I
Don't
Workout
To
Lose
Weight
Anymore
"I
am
very
proud
of
my
weight..
Everyone
keeps
saying
that
I
am
almost starving
myself
which
is
totally
wrong.
You
should
see
me
doing
lunch
and
having
meals
and
you
will
be
surprised.
I
am
not
an
over
workout
freak.
I
don't
work
out
to
lose
weight
anymore.
I
stopped
doing
that
4-5
years
back. Instead,
I
work
out
to
stay
strong
to
work
for
12
hours.
To
make
myself
active
enough
for
14-15
hours
actually,
I
need
to
stay
very
fit
and
strong
for
which
I
work
out. I
have
no
restrictions
in
my
diet. I
don't
take
any
protein
shakes.
I
have
been
an
ardent
sports
fan.
I
play
squash
regularly
and
off
late
I
started
cardio
and
gym
because
I
needed
muscles
to
play
the
game
I
like."
Akshay
Kumar's
Presence
Will
Help
Us
Take
Naam
Shabana
To
The
Masses
On
not
letting
Akshay
Kumar
do
what
he
is
known
for
(action),
Taapsee
said,
"He
was
the
producer,
he
asked
for
it.
(laughs)
He
was
the
one
to
set
the
stage
for
that.
It
was
so
kind
of
him
to
take
a
backseat.
I
think
very
shamelessly
that
his
presence
is
what
will
help
us
take
this
film
to
the
masses
and
he
is
probably
aware
of
that.
He
comes
at
a
very
crucial
point
that
just
makes
me
feel
that
he
has
certain beliefs
in
the
film
and
me
portraying
that
character.
So,
I
was
just
following
my
producer's
expectations
about
whatever
I
did
in
the
film."
"Indian
audience
is
ready
for
a
female
protagonist.
Now,
that's
upto
you
how
you
want
to
show
them
as
a
female
central
character.
For
me,
to
come
in
and
as
Naam
Shabana,
especially
when
it's
a
part
of
a
franchise
and
has
big
names
attached
to
it,
I
don't
think
I
could
have
asked
for
a
better
central
lead
film
to
have."
I
Don't
Have
Any
Qualms
In
Being
The
Female
Action
Star
"Actually,
there
have
been
other
girls
who
have
tried
their
hand
at
action.
It's
just
that
with
Naam
Shabana
I
will
have
two
films
where
I
have
done
action
compared
to
lot
of
others
who
would
have
probably
done
just
one.
I
am
happy
that
I
am
starting
a
genre
for
girls.
I
don't
have
any
qualms
in
being
the
female
action
star
or
whatever
you
can
call
it.
I
feel
it's
a
nice
space
to
be
in."
It's
A
Welcome
Change
That
People
Are
Accepting
Films
With
A
Female
Lead
"I
feel
I
am
very
lucky
to
witness
this
change
and
be
a
part
of
it.
Three-four
years
back,
we
would
have
1-2
films
in
a
year
with
a
female
lead
and
now
we
have
1-2
such
films
in
a
month.
It's
a
good
welcome
change
that
people
are
accepting
it
and
are
open
to
it.
You
need
to
help
us
project
this
films
at
par
with
other
films
which
are
so-called
centric.
It's
a
collaborative
effort
that
we
all
need
to
do."
I
Should
Be
Paid
According
To
How
Many
People
Walked
Into
A
Theatre
To
Watch
My
Film
"Yes,
it's
true
and
I
don't
have
any
problem
with
it
because
this
is
show
business.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
you
will
be
only
paid
according
to
how
much
your
film
makes
at
the
box
office.
How
many people
will
walk
into
a
theatre
because
it's
a
Taapsee
Pannu
film?
I
should
be
paid
according
to
that.
That's
what
I
meant
when
I
said
it's
a
collaborative
effort.
When
female
centric
films
are
projected
in
a
good
way,
people
will
walk
in
the
theatres
with
that
mind,
increasing
the
box
office
numbers
and
then
our
pay
cheques
would
be
high.
I
can't
put
burden
on
my
producers
and
ask
them to give
me
money
equal
as
so
and
so
hero.
The
day
when
the
audience
will
walk
in
the
theatres
saying
this
is Deepika,
Priyanka,
Kangana or
in
this
case
my
film,
then
that
day
I
can
ask
my
producers
to
give
me
the
same
amount
as
my
male
counterpart
and
that
will
be
fair."
I
Don't
Want
To
Be
Pitied
Upon
Just
Because
I
Am
A
Female
"For
me,
feminism
is
all
about
equal
opportunities.
I
don't
want
reservations.
I
don't
want
to
be
pitied
upon
just
because
I
am
a
female.
I
feel
very
awkward
when
people
ask
me
how
do
you
feel
being
the
female
protagonist
of
a
film.
That's
a
weird
question
to
answer.
I
really
wish
that
day
arrives when
I
wouldn't
have
to
answer
how
does
it
feel
to
be
the
hero
of
a
film.
That
day,
the
feminism
in
me
will
win
or
be
happy
or
come
to
rest.
I
would
love
that
day
when
it
comes
to
a
time
where
we
stop
categorizing
films
as
female-centric
or
women-centric.
For
me,
being
a
hero
or
a
heroine
is
not
about
gender.
Even
a
female
can
be
a
hero.
I
don't
want
to
gender
bias
being
a
hero
and
that's
what
I
believe
in."
I
Was
Tagged
A
Reason
To
Bring
Bad
Luck
To
Films
Just
Because
A
Couple
Of
Them
Didn't
Do
Well
Recently,
Taapsee's
post
on
the
Facebook
page
of
Humans
Of
Bombay
went
viral
where
she
opened
up
about
how
she
was
labelled
'iron
leg'
after
delivering
few
flop
films
and
how
a
few
actors
in
Bollywood
refused
to
work
with
her
because
she
wasn't
an
A-List
actress.
When
asked
whether
people's
perception
about
her
has
changed
now,
Taapsee
replied,
"I
didn't
ask
them
if
it
has
changed
or
not.
But,
I
am
hoping
it
has
now
considering
my
films
are
doing
well.
(laughs)
It
has
happened
not
here,
but
down
the
south.
I
just
felt
very
sad
about
it.
There
are
a
lot
of
other
girls
also
who
go
through
that.
There
are
a
bunch
of
media
people
and
industry
people
who
called
me
that.
Imagine
a
girl
who
comes
from
a
Delhi
family,
who
has
never
even
heard
the
native
language
or
been
in
that
culture
of
the
South.
She
decides
to
come
down
and
give
it
all
she
has.
I
did
all
of
that.
It's
just
that
a
couple
of
films
didn't
do
well,
I
was
tagged
as
a
reason
to
bring
bad
luck
to
the
films.
How
devastating
is
it
for
a
girl
to
hear
that!
It's
sad
what
people
did
to
me.
Today,
I
am
in
a
position
where
I
can
voice
these
things
and
talk
about
it.
People
will
listen
to
me
so
I
used
that
platform
to
tell
people
to
at
least
not
do
that
to
a
girl
ever
because
that
destroys
you
from
inside.
Thankfully,
I
wasn't
someone
who
also
wanted
to
be
an
actor.
Imagine
a
girl
who
also
wanted
to
be
an
actress
and
ends
up
hearing
that
she
is
a
sheer
bad
luck...she
is simply
a
superstition
in
the
industry
and
not
an
actor!
How
devastated
would
that
girl
be
in
a
different
land?
My
advice
is
don't
do
that
because
someday
or
the
other
the
tables
will
turn
and
I
am
sure
you
wouldn't
want
to
be
in
that
position."