Taapsee Pannu on Typecasting, Anubhav Sinha's Vision for 'Assi'

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Taapsee Pannu on Typecasting, Anubhav Sinha's Vision for 'Assi'
- •Director Anubhav Sinha and actress Taapsee Pannu collaborate for their third film, 'Assi', after 'Mulk' and 'Thappad'.
- •Taapsee Pannu found the script for 'Assi', based on a rape survivor's story, so impactful she couldn't read it in one go.
- •Anubhav Sinha revealed Taapsee was his first and final choice for 'Assi', having visualized her while writing the script.
- •Sinha chooses socio-political films to influence society, disturbed by daily news and events.
- •Taapsee feels typecast, receiving mostly female-centric roles, attributing it to filmmakers' limited thinking, but notes audience acceptance for such films has grown.
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