MUMBAI: Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey's Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillbura is a follow-up to the film Haseen Dillruba which was released three years ago. The movie will be released on Netflix on August 9. Much attention was drawn to Taapsee's portrayal of Rani in the first movie, an insane small-town girl who is infatuated with Hindi pulp fiction and devises a plan to escape the routine of her married life. Rani is heard saying, "Woh pyaar hi kya jo paagalpan se na guzre," in the trailer for Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillbura.
In a conversation with a popular news portal, however, she tells us that she doesn’t believe in the frenzied madness of love. Taapsee, who tied the knot with long-time boyfriend, badminton player Mathias Boe in March this year, talks about her notion of love. She says, “Pyaar matlab pagalpan nahi hota. Love should be calm and tranquil. These are fun things to read and see but shouldn’t happen in real life.”
For her, the unpredictable nature of her career is such that she would want to return to a peaceful home and relationship. “I don’t want any kind of crazy excitement in love and my personal life. Yeh sab picture mein hi theek hai. But does that mean that it [obsessive love] doesn’t happen to people? It does. It’s just that their professional lives aren’t as crazy as ours. That’s perhaps why they get thrill and excitement [out of such relationships],” she states.
Following the release of Haseen Dillruba, the internet was divided into two – one set of audiences who raved about the novelty of the film and others who called out the makers for glorifying domestic violence and toxic love.
She also reflected on if she thinks her character is an alph, “Just because you feel that she’s toxic? (laughs) The definition of ‘alpha’ is becoming a little warped. People have started associating some kind of glorification with this word. I haven’t viewed Rani as an alpha."
The actress further added, “I view her as someone who doesn’t always make the right decisions but also owns up to her mistakes and is ready to pay the price for that. She never tried to portray her flaws with a heroic colour. One may call her alpha or sigma but I don’t think she’s a toxic protagonist. That’s why I’m very happy and proud that I played her and I don’t regret it. People who are viewing her from a myopic lens should change their lens right away.”
“Their mindset will reflect in the script. A script is a writer’s creation and a film is a director’s medium. How the director shoots a certain sequence – irrespective of whether you like it or not – will tell you if he’s right or wrong. Whether you want to be a part of it is up to you. If you feel like it’s not aligning with you, you can say a no,” states Taapsee on if she gets affected by filmmakers politics about society and gender come in the way of her script choices.
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