After starring in movies like ‘Pink’ and ‘Naam Shabana’, working on ‘Judwaa 2’ was nothing less than a picnic for Taapsee Pannu. Pink won the National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues, and ‘Naam Shabana’ had Taapsee playing an Indian spy. Taapsee says, that after doing two intense films, it was important for her to take a break.

She says, “I have no qualms in admitting that the reason I chose a film like ‘Judwaa 2’ was to avoid being typecast. I thought, before people typecast me, saying, ‘Oh, she can only do hardhitting, intense roles’ and put me in the category of offbeat actresses, I should shock and surprise them. I hate being called an offbeat actress and I don’t consider myself one as my films have been a huge commercial success. ‘Judwaa 2’ is an attempt to surprise the audience and surprises have always worked in my favour. In ‘Baby’, people loved my 10-minute role which was a surprise to many; in Pink, when people thought that apart from Mr Bachchan nobody else would get the limelight, I did make a mark, and so was the case with ‘Naam Shabana’. After all these films, when people might have thought that this is working for her and she might continue doing these kind of films, here I am, playing a typical Bollywood heroine because I know that I can carry that off as well.”

The actress says that working on ‘Judwaa 2’ has been special for her as that has been one of her favourite films since childhood. She says that she must have been nine when she would have watched the film, and since then, she’s remembered dialogues, scenes and lyrics from the movie. “My memories of Judwaa are so strong that I remember the lyrics better than Varun Dhawan. When I shot for ‘Chashme Baddoor’ with David (Dhawan) sir in Mauritius, on the last day of the shoot, I forced David sir to shoot ‘Oonchi Hai Building’ with me as a promotional video, without having any idea that four years later, I would get to do this film,” she says. Source: TOI