courtesy: the daily guardian
The influence of movies on Indian audience and the moral responsibilities of actors and filmmakers have always been the topic to discuss for a long time now. However, the debate gained momentum post the release of last year’s Animal, which starred Ranbir Kapoor and was directed by Sandeep Reddy Vanga. Taapsee Pannu, in her recent interview with Expresso, was asked about if she had said yes to a film like Animal. She replied, “On paper, yes.”
She explained, “If I would have read the script of Animal, I would have been equally excited as Ranbir Kapoor… But, the difference is… when you read a script and when you see what you see, it is the director’s medium. When I am reading a script, I don’t know which shot he is putting low angle and high BGM on… I can’t see that through script. It is only the director who can communicate that with the shot-taking and with the post-production. You conceive a certain scene and shot. Heroism, or how you celebrate (a character, depends on how the scene is shot), it will not be on paper.”
Citing the example of her movie Badla, wherein she played a dark character, the actress said that while signing the film she knew that her character would be in a negative light. She explained further that throughout the film, her character’s darkness is not celebrated. “That’s why it is a director’s medium which no actor can read when they are reading the script.”
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