Three years after Haseen Dillruba was released, Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey are back with the film’s sequel, Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillbura. The film is set for its premiere on Netflix on August 9. Taapsee’s portrayal of Rani, an unhinged small-town girl obsessed with the world of Hindi pulp fiction hatching a plan to escape from the rigmarole of her married life in the first film, grabbed a lot of attention. Keeping up with it, the trailer of Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillbura also sees Rani saying ‘Woh pyaar hi kya jo paagalpan se na guzre’.
In an exclusive conversation with News18 Showsha, however, she tells us that she doesn’t believe in the frenzied madness of love. Taapsee, who tied the knot with long-time boyfriend, badminton player Mathias Boe in March this year, talks about her notion of love. She says, “Pyaar matlab pagalpan nahi hota. Love should be calm and tranquil. These are fun things to read and see but shouldn’t happen in real life.”
For her, the unpredictable nature of her career is such that she would want to return to a peaceful home and relationship. “I don’t want any kind of crazy excitement in love and my personal life. Yeh sab picture mein hi theek hai. But does that mean that it [obsessive love] doesn’t happen to people? It does. It’s just that their professional lives aren’t as crazy as ours. That’s perhaps why they get thrill and excitement [out of such relationships],” she remarks.
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Following the release of Haseen Dillruba, the internet was divided into two – one set of audiences who raved about the novelty of the film and others who called out the makers for glorifying domestic violence and toxic love. So, does she think that her character is an alpha? “Just because you feel that she’s toxic? (laughs) The definition of ‘alpha’ is becoming a little warped. People have started associating some kind of glorification with this word. I haven’t viewed Rani as an alpha,” she states.
The Dunki and Thappad actor further adds, “I view her as someone who doesn’t always make the right decisions but also owns up to her mistakes and is ready to pay the price for that. She never tried to portray her flaws with a heroic colour. One may call her alpha or sigma but I don’t think she’s a toxic protagonist. That’s why I’m very happy and proud that I played her and I don’t regret it. People who are viewing her from a myopic lens should change their lens right away.”
And does she let a filmmaker’s politics about society and gender come in the way of her script choices? “Their mindset will reflect in the script. A script is a writer’s creation and a film is a director’s medium. How the director shoots a certain sequence – irrespective of whether you like it or not – will tell you if he’s right or wrong. Whether you want to be a part of it is up to you. If you feel like it’s not aligning with you, you can say a no,” states Taapsee.
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