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Taapsee Pannu has expressed her opinions on Bollywood and the industry’s way of working over various occasions.
This time, the ‘Thappad’ actress has gotten fairly real on how tedious it is to find actors for films where the actress has more screen time.
As per Peeping Moon, Taapsee was asked how the budget of a woman-led film is sometimes equal to a male A-lister’s salary. She said, “How many times do you see a male A-lister feature in a female A-lister’s film unless he is co-producing it, but the opposite happens all the time and no one bats an eyelid. It’s tedious to find actors to be a part of a film where the actress might have 10-20 per cent more screen time. There have been times when actors, who have done lesser films than me, refused to co-star claiming there was nothing ‘heroic’ about their part.”
“Not just me, Deepika Padukone, who has worked with such big names, had to work with a fabulous actor like Vikrant Massey in ‘Chhapaak’, Kangana Ranaut paired up with Jassie Gill for ‘Panga’, Alia Bhatt with Vicky Kaushal in ‘Raazi’, Vidya Balan with Manav Kaul for ‘Tumhari Sulu’. You see the pattern? Actresses never do that,” Pannu adds.
