Why Taapsee chose a commercial film for debut?

Actor Taapsee Pannu (right) who made her Bollywood debut with the 2012 film Chashme Baddoor admits that it was a conscious choice to be part of a commercial potboiler at the onset of her career rather than opting for some art house film.

“Had I started off with a Baby (2015) or Pink (2016), I would’ve probably got labelled as an off-beat film actor. Once I entered the industry and had commercial success to my credit, I felt I was ready to show them something more and different. That’s why I had to take a forced back door entry in Baby,” says Taapsee.

The actor, who will again share screen space with Akshay Kumar in the prequel to Baby, believes in getting her work noticed and not follow any particular trends. “There are so many actors who join the film industry and they are not even good looking or talented. It’s difficult to leave an impact because filmmakers don’t know to what extent they can trust a newcomer. I knew that people should slowly see me as someonee who can act and at the same time, me, have commercial value ass well,” she adds.

Despite doing many regional films before enteringering Bollywood, she complainss her previous work didn’t get noticed. “It’s ironic that having done a dozen of films lms in South, you are treated the same as a newcomer. Not many people notice the fact act that an actor has done so much work in other languages that he or she doesn’t even know. So that struggle is always there in the beginning,” shehe says.