Taapsee Pannu, who made her debut as a producer with the film “Dhak Dhak,” revealed that there is hypocrisy in the industry. In an interview with ETimes, the actress stated that people want to know who the hero of the film is before even hearing a single line about the film.
Taapsee said, “This myth I had about people believing in ‘content is king’ was shattered while making this film. There’s so much hypocrisy. They will hear your one-line story and be quick to ask, ‘Picture mein actor kaun hai (Who is the hero in the film)?’ That determines their financial and emotional investment in the project. As an actor, I never asked who my co-star is or how big the makers are when I signed a movie. I worked with so many first-time directors and co-stars who were newcomers, but that is not how others look at it.”
“Everyone involved is to be blamed for this culture. It includes the actors, studios, audience, everyone. It’s a cycle. Just because the studios recover their investment (by selling digital rights) for the smaller films, there’s minimal interest in packaging and releasing a film well. That’s detrimental to the growth of the industry because you are only enabling the big names. Baakiyonko chance kaise milega (How will the rest get a chance)? It will only widen the gap between actors and stars. We keep saying Bollywood doesn’t attempt something meaningful, but when we try to do that, there’s rarely any support, and this must change,” she added.
Regarding the movie “Dhak Dhak,” it stars actors like Ratna Pathak Shah, Dia Mirza Rekhi, Fatima Sana Shaikh, and Sanjana Sanghi. The movie is about four individuals who try to explore themselves through a bike ride and how they develop a bond on the journey.