Taapsee Pannu: Trivialising to say 'Thappad' is an answer to 'Kabir Singh'

Actress Taapsee Pannu feels people should not compare her upcoming drama 'Thappad' with Shahid Kapoor's blockbuster of 2019, 'Kabir Singh,' just because the two films focus on contradictory ideologies. She adds that there are a lot of things that have been shown in 'Thappad' about human relationships beyond a woman being slapped by a man.

The Anubhav Sinha-directed 'Thappad' on the other hand takes a serious look at the issue of domestic violence, with particular focus on how violent behaviour is ground for divorce, irrespective of the number of times it happens. Simply put, even if it is just one slap, it counts as domestic violence.

Taapsee points out the comparison with 'Kabir Singh' is wrong. "It's not that we have made this film (Thappad) keeping 'Kabir Singh' in mind. I feel very sad when I hear people saying that 'we have made a film to give an answer to another film'.

This film was written before the release of 'Kabir Singh'. I feel the thappad (slap) is only a trigger, but there are so many other things that will unfold about relationships in this film. I agree to the fact that there was one instance in that film ('Kabir Singh') that doesn't match with the ideology of our film, but didn't it happen in many earlier films?

There are thousands of films where women have been slapped by men ad what's the new about it? That film ('Kabir Singh') has only been the latest one and that's why people feeling this way. It's trivialising to say that 'Thappad' is an answer to 'Kabir Singh', because its way beyond that," she said and added,

"I feel people shouldn't leave their brain at home while watching a film. 'Kabir Singh' collected a lot of money and I congratulate the makers of that film, but I wouldn't have done that film had I been offered Kabir Singh's part and obviously, I would have never done the girl's part either."