Have to rely on content to pull audience to theatres: Taapsee Pannu

"I am not a big star that audience will flock to theatres with my name", says Taapsee Pannu, who believes in relying on content to pull the attention of the viewers towards her work.

For Taapsee's films, be it "Naam Shabana", "Pink", "Mulk" or her latest release "Badla" word-of-mouth has played a crucial role in making them a success.

And the actor says positive response from the audience has made her a confident performer.

"I am a person about whom people are slowly trying to form an image through my films. I am slowly trying to gain confidence of the audience. The day it will be achieved then I can expect that my films will make noise before the release too. (For now) I have to rely on the content. I do feel due to the word-of-mouth, my films tend to penetrate more," Taapsee told PTI in an interview.

Citing example of Sujoy Ghosh's "Badla", the 31-year-old actor added, "(No matter) How much I speak, there is a strict limit up to which my word would travel. Also the film is a suspense thriller and considering the genre, there is not much I could say about the film. We all had to wait and watch how it was received."
"The way things are changing, let's hope a film with a heroine opens at the same level as one with a male protagonist one."
"Sujoy and I worked on the graph like how my body language and expressions will change. I barely have dialogues in the film. I am sitting across the table and Mr Bachchan is doing most of the talking."
"Mr Bachchan has most of the lines and has nice dialogues. I am being the manipulator, so I was not going to talk more."