Taapsee Pannu: 'Didn't feel intimidated by Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan uses different publicity tools for himself'

Taapsee Pannu has shared screen space with Amitabh Bachchan in Pink and Badla, and with Shah Rukh Khan in Rajkumar Hirani’s ‘Dunki‘, and spoke about her experience of working with them in an interview with with Raj Shamani.

First talking about Big B, Pannu said, “There are a few actors who increase the level of your performance when you look into their eyes. You don’t get intimidated, at least I didn’t feel so. Looking into Mr Bachchan’s eyes and performing gave me a high and I really enjoyed it.”

She added, “He will never make me feel like that he knows more than me. I mean forget being a legendary actor, he doesn’t even act like he knows more about life than me. He doesn’t speak to me like he belongs to an older generation. He talks to me like Abhishek would talk to me. Abhishek would joke with me during Manmarziyaan that I know her as my father’s friend.”

On SRK

His self confidence, assurance, awareness aided by being well read, he is very well read. He will not make you feel like he has read so much but when you talk to him, you know that he has read a lot. His awareness of knowing that he is the best aided with the knowledge he has is the reason behind this superstardom.

She continued, “He uses different marketing or publicity tools for himself. Like if right now, boards and hoardings are used for marketing than I will buy boards and hoardings. After a few years, if people are used for marketing, then I will buy those people. So, basically trying to use whatever is the marketing tool.”