Mumbai: Taapsee Pannu delivered a strong performance in the Haseen Dillruba, which released on Netflix this year. However, writer Kanika Dhillon wasn’t keen to do the film with her despite the actor’s willingness to come onboard.
Taapsee was offered the film only when all others turned it down and in a candid chat with Rajeev Masand during the Actors’ Roundtable 2021, Taapsee cited the possible reasons which made other actors say no to the film.
She said that Kanika didn’t want her to do Haseen Dillruba because she had just worked in a similar film, Badla at that time.
“During the whole narration, I was smirkly looking at her, ‘You didn’t come to me with this before’. I was almost manifesting it somewhere that I really want to do this. I was not probably the first, second or third choice for this. It was only when everybody else had said no that it came to me. I was very happy about it, first because I wanted to do it, when I heard it, I didn’t understand why would anyone say no to it,” said Taapsee.