Actor Taapsee Pannu revealed director Anurag Kashyap’s advice to her when she told him she wanted to become a star. In a recent interview, Taapsee recalled Anurag asking her to ‘go and work’ with filmmaker Rohit Shetty. Taapsee also said that before entering Bollywood she had watched only DevD and Gangs of Wasseypur as she ‘was definitely not into Anurag’s films’.

Taapsee also said that she isn’t a star yet or else she would have attracted footfalls ‘regardless of how film was’ Taapsee and Anurag have worked together in three films so far-Manmarziyaan, Saand Ki Aankh and Dobaaraa. In an interview with Indian Express, Taapsee said, “I have told him that I want to be a star, and he has also scolded me. When Anurag and I fought after Dobaaraa’s edit, he said, ‘Why do you work with me? If you want to be a star, go and work with Rohit Shetty!’ But not everyone has same formula. I want to take a different route to stardom. If Rohit Shetty does not give me a chance, what do I do? As an actor, there is only so much that I can do.  She added, “I was definitely not into Anurag’s films. I can’t watch that kind of dark. Only films I saw in theatres were DevD and Gangs of Wasseypur before I entered Hindi film industry.  Taapsee will be seen next in Anurag’s upcoming film Dobaaraa. Film’s story revolves around how a woman gets opportunity to save life of a 12-year-old boy who witnessed a death during a thunderstorm which happened 25 years ago by getting connected through television set during a similar storm in present.–Online

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 19 2022

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