In an interview with Hindustan Times, Taapsee Pannu talked about her upcoming film, Shabaash Mithu. She also opened up about her mother and boyfriend’s views on her films. While her mother is a ‘hopeless cheerleader’, her boyfriend Mathias Boe doesn’t understand emotions in her films. She said that Mathias, coming from a different background, fails to understand the emotions she portrays onscreen.
When asked about some of her movies which are favourites of her mother and boyfriend, she said, “My mom is that hopeless a cheerleader, she loves all my films. As for my boyfriend (Mathias Boe), I don’t think he still understands any of these Hindi films. He has watched all my films, but they are too lengthy for the western world (and him). He does not understand the emotions. He has watched them all but he cannot connect with the emotional, dramatic parts. Like he saw Thappad but could not identify with the emotions as women dominate his part of the world. He can not connect with the emotions that I portray onscreen.”
Talking about her upcoming movie, Shabaash Mithu, she said, “I can tell you which one I am most stressed about. I am very stressed about Shabaash Mithu because I am fish out of water in the film. I never played cricket before the film. I am scared and stressed about playing the right cricket, it is a religion in our country.”
She added, “And, Mithali is also very much active. The third reason is people who know Mithali, know how she is diametrically opposite to me. I speak my mind and do not have a filter while she is well-spoken, is very thoughtfully spoken. She is classic. I am anything but classic, as personalities, we are poles apart. I am nervous about how it is going to turn out.”
The movie Shabaash Mithu, directed by Srjit Mukherji, is based on the life of the Indian cricketer, Mithali Raj.
