With Rashmi Rocket, Taapsee Pannu, Akarsh Khurana explore gender testing in sports: It's not the story of just one athlete
3 years, 3 months ago

With Rashmi Rocket, Taapsee Pannu, Akarsh Khurana explore gender testing in sports: It's not the story of just one athlete

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“Gender discrimination is so prevalent, it comes up in every story in one way or the other,” says Taapsee Pannu, whose next film Rashmi Rocket also addresses a women’s issue, like previous hits Pink and Thappad. Starring Taapsee Pannu, Supriya Pathak, Abhishek Banerjee, and Priyanshu Painyuli, this is a fictional account of not one athlete or incident but aims to show the struggles faced by female athletes in general. “I can’t imagine anyone except Taapsee in this role,” he says, adding that her enthusiasm, hard work, and drive motivated the entire team. “A lot of people say men can’t write female characters, but I’ve found that it’s not true in my career,” Taapsee says.

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