Taapsee Pannu has seldom played a frothy character onscreen.
She has always been the actress who goes for a meaty character. And she has reaped benefits of the same too. Not only has she been taken seriously in Bollywood, she is also offered an array of interesting roles to pick and choose from. From Baby to Pink and Naam Shabana, Taapsee hasn’t shied away from deglam roles that allow her to explore the actress within. And when she chose to do a love story, it had to be an Anurag Kashyap directorial.
From the trailer, it was quite evident that Rumi won’t be a bumbling belle who is just a pretty face in a film. Rumi seems to be someone who won’t take things lying down. Opinionated to a fault, Rumi’s character seems to be so well-etched, you want to make her acquaintance immediately. We caught up with Taapsee for a chat about her character and here’s what happened
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