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I still feel like a struggler: Taapsee Pannu

New Delhi: She has received appreciations from critics and audiences alike for films like "Pink", "Naam Shabana" and "Judwaa 2", but actress Taapsee Pannu, who has been described as the "most powerful woman of the year" by a magazine, says she is yet to touch stardom and still feels like a struggler.
I still feel like a struggler because I need to really work hard and make sure that my Friday works for me. I still don't feel I am the one who will get the audience into theatres as yet. I don't see that I have that pull, I am trying to make that," Taapsee said.
"The day I feel my audience is taking a ticket of my film and says 'It's Taapsee's film, let's go and watch it', that day I will believe I am a star, before that no," she added.
The actress says she does not want to get pigeonholed in a particular genre.
"I don't want them (the audience) to stereotype me because then the impact of these hard-hitting films will die down after a time because they would know what they would expect out of me. So, the fun is to mix and match because then you don't know what you are coming up with next," she added.
Taapsee, 30, is riding the burgeoning wave of films with female lead or co-lead roles with films like "Baby", "Naam Shabana" and "Pink". She feels confident that it is a trend going in the right direction and will continue.
Talking about the swift change from male to female lead actors in films, Taapsee said: "Of course efforts have been made and I am so happy to see each and every leading lady trying to make an effort to do a female-centric film. I think it's a good way to begin at least to be open to taking risks and chances."
The actress said that when she made her debut, she only saw particular actresses, who weren't termed as mainstream heroines and doing female-centric movies.
Taapsee also credits the audience for the positive shift.
"We are giving the audience content and the audience is slightly opening up I feel... At least they are giving us little bit of an opportunity. We just need to make sure to do good films as female protagonists as the audience continues to believe in us," she added.

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