Bollywood actorTaapsee Pannu, who is working on Anubhav Sinha’s Thapppad, will soon be reportedly paired oppositeVikrant Massey. According to a report, Vikrant has been finalized as the male lead in Taapsee’s next film with Vinil Mathew.
Touted to be a romantic thriller, Vinil’s second Bollywood venture rolls out in January, a Mumbai Mirrorreport claimed. “The makers thought a fresh pair would work in the film’s favor as it will keep the mystery element intact, since there will be no pre-conceived notions about them as a couple,” it quoted a source as saying. The film will come six years after Vinil’s debut directorial, Parineeti Chopra-Sidharth Malhotra’s Hasee Toh Phasee.
Taapsee was last seen on the big screen in Tushar Hiranandani’s Saand Ki Aankh, in which she was seen as Prakashi Tomar, one of the world oldest sharpshooters. The film also starred Bhumi Pednekar in the lead role.
She attended a session at the recently concludedInternational Film Festival of Indiawhere she gave a savage response to a man who asked her to address the audience at the 50 th International Film Festival of India in Hindi. Responding to the Twitter trends, Taapsee tweeted, “Wow! In hindsight, it was actually a conversation on ‘fire’! Thank you @iffigoa and @maddymatters. My debut there will surely be a memorable one for a lot of us I guess. See you next year. ”
Always one to speak her mind, Taapsee recently said about the gender pay gap in Bollywood,“ When I’m paid only 5% to 10% of my heroes, of course it bothers me. The success at the box office will make sure the next film I get paid a lot which is slowly moving towards equalizing that difference. Rules are quite unfair, not just in our industry but maybe in every other industry. Because we are here, we see it more. But rules are different everywhere. And that’s what the fight is for, that’s what the struggle is right now, the whole issue of gender equality is that let’s make the rules equal. I’m not asking for an edge over them, I’m asking for equality. ”
Vikrant has Meghna Gulzar’s Chhappaak slated for release next year where he will be seen opposite Deepika Padukone.
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