There’s an obsession with the male gaze throughout movie industries: Taapsee Pannu
Taapsee Pannu clarified that her latest remarks, through which she mentioned Bollywood being obsessive about cleavage and the South movie industries specializing in the midriff, have been taken out of context. She claimed that the physique half doesn’t matter as a lot as the truth that there’s an ‘obsession’ with the male gaze throughout the industries.
“I really feel even in Hindi movies, they do deal with the midriff. And the one that was asking me this query stated, ‘No, in Hindi, it’s extra about cleavage’. So, I stated, ‘Perhaps. I don’t know’,” clarified Taapsee. The actress had this dialog on Shubhankar Mishra’s podcast, when the host requested her concerning the South filmmakers’ obsession with exposing the midriff of main girls, notably on the time when Taapsee began her profession there in 2010.
“For me, it’s a couple of sure gaze, whether or not it’s cleavage or midriff. I don’t know what the obsession is, however let’s personal there’s an obsession, whether or not in Hindi or in South. Which a part of yours is highlighted? That’s not the purpose. The purpose is – there’s an obsession. I by no means actually demarcated it like Hindi is obsessive about cleavage and South with the midriff,” stated Taapsee on ‘Galatta Plus’.
She added that she was by no means requested to show her midriff or pad up her bras in Bollywood as a result of she by no means did these sorts of glamorous roles right here. Nevertheless, she was requested to do the identical when she was working within the South. “It was clearly awkward for the director as nicely as a result of they needed to convey this to me. And the way do you try this when the set hardly has any females, proper? So, you need to convey via-via-via. When she comes again from the van, the director clearly has to test whether or not it really works or not. So, this entire course of is barely awkward,” stated Taapsee.
Taapsee additionally defended doing these elements as a result of she was new to the trade and didn’t know any higher. “I used to be too new. I assumed this was the way it was executed. The director is the captain of the ship and you need to hearken to the captain. I needed to do it, until it’s actually crossing the road. You additionally really feel that is what heroines are doing, so I’m additionally supposed to do that,” stated the actress.
She additionally identified that she’s by no means executed these glamorous roles in Tamil, however solely in Telugu. “I by no means look again at it considering I want I hadn’t executed these elements. As a result of if I didn’t do it, I’d at all times be craving to try this. It doesn’t matter what you do, you wish to be known as a mainstream actress. Except you don’t do these elements, you received’t be known as a mainstream actress. I did that to know okay, I can do that, however I wish to do one thing extra,” added Taapsee.
