Over the years, actress Taapsee Pannu has been a part of several successful female-driven films like ‘Thappad’, ‘Saand Ki Aankh’ and ‘Pink’. However, the ‘Badla’ actor had revealed in an interview, how female-centric films get a smaller budget than films with male actors.
Sharing another challenge faced by actresses in the industry, Taapsee said that it’s ‘tedious’ to find male actors to feature in films with females leads. She even gave examples of her contemporaries like Deepika Padukone and Kangana Ranaut who according to her are immune to this.
She was quoted saying by TOI,
“How many times do you see a male A-lister feature in a female A- lister’s film unless he is co-producing it, but the opposite happens all the time and no one bats an eyelid. It’s tedious to find actors to be a part of a film where the actress might have 10-20% more screen time.”
She further added how women often appear in smaller roles in male-dominated films but male stars rarely feature in female-led movies. She said, “There have been times when actors, who have done lesser films than me, refused to co-star claiming there was nothing ‘heroic’ about their part.”
“Not just me, Deepika Padukone, who has worked with such big names, had to work with a fabulous actor like Vikrant Massey in Chhapaak, Kangana Ranaut paired up with Jassie Gill for Panga, Alia Bhatt with Vicky Kaushal in Raazi, Vidya Balan with Manav Kaul for Tumhari Sulu. You see the pattern? Actresses never do that.”
Well, Taapsee sure has got a point. We would love to see more male stars in female-driven films. How about you? Tell us!