IFFI 2019: Taapsee Pannu's was asked to speak in Hindi, and her response is breaking the internet

Taapsee Pannu is one actress who isn't afraid to speak her mind and she surely knows how to give it back.

She was speaking at the 50th edition of International Film Festival of India 2019 (IFFI) in the session called 'Women in Lead' when a man interrupted her and asked her to speak in Hindi. She was talking in English.

The man said, "Taapse, thoda Hindi mein bolo kyunki Hindo filmein aap karti ho." To this, Taapse replied, "Main to poora Hindi mein baat kar sakti hoon." Then, she asked the crowd present if everyone could understand Hindi. Many people responded with a no. After this, the man again questioned why a Hindi film actress was speaking in English. Now, Taapsee's response to this was just epic. She said, "I'm a South Indian actress also. Tamil ya Telugu mein baat karun?" This received a loud cheer from the audience. (Also read: Taapsee Pannu opens up on gender pay gap in Bollywood, says, it bothers her when she’s paid just five to ten per cent of her heroes)

In Neha Dhupia's podcast No Filter Neha, Taapsee Pannu spoke about how Badla is called Big B's film, despite her having more scenes. She said, "Even when I do films like 'Badla', I had more working days or scenes so to say than Mr. Bachchan. He was the hero of the film, I was the antagonist. But the antagonist has more presence in the film than the protagonist. But eventually the film releases, they call it an Amitabh Bachchan film. Yes, when I raise my voice and say I've done almost equal if not more, that's when people recognised and started taking my name because it's such a male-dominated industry, they don't even realise that I might have done more work actually. It was called Sir's film, it won't be called a female film regardless of the fact that I have more scenes, it will be called an Amitabh Bachchan film and the credit will go there."

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