Taapsee Pannu got candid about her first salary and the three ways to get roles in Bollywood…
📹: Raj Shamani
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00:00The first film that I signed, I got the same amount of money, Rs. 5 lakhs.
00:04Per movie?
00:09How much money did you make in the first movie?
00:11How much did you get for the first movie?
00:13The first film that I signed, I got the same amount of money, Rs. 5 lakhs.
00:18Per movie? And how much time do you have to give for a movie?
00:21It takes 35-40 days.
00:23And pre-post preparation is also 2-3 days?
00:25Yes, pre-post preparation and you can spend 2-3 more weeks.
00:28Okay.
00:29So, I spent 3 years learning from there.
00:34Tamil and Telugu for 3 years.
00:36So, you didn't know Tamil and Telugu?
00:38No, I didn't even hear about it.
00:41So, when I reached there, the film that I was doing in Tamil,
00:47it was very rooted.
00:49It was the film that won 6 national awards.
00:51Yes.
00:52Such a great director, opposite to Dhanush,
00:56a more realistic, hard-hitting cinema.
01:01I don't know how many people make it in this country.
01:03And on the opposite side, Telugu film, which was directed by Raghavendra Rao,
01:08to launch actresses like Sridevi, Jayasudha,
01:12there was a big bucket list of actresses to work with.
01:17Because no one else does what they present to their actresses.
01:22And my film was their 105th film.
01:26In which they were launching me.
01:28So, half of the air was spread in the industry,
01:31that Raghavendra Rao is launching a new girl.
01:34So, there must be something in it.
01:38So, half of my work was done there.
01:40So, the air worked for me.
01:43That's a different thing that the struggle started after the first film,
01:45that this has become too much air,
01:47now how can a person live up to it?
01:50Then I started learning.
01:52That's when I decided after the first film,
01:55let's do it properly.
01:57Let's become an actor.
01:58Let's learn from scratch.
01:59What else do you need other than talent?
02:01In order to grow.
02:02Good luck.
02:03Other than that.
02:04That's what happens.
02:05Luck and good contacts in your industry.
02:08Because that access point is very critical.
02:10Look, no role is like that,
02:13which can only be done by this person,
02:15no one else will be able to do it.
02:17Let's be real and practical,
02:19it doesn't happen like that.
02:20So, if you are at the right time,
02:22at the right place,
02:24then you may get it.
02:26Or there is a Godfather in your life,
02:28who can pick up the phone and tell people
02:30that you take this,
02:32then you can get it.
02:34Or you create the opportunity yourself,
02:36that you find that script and bring it,
02:39you package it.
02:40It can be like this.
02:41These are the ways to do it.
02:43There is no other way.
02:44And here if there is a family background,
02:46then it is easier.
02:47If someone calls you and tells you
02:49that she is my daughter,
02:50or she is my sister,
02:52or she is my acquaintance,
02:53or she is the daughter of my friend,
02:55you take her.
02:56It happens in the industry,
02:57it has happened till date.