Taapsee Pannu Discusses Film Industry's Focus on Female Actors' Appearance and Role Choices

Taapsee Pannu addressed perceptions about Bollywood's focus on cleavage and South Indian cinema's emphasis on midriffs, clarifying that the issue is a broader obsession with the male gaze rather than specific body parts. She noted that while she was asked to expose her midriff in South films, she did not face such requests in Bollywood due to her choice of roles. Taapsee described the process as awkward but defended her early decisions, emphasizing the industry's expectations for actresses to accept such roles to be recognized as mainstream.