Being launched by the Manchu family and getting K. Raghavendar Rao as her first director is more than what engineer-turned-model-turned-actor Taapsee could ask for. The Miss India 2008 finalist says that modelling had got boring after a while. “Initially I didn’t want to get into acting because I can’t live a life of pretence. I got into modelling and wanted to be the face of well known brands. But it started getting monotonous and I wanted to break away from it. That’s when I decided to act. Here I get to act in different scripts, there is no sense of repetition and I like it better than modelling,” the Delhi girl says.
Taapsee says the roles she got down South were much “meatier” than those offered to her in Bollywood. “I am from Delhi. It is natural for me to opt for Hindi movies. But the offers I got there were average. In the South, I was offered a stronger role opposite a star, backed by a renowned production house. So why settle for average roles in Hindi?” asks this young girl who already signed three films in Telugu.
Taapsee disregards talks of Telugu heroines being relegated to the background after a couple of songs. “People say heroines just run around trees and have few dialogues, but without her, the film wouldn’t be the same. I will sign any film where my role influences the script,” she says.
While Taapsee is paired with Manchu Manoj in Jhummandi Nadham, she also has high hopes for her Tamil movie Adukalam starring Dhanush where she plays an Anglo-Indian. Her inclusion in the film has raised quite a few eyebrows in the Tamil film industry as she was a replacement for Trisha.
“I got to know later that I was selected opposite Dhanush as a replacement for Trisha who was expected to do that film. I am worried about this because I guess Trisha’s fans will now start comparing me to her. I have never met Trisha and enquiries about me replacing her were difficult to handle,” she admits.
For now, she’s enjoying being part of the film fraternity here. “I like the camaraderie people share and the respect the technicians and artistes have for one another. It’s been a learning experience. I have almost become a member of Laxmi Manchu’s family and am staying with her. I love how T’wood works,” Taapsee says
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