Taapsee Pannu on being clicked without permission: I’m a public figure not a public property

Taapsee Pannu is one of the finest actresses in Bollywood. In a film career that spans nearly a decade, Taapsee has proved her worth with her versatile acting in multi-lingual movies. Not being born in a filmy family like Alia Bhatt or Sonam Kapoor, Taapsee has always emerged as the winner. The actress immerses herself in the character she is portraying and performs naturally. 

In a recent interview with Mid-Day, Taapsee revealed how hard it is for her to get in and out of a character. She also recalled an incident where she went into ‘Rumi-mode’ and blasted a man for clicking her picture without her permission. She said, 

I laugh about the fact that I’m becoming a crazy person, with every film. I rid 90 per cent of a character from my system, and 10 per cent stays, changing something in me. During Manmarziyaan, my sister and I went out for dinner. We were standing at the pavement, waiting for the driver to get the car. There was a man at the red signal, slyly taking out his camera on a bike. It’s not like he asked for a picture. I’m a public figure; not a public property, like Qutub Minar, or something. There’s a clear difference. I, in Rumi-mode, went, ‘Phone andar rakh le, nahi toh tod dungi! (Keep your phone inside, or else I’ll break it)’ My sister was like, ‘I am not with her!’ I also instantly realised, this is not me.

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Manmarziyaan, directed by Anurag Kashyap, starred Taapsee Pannu, Abhishek Bachchan and Vicky Kaushal in lead roles. It saw Taapsee in the role of Rumi, a feisty Punjabi girl, who is stuck in a love triangle. 

On the work front, Taapsee will be seen in Mission Mangal, based on the real-life story of the Indian Space Research Organisation's Mars Orbiter Mission and Saand Ki Aankh, a biopic of the world's oldest sharpshooters Chandro and Prakashi Tomar.

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