Kirti Kulhari had a 'meltdown' on being sidelined during Pink promotions for Taapsee Pannu: 'I took PR game personally'
Kirti Kulhari expressed shock at how Pink became Taapsee Pannu's film upon release, and talked about the ‘PR game’ in play at the time.
Kirti Kulhari has opened up about how she felt 'sidelined' during the promotions of her film Pink, saying that Taapsee Pannu had become 'the Pink girl'. The actor said she had a meltdown because of that. (Also read: Kirti Kulhari recalls being amused by peoples' reactions after she cut her hair short: ‘They assumed I am a lesbian’)
Kirti Kulhari on 'PR game' around Pink
In conversation with Fever FM, Kirti talked about the 2016 Shoojit Sircar directorial, which also starred Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee, Andrea Tariang, and Angad Bedi. “When Pink happened, for me, there was never a thought, ‘Who is big or small’ in terms of their status in the industry. I was like it is a story of three girls. That’s how I saw it. I came from a space where I believed ‘We are all actors. We are all together’. But Pink made me feel a lot of ‘big star-small star’ treatment. The people around you make you feel that way.”
Kirti said that she was first taken aback by the trailer as it contained only Big B and Taapsee but Shoojit assured her the film would be different. But post-release, the narrative changed, “I saw the trailer was mainly filled with Taapsee and Mr Bachchan. That was first jhatka for me because I know what I have done in the film. Shoojit was like, ‘Don’t worry about it, let the film come out.’ I never do PR. I believe my work will be eventually seen. 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.”
When asked if it changed her and Taapsee's equation, Kirti said that Taapsee 'didn’t notice' and remained nice to her but that she herself took the 'PR game a little personally'.
About Pink
Directed by Shoojit Sircar, Pink is a legal thriller that starred Amitabh Bachchan as a lawyer who fights the case of three women who were assaulted by a politician's son. The film was critically acclaimed and commercially successful, earning ₹157 crore. The film was remade in Tamil as Nerkonda Paarvai (2019) and in Telugu as Vakeel Saab (2021).
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