Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar in 'Saand Ki Aankh': Don’t get us wrong here. We admire Taapsee Pannu, 32, and 29-year-old Bhumi Pednekar’s propensity to take on unconventional roles, but this is one of the rare instances when their choices misfired. Their recent release 'Saand Ki Aankh' saw them play sixty-something shooter dadis (grandmas) Prakashi Tomar and Chandro Tomar with admirable feistiness. But sadly, they weren’t wholly convincing and it ended up looking like a costume drama. But they both believed that they had made the right choice and that actors shouldn’t be condemned for the roles they take on. “Actors in the past have played roles of an age they don’t belong to and they continue to do so. For instance, the sexual orientation that an actor plays in a film may not comply with who they are in real life. You don’t always take a gay man for a gay role. And if you begin to comply with such parameters, then you are questioning my definition of being an actor,” said Pannu in an interview with Gulf News tabloid!.
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