Mumbai, March 13: Filmmaker Dibakar Banerji says he isimpressed with the way actress Parineeti Chopra endured his upcoming violentfilm "Sandeep Aur Pinky Faarar". He praised Parineeti for channellingher anger on screen to take on her co-actor Arjun Kapoor against whom she ispitted in the film.
"Parineeti and Iargued endlessly on Sandeep (her character in the film), and I learnt a lot.She is a very strongwilled and combative individual who needs her own answers.I hugely enjoy confrontations on creativity, so that was the high point of ourcombined work on the film!" Dibakar said.
He added: "The patriarchy, objectification and themuddled woke-but-male gaze of Bollywood has pushed most of our spiritedactresses into a gilded box."
Dibakar says the character Sandeep, played by Parineeti, istrying to unbox herself in the film.
"So is Parineeti in the film as Sandy. It wasphysically and mentally brutal, bruising, challenging, exhausting and itstretched her to her limits. Her animosity with Arjun's character channelledall the real anger I think many actresses constantly hide against therelentless patriarchy and mansplaining they encounter. She knows Sandy is thefilm," Dibakar said.
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Dibakar reveals that the film is centred around Parineetiand it is her character that drives the narrative forward.
He said: "Sandy makes the story happen and yet everyoneis trying to explain to Sandy what they think Sandy should do! Both Parineetiand Sandy are smarter than a lot of people they meet, yet they have to hide itand put on their ‘gameface'. Parineeti taught me a lesson about ‘gameface' I'llnever forget it and I used it in the film."
Dibakar says Sandeep as a character is a mirror reflectionto what actresses go through in the industry every single day.
"How Sandy navigates through the story while trying toprotect her life and others' is a mirror of how talented actresses in Bollywoodhave to manoeuvre for survival. Every bit of that shines through herperformance here. She did not hold back and jumped into the unknown. That's thewin on the film I'd love the audience to enjoy," the director said.