Mumbai: Bollywood actress Taapsee Pannu recently addressed the controversy over her remarks about film industry’s obsession with female actors’ midriff and cleavage, stating that she has been misinterpreted.
“I don’t know what the obsession is, but let’s own that there’s an obsession, whether in Hindi or in the South. Which part of yours is highlighted, that’s not the point. The point is, there’s an obsession. It was obviously awkward for the director as well because they had to convey this to me. And how do you do that when the set hardly has any women, right? So, you have to convey it indirectly. When she comes back from the van, the director obviously has to check whether it works or not. So, this whole process is slightly awkward,” Taapsee said.
“I was too new. I thought this was how it’s done. The director is the captain of the ship, and you have to listen to the captain. I had to do it, unless it was really crossing the line. You also feel this is what heroines are doing, so I’m also supposed to do this. I never look back at it thinking I wish I hadn’t done those parts. Because if I didn’t do it, I’d always be craving to do that. No matter what you do, you want to be called a mainstream actress. Unless you do those parts, you won’t be called a mainstream actress,” she added.
Taapsee was recently seen in courtroom drama ‘Assi’, helmed by Anubhav Sinha. She plays a lawyer fighting to get justice for a rape survivor.
The film also stars Kani Kusruti, Revathi, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub in important roles.
