ishwak Singh, Chhaya Kadam, Swastika Mukherjee, Mita Vashisht and Jatin Sarna, the movie will release on Netflix on September 3.
Pannu said she wants to experiment with characters that audiences would not necessarily associate with her, like her role of an influencer in “Khel Khel Mein”.
