Taapsee Pannu: Nobody Questions When Big Actors Portray College Characters Being Triple The Age
Taapsee Pannu says she was surprised at the criticism the first look poster of Saand Ki Aankh received as she and her co-star Bhumi Pednekar had an amazing time taking on the characters.
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Pti
Taapsee
Pannu
says
she
was
surprised
at
the
criticism
the
first
look
poster
of
Saand
Ki
Aankh
received
as
she
and
her
co-star
Bhumi
Pednekar
had
an
amazing
time
taking
on
the
characters
which
required
them
to
be
'double'
their
age.
The
film
chronicles
the
story
of
world's
oldest
sharpshooters
Chandro
and
Prakashi
Tomar
and
feature
Taapsee
and
Bhumi
in
the
lead.
The
poster
was
criticised
for
casting
two
young
actors
to
portray
60-year-olds
and
not
women
closer
to
the
age
of
the
sharpshooters.
Taapsee,
however,
looks
at
the
debate
from
another
point
of
view.
"I
was
pretty
surprised
and
laughed
at
it
thinking,
no
one
questioned
me
when
I
played
a
college
girl
at
30.
Nobody
questions
when
these
big
actors
portray
college
characters
being
triple
the
age.
At
that
time
nothing
happens," Taapsee
told
PTI.
The
Badla
star
says
people
should
appreciate
her
and
Bhumi
for
choosing
to
portray
older
characters
at
prime
of
their
careers.
"It's
so
strange
that
two
actresses,
at
the
prime
of
their
careers,
decided
to
look
more
than
double
their
age,
where
today
an
actress
always
wants
to
look
younger
and
younger.
We
decided
to
look
double
the
age.
Instead
of
appreciating
it,
people
are
finding
issues
with
it."
The
actor
says
she
later
got
to
know
from
her
producer
that
senior
actors
were
also
approached
for
the
role
"but
they
felt
it's
too
off
beat
a
film.
"It
might
not
be
mainstream
enough
for
them
to
do,
so
they
didn't
do
it.
For
me
it
was
a
kickass
story
and
I
wanted
to
do
it.
"I
really
want
to
see
the
same
people
questioning
me
when
I
am
going
to
portray
a
college
girl
soon.
I'm
far
away
from
college
now.
Then
let's
see
the
trolling," she
adds.
Taapsee
will
be
next
seen
in
Ashwin
Saravanan's
Game
Over.
The
Hindi
version
of
the
home-invasion
psychological
thriller
will
release
on
June
14.