Mumbai, Actor Mrunal Thakur says she offered to audition for her role in “Pooja Meri Jaan” after listening to its one-line pitch about a trial in which the idea that a woman’s “no means no, it does not mean try harder” is challenged.
“The film was not offered to me. I asked the filmmakers if I could do and be a part of it, I asked for an audition and shamelessly I was like, ‘Sir, you’ve to cast me. I’ve to play Pooja’.
Because it made him aware of the importance of consent, thakur recalled her conversation with a man in his 40s during her recent visit to Delhi, who thanked her for the film. Because it’s a lovely phase, “After ‘Pooja Meri Jaan’, I’ve been getting a lot of opportunities and I’m just enjoying that. Because it’s a very, very difficult role,” she said, so, I’m just happy for Maddock and Navjot to see me as Pooja.
I was like, ‘I’ve to be a part of it. Can I meet? So, this is the second time in my life I’ve reached out to a filmmaker that was Dino . Directed by Navjot Gulati, the film is currently streaming on ZEE5. If producers and directors are impressed by your work in a film and offer you their next, then that’s the biggest compliment.
Thakur, known for her roles in movies such as “Sita Ramam”, “Hi Nanna”, “Super 30”, “Batla House” and “Dacoit”, said it is rare to come across characters with that kind of range. “I found out about it via my agent who said, ‘There’s a film being made which is about two girls fighting this case where ‘no means no, it doesn’t mean try harder’. I’m just incredibly happy that he saw that faith and he saw that I can pull it off,” the actor told PTI in an interview. Thakur said all the love that the film has received has been overwhelming as an artist and she is just grateful that the producer and the director had faith in her.
