Taapsee Pannu recently opened up on the existence of camps in Bollywood, and the struggles of an actor as an outsider.
Taapsee Pannu will next be seen in Rajkumar Hirani’s ‘Dunki’, with Shah Rukh Khan. With a decade in the film industry, she has been prepared for the “unfair games” in showbiz and recently, in an interview with Hindustan Times, opened up on the existence of ‘camps’ in Bollywood.
Mentioning how actors end up getting work based on the circle they are a part of, Taapsee said, “Bollywood camps aren't something that people don’t know about. It’s been there since forever. It can be the basis of an actor's friend circle, a certain agency or group that they’re a part of and people’s loyalties differ based on that.”
Taapsee, who was last seen in ‘Blurr’ (2022), added that despite the industry being biassed, she doesn’t hold grudges. “Everyone should have the right to choose whoever they want to work with, or have in their films. I can’t blame them for thinking about their own careers,” she said.
She mentioned that as an outsider who faces more biases, she chooses to remain positive. “I never came with a point of view that it’s going to be all fair in the film industry. I always knew it’s going to be biassed. So why crib about it now?” she asked, and added, “For me, the rule of the game is that it’s going to be unfair. The tide is going to be against you most of the time. And if after all that, you still decide to be a part of this industry, then it’s your choice and you can’t complain about it later.”
Taapsee, in her career so far, has worked with several filmmakers like Anurag Kashyap, Srijit Mukerji, Anubhav Sinha, and others. However, her last few films have not performed too well. Talking about it, she signed off by saying, “To become a part of this industry, you first get a foot in the door, and if you manage to do so, there is a struggle to be able to make your presence felt. You have to struggle to prove yourself with every film. It’s not like you have one successful film and the next 10 years are sorted for you. It does not happen like that with people who come to this industry with no background. We have to consistently keep doing good work to be able to have a standing of our own.”