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Taapsee Pannu says she was replaced in a
number of films because she has no
godfather or connections in the film
industry. The 30-year-old actor, however,
says she was prepared to face rejection
which happens for reasons unrelated to
one's acting chops.
"I used the same hand to pat my back and
to pick me up when I get shattered after
losing out on a film due to reasons except
your credibility to that role. It is not a
shocker to me that a film went out of my
hands, not because I was not credible, but
because I was not so-and-so's daughter or
sister or dating so-and-so," Taapsee told PTI.
"I have got replaced. I am moving towards
that zone where I don't want to be a
replaceable name. This is my goal. I want to
hear from the industry that, 'you are the
only one who can do this, we will not go
ahead with the project, if you don't do
this'... And I want to hear from the audience
that, 'it is worth watching a film that I have
done'. I am slowly heading towards that,"
she adds.
Being an outsider, Taapsee says she is
aware that she might not get a second
chance to prove her credentials if her films
fail to enthrall the audience. "Nobody is
going to keep giving me chances even after
two-three of my films don't do well. I am
aware of it and that is why I will not feel
safe and secure. I have accepted that."
"But inspite of this, whatever little success I
have achieved, it is so thrilling and exciting
that it keeps me going," she says. Taapsee's
work in films like "Pink", "Naam Shabana"
and an out-an-out glamorous role in
"Judwaa 2" has won her accolades. Calling
herself an untrained actor, Taapsee says she
has never cleared auditions as she cannot
act in an unreal set up.
"Acting is reacting. If you put a camera on
me and tell me to say my lines when I don't
know the brief and someone else is giving
the counter lines in a very lame way, I can't
act like this. On camera, I can do it as there
is an ambiance and I have my co-actors and
the director has given me the brief," she
says.
The actor recalls when she had entered the
film industry, she thought she would not
survive more than 10 years. "I have taken
my words back. Today, it doesn't matter
what age you are, you are still the hero of
the film like Sridevi ma'am. Till the time you
are capable of pulling the audience to
theatre, you will be around," she says.
http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-taapsee-pannu-i-hv-faced-rejections-because-i-was-not-so-and-so-s-daughter-or-sister-or-girlfriend-2637495.
number of films because she has no
godfather or connections in the film
industry. The 30-year-old actor, however,
says she was prepared to face rejection
which happens for reasons unrelated to
one's acting chops.
"I used the same hand to pat my back and
to pick me up when I get shattered after
losing out on a film due to reasons except
your credibility to that role. It is not a
shocker to me that a film went out of my
hands, not because I was not credible, but
because I was not so-and-so's daughter or
sister or dating so-and-so," Taapsee told PTI.
"I have got replaced. I am moving towards
that zone where I don't want to be a
replaceable name. This is my goal. I want to
hear from the industry that, 'you are the
only one who can do this, we will not go
ahead with the project, if you don't do
this'... And I want to hear from the audience
that, 'it is worth watching a film that I have
done'. I am slowly heading towards that,"
she adds.
Being an outsider, Taapsee says she is
aware that she might not get a second
chance to prove her credentials if her films
fail to enthrall the audience. "Nobody is
going to keep giving me chances even after
two-three of my films don't do well. I am
aware of it and that is why I will not feel
safe and secure. I have accepted that."
"But inspite of this, whatever little success I
have achieved, it is so thrilling and exciting
that it keeps me going," she says. Taapsee's
work in films like "Pink", "Naam Shabana"
and an out-an-out glamorous role in
"Judwaa 2" has won her accolades. Calling
herself an untrained actor, Taapsee says she
has never cleared auditions as she cannot
act in an unreal set up.
"Acting is reacting. If you put a camera on
me and tell me to say my lines when I don't
know the brief and someone else is giving
the counter lines in a very lame way, I can't
act like this. On camera, I can do it as there
is an ambiance and I have my co-actors and
the director has given me the brief," she
says.
The actor recalls when she had entered the
film industry, she thought she would not
survive more than 10 years. "I have taken
my words back. Today, it doesn't matter
what age you are, you are still the hero of
the film like Sridevi ma'am. Till the time you
are capable of pulling the audience to
theatre, you will be around," she says.
http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-taapsee-pannu-i-hv-faced-rejections-because-i-was-not-so-and-so-s-daughter-or-sister-or-girlfriend-2637495.
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