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Taapsee Pannu on Shabaash Mithu: I don’t want to work on sports-related films anymore at least for a few years

The actress said that after multiple sports films, she is physically and mentally exhausted.

Taapsee Pannu on Shabaash Mithu: I don’t want to work on sports-related films anymore at least for a few years
Taapsee Pannu at Eden Gardens

Last Updated: 08.31 AM, Jul 10, 2022

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In Saand Ki Aankh, Taapsee Pannu plays the character of a sharpshooter. In Rashmi Rocket, she is an athlete. In Soorma, the actress has received appreciation for portraying the character of hockey player Harpreet. Now, she will be seen as cricketing legend Mithali Raj in Srijit Mukherji’s next, Shabaash Mithu. In a press meet in Eden Gardens, Kolkata, Taapsee said that she would love to take a break from sports films.

The actress said that she is physically and mentally exhausted. “I don’t want to work on a sports film anymore at least for a few years. It is not just physically exhausting but also mentally draining for me. I am almost forgetting that I am an actor and not an athlete. I am living two lives,” she said. Taapsee further added that she has been spending hours training and shooting. “Every morning I wake up at 5 am and go for the training of a particular sport and then I’ll have to shoot for another 12 hours. If I were an athlete, I would train and rest the whole day. If I were an actor then I would shoot for 12 hours and rest for the remaining day. I was doing both. For two years I was training and shooting every day. Now I want to just shoot,” said the actress.

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When asked why she accepted Shabaash Mithu, she said that this film is historic as this is the first film on women’s cricket in India. “There will not be another film on Mithali Raj. I am privileged, proud and lucky to be doing this character which will go down in history,” she said.

Adding to this, Srijit said, “It is like climbing Mount Everest. Many people have climbed but the first one was special. And that’s why we remember Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary. This is the story of women’s cricket for the first time.”

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