Taapsee Pannu Feels 'Hero' Has No Gender & She's Trying To Prove That!
In an industry where a male actor is called a hero, Taapsee Pannu says her aim is to break this gender-based stereotype and she plans to do so slowly and steadily.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
In
an
industry
where
a
male
actor
is
called
a
hero,
Taapsee
Pannu
says
her
aim
is
to
break
this
gender-based
stereotype
and
she
plans
to
do
so
slowly
and
steadily.
The
31-year-old
actor
believes
the
acceptance
for
female-centric
films
from
both
the
industry
and
audience
can
help
bridge
the
gap
between
male
and
female
actors
being
successful
at
the
box
office.
"I
feel
hero
has
no
gender
and
I
am
trying
to
prove
that.
We
have
for
so
many
years
fed
our
audience
that
hero
is
a
gender-based
term
and
they
have
also
accepted
that.
Now
the
change
can
not
come
overnight,
it
will
be
slow
and
steady.
It
requires
a
lot
of
perseverance
from
the
side
of
all-female
actors
who
are
trying
to
bring
the
change," Taapsee
told
PTI.
Citing
the
example
of
her
last
release
Game
Over,
she
said
the
home
invasion
thriller
did
not
make
it
to
the
Rs
100
crore
club
and
it
is
a
fact
she
accepts.
"I
am
expecting
and
hoping
that
it
will
become
a
commercially
successful
film
so
that
other
people
will
take
a
risk
in
the
future,"
she
added.
Taapsee's
last
two
releases
Badla
(over
Rs
100
crore
in
India)
and
Game
Over
(Rs
11
crore
in
India)
were
fronted
by
a
woman
protagonist
and
the
actor
believes
there
is
an
audience
for
female-driven
cinema
today.
"We
are
in
the
transition
phase.
All
kinds
of
good
films
in
this
space
are
being
accepted.
Like
'Game
Over' was
a
dark
film,
it
did
not
have
a
regular
entertainment
quotient
like
a
song
or
a
comedy
scene
or
anything.
It
is
not
visually
that
easily
an
attractive
film
but
it
got
good
response.
Such
films
require
a
certain
kind
of
trust
from
the
audience."
There
is
a
perception
that
usually
mainstream
potboilers
with
A-listers
tend
to
be
a
crowd-puller
to
the
theatres
but
the
actor
believes
it
isn't
necessary
to
choose
films
that
are
only
commercial.
"I
am
not
giving
up
easily
and
not
succumbing
to
this
pressure
that
I
have
to
do
a
certain
kind
of
films
to
make
sure
I
am
saleable.
I
am
ready
to
push
the
boundary
slowly
and
steadily
as
in
every
way
possible.
But
I
can't
change
my
choice
because
it
doesn't
fall
into
the
conventional
formula.
I
am
ok
to
have
my
own
audience
but
an
audience
that
believes
in
my
choice
of
films."
Taapsee's
other
two
releases
this
year
are
Mission
Mangal
and
Saand
Ki
Aankh.
The
actor
is
also
working
on
a
Tamil
action
thriller.