Kirti Kulhari Opens Up About Feeling Sidelined by Taapsee Pannu’s PR Strategy During ‘Pink’: ‘I Took It Personally…’
Kirti Kulhari discussed how her relationship with Taapsee Pannu deteriorated after they worked together on the film ‘Pink’. Kirti Kulhari initially captured the spotlight with her outstanding performance in the Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu film Pink. Even though she had given the picture her best effort, the actress was distracted throughout the promotional phase. Because it was too much for Kirti to handle, her experience also impacted her relationship and equation with Taapsee Pannu. Recently, the actress talked about how tense her relationship was with Taapsee, who was marketed as Pink’s face.
Kirti Kulhari reveals on her strained relationship with Taapsee Pannu
In a candid interview with Fever FM, Kirti disclosed that she was nominated for numerous supporting actress honours. Because she believed she was a main actress as well as a supporting actor, she chose not to attend the award ceremony. The actress acknowledged that celebrities in the business have a PR and acting game. She has no PR game. Following Amitabh’s performance, Taapsee’s character was crucial to the film’s plot and was positioned as the Pink girl. Kirti was deeply impacted by this, and her relationship with Taapsee was damaged. In her words:
“I think it did. I don’t know from her side, maybe she didn’t notice it. She has been nice to me but that whole PR game, I took it a little personally. When I saw the trailer I had a bit of a meltdown.”
Kirti even stated that when offered Pink, she had no regard about who was great or tiny in the entertainment field. She looked into the film as a story of three girls. Kirti revealed that she comes from a place where everyone seemed to be an actress. But Pink treated her as if she were a little actress who was ignored. She attributed her feelings to the persons in her immediate vicinity.
Kirti Kulhari speaks of getting jhatka after watching the trailer of the movie
Kirti thought Taapsee was treated like a star after Amitabh when she saw the movie teaser. Kirti took things personally and said she was overwhelmed when she saw Taapsee and Mr. Bachchan in the movie’s teaser. Kirti even disclosed that Shoojit Sircar, the film’s director, told her not to worry and to let the movie be released because he never performed any public relations. Kirti said:
“However, during the promotions, the PR machinery happened for Taapsee because she came after Mr Bachchan (in terms of hierarchy) in that film. Eventually, it became her film and she became the Pink girl in terms of positioning and I saw that happening in front of me. This was the first shocker for me because I couldn’t understand this.”
What Kirti Kulhari learned from her challenging experience with ‘Pink’
Kirti revealed that after ‘Pink’, she became clear about how she wanted to shape her career and choose future projects. She then landed ‘Mission Mangal’ and ‘Four More Shots’, asserting to the filmmakers that she would only take on the role if she was given equal positioning after Vidya Balan. Her experience with ‘Pink’ taught her a tough lesson about the industry’s positioning dynamics.
