SHE’S feisty, she’s a spitfire and she calls a spade a spade. Scratch beneath the surface and there’s a powerhouse inferno. She can be as soft as gossamer or as turbulent as a storm. You can see the eddies churning behind her face. Watch her as the edgy girl in Manmarziyaan or as a cool collected woman in Thappad, Taapsee Is a woman with many stories. She will show them to you on screen. Be it Mulk or Saand Ki Aankh. Every time you are done with a Taapsee performance, you feel you know her a little bit more. That’s Tapsee’s legacy. She will connect with you and allow you into the interiors of her mind and play with your memory. She will remind you of a lost love, she will remind you of a scar in your soul and she will also show you what it is to heal.
On social media, she’s nifty and her self-deprecating humour makes the most corrosive people back off. And the roles that she will do, be it Haseen Dilruba and Rashmi Rocket... only attest to her talent and let you know that roles are being written with her in mind. She’s had an impressive track record in Tamil and Telugu too, slaying the box office charts but she’s found her true metier in the Hindi film firmament. An outstanding student and a sportswoman all her life, she’s now drawing the stares as an actor to reckon with. Which just adds up as the right time to ask Taaspee a few questions. And I ask:
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Hello Miss Sunshine!
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SHAPER Οf CONSCIENCE
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It's a wonderful life!
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Stop the SHAME!
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ELVISH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!
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The Darjeeling Unlimited
SUDHANSHU SARIA talks about directing Ulajh and reflects on his journey so far in a conversation with VEDANSHI PATHAK
Melodies & Memories
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Soundcheck
HOTSHOT COMPOSERS SACHIN-JIGAR TELL SRIJANI ROY CHOWDHURY THAT COMPOSING IS ALL ABOUT SWAG
THE CHAMELEON
RAGHAV JUYAL ISN'T JUST A TOP DANCER, HE'S TURNING INTO A CONSUMMATE ACTOR AS WELL. HE CHARTS HIS JOURNEY WITH SRIJANI ROY CHOWDHURY
THE GRADUATE
AFTER WORKING WITH HIS GURU VISHAL BHARDWAJ FOR YEARS, DIRECTOR ADITYA NIMBALKAR OF SECTOR 36 FAME HAS PASSED WITH FLYING COLOURS. SUMAN SHARMA CAPTURES HIS EUPHORIA