<p class="title">In an industry where a male actor is called a hero, Taapsee Pannu says her aim is to break this gender-based stereotype and she plans to do so slowly and steadily.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 31-year-old actor believes the acceptance for female-centric films from both the industry and audience can help bridge the gap between male and female actors being successful at the box office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I feel hero has no gender and I am trying to prove that. We have for so many years fed our audience that hero is a gender-based term and they have also accepted that.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Now the change can not come overnight, it will be slow and steady. It requires a lot of perseverance from the side of all-female actors who are trying to bring the change," Taapsee said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Citing the example of her last release "Game Over", she said the home invasion thriller did not make it to the Rs 100 crore club and it is a fact she accepts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am expecting and hoping that it will become a commercially successful film so that other people will take a risk in the future," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taapsee's last two releases "Badla" (over Rs 100 crore in India) and "Game Over" (Rs 11 crore in India) were fronted by a woman protagonist and the actor believes there is an audience for female-driven cinema today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are in the transition phase. All kinds of good films in this space are being accepted. Like 'Game Over' was a dark film, it did not have a regular entertainment quotient like a song or a comedy scene or anything. It is not visually that easily an attractive film but it got a good response. Such films require a certain kind of trust from the audience."</p>.<p class="bodytext">There is a perception that usually mainstream potboilers with A-listers tend to be a crowd-puller to the theatres but the actor believes it isn't necessary to choose films that are only commercial.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am not giving up easily and not succumbing to this pressure that I have to do a certain kind of films to make sure I am saleable. I am ready to push the boundary slowly and steadily as in every way possible.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But I can't change my choice because it doesn't fall into the conventional formula. I am ok to have my own audience but an audience that believes in my choice of films."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taapsee's other two releases this year are "Mission Mangal" and "Saand Ki Aankh". The actor is also working on a Tamil action thriller. </p>
<p class="title">In an industry where a male actor is called a hero, Taapsee Pannu says her aim is to break this gender-based stereotype and she plans to do so slowly and steadily.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 31-year-old actor believes the acceptance for female-centric films from both the industry and audience can help bridge the gap between male and female actors being successful at the box office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I feel hero has no gender and I am trying to prove that. We have for so many years fed our audience that hero is a gender-based term and they have also accepted that.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Now the change can not come overnight, it will be slow and steady. It requires a lot of perseverance from the side of all-female actors who are trying to bring the change," Taapsee said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Citing the example of her last release "Game Over", she said the home invasion thriller did not make it to the Rs 100 crore club and it is a fact she accepts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am expecting and hoping that it will become a commercially successful film so that other people will take a risk in the future," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taapsee's last two releases "Badla" (over Rs 100 crore in India) and "Game Over" (Rs 11 crore in India) were fronted by a woman protagonist and the actor believes there is an audience for female-driven cinema today.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are in the transition phase. All kinds of good films in this space are being accepted. Like 'Game Over' was a dark film, it did not have a regular entertainment quotient like a song or a comedy scene or anything. It is not visually that easily an attractive film but it got a good response. Such films require a certain kind of trust from the audience."</p>.<p class="bodytext">There is a perception that usually mainstream potboilers with A-listers tend to be a crowd-puller to the theatres but the actor believes it isn't necessary to choose films that are only commercial.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I am not giving up easily and not succumbing to this pressure that I have to do a certain kind of films to make sure I am saleable. I am ready to push the boundary slowly and steadily as in every way possible.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"But I can't change my choice because it doesn't fall into the conventional formula. I am ok to have my own audience but an audience that believes in my choice of films."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taapsee's other two releases this year are "Mission Mangal" and "Saand Ki Aankh". The actor is also working on a Tamil action thriller. </p>